Portuguese footballer
Fábio Daniel Ferreira Vieira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfabiu viˈɐjɾɐ] ; born 30 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal .
Club career
Porto
Born in Santa Maria da Feira , Aveiro District , Vieira played nine matches as Porto 's juniors won the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League , and scored to open their 3–1 win against Chelsea in the final in Nyon on 29 April.[2] On 24 October 2018, in a group game, he was sent off for two yellow cards in a 2–1 loss at Lokomotiv Moscow .[3]
Vieira made his senior debut with Porto B on 24 February 2019, coming on as a 57th-minute substitute for João Mário in a 1–0 away defeat to Arouca in the LigaPro .[4] Six months and a day later, he scored for the first time with a penalty in a 3–1 away victory over Farense .[5]
Vieira played his first competitive match with the first team on 10 June 2020, featuring 19 minutes in the 1–0 Primeira Liga home defeat of Marítimo .[6] [7] Again from the bench, he scored his first goal in the competition on 5 July to help the hosts beat Belenenses SAD 5–0,[8] and totalled eight appearances at the end of the season for the eventual champions.[9]
On 27 October 2020, in only his second appearance in the UEFA Champions League , Vieira netted in the 2–0 win against Olympiacos in the group stage after starting at the Estádio do Dragão .[10] On 20 March 2022, his 32nd-minute strike decided the local derby at Boavista .[11] He scored his first league brace two weeks later, his side's first and second goals in a 3–0 home win over Santa Clara .[12]
He found more space within the first team during the 2021–22 campaign , especially after impressing in the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship where he was named player of the tournament,[13] [14] providing two hat-tricks of assists against Moreirense and Beleneses SAD[15] and totalling 14 – second-best in the league – and six goals[16] to help his side to a domestic double of the league and Taça de Portugal .[17] [18]
Arsenal
On 17 June 2022, Porto reached an agreement with Premier League club Arsenal for the transfer of Vieira for a €35 million fee plus €5 million in add-ons.[19] On 21 June 2022, Arsenal announced Vieira as the new player on a long-term contract. Vieira was given the number 21 shirt.[20]
International career
Vieira played all five matches as Portugal finished runners-up to Spain at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Armenia. In the group phase against the same team on 17 July, he earned a 1–1 draw with a free kick in Yerevan .[21] He and teammate Félix Correia were named in the Team of the Tournament.[22]
On 14 November 2019, Vieira won his first cap for the under-21 side , being booked in the 0–0 friendly home draw with Slovenia .[23] Five days later, he scored once and provided one assist in a 3–2 victory in Norway in the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers .[24] He was voted best player of the finals in Hungary and Slovenia, featuring in all six games and netting once for the runners-up.[13]
Career statistics
Club
As of match played 14 May 2022 [25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National cup[a]
League cup[b]
Continental
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Porto B
2019–20
LigaPro
23
7
—
—
—
—
23
7
2020–21
4
2
—
—
—
—
4
2
Total
27
9
—
—
—
—
27
9
Porto
2019–20
Primeira Liga
8
2
—
—
—
—
8
2
2020–21
Primeira Liga
19
0
3
0
1
0
6[c]
1
—
29
3
2021–22
Primeira Liga
27
6
5
1
2
0
5[d]
0
—
39
7
Total
54
8
7
1
3
0
11
1
—
75
10
Career total
71
10
7
1
3
0
11
0
—
102
19
Honours
Porto Youth
Porto
Individual
References
^ a b c d "Fábio Vieira" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 October 2020 .
^ a b Almeida, Isaura (29 April 2019). "FC Porto é campeão Europeu Sub-19" [FC Porto are Under-19 European champions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 April 2019 .
^ Gonçalves, André (24 October 2018). "Youth League: FC Porto derrotado em Moscovo" [Youth League: FC Porto defeated in Moscow] (in Portuguese). One Football. Retrieved 31 July 2019 .
^ "Arouca-FC Porto B, 1–0: Arouquenses somam 4.ª vitória seguida" [Arouca-FC Porto B, 1–0: Men from Arouca get fourth win a row]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 February 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2020 .
^ Chambino, João (25 August 2019). "FC Porto B impõe primeira derrota do campeonato ao Farense (1–3)" [FC Porto B impose first defeat of the season on Farense (1–3)] (in Portuguese). Barlavento. Retrieved 9 December 2019 .
^ Fernandes, Mariana (10 June 2020). "FC Porto vence Marítimo no Dragão com golo de Corona e volta a ser líder isolado (1–0) – como aconteceu" [FC Porto beat Marítimo at the Dragon with goal from Corona and are again alone in first place (1–0) – how it happened]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 October 2020 .
^ "Pepe: o que Fábio Vieira vem provar e algo estranho nos relvados por estes dias" [Pepe: what Fábio Vieira goes to prove and something strange on the pitches these days]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 11 June 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020 .
^ De Sousa, Guilherme (5 July 2020). "Goleada coloca FC Porto mais perto do título" [Rout brings FC Porto closer to title] (in Portuguese). TSF . Retrieved 28 October 2020 .
^ Monteiro, Bruno Filipe (22 August 2020). "Novo contrato de Fábio Vieira com o FC Porto está congelado" [New Fábio Vieira contract with FC Porto is frozen]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 October 2020 .
^ "Soccer-Vieira bags maiden Champions League goal in Porto victory" . Reuters . 27 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020 .
^ "Dragões conquistam dérbi da Invicta" [Dragons take Invicta derby] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal . 20 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022 .
^ Antunes, Inês (5 April 2022). "FC Porto 3–0 Santa Clara: Como cresceste, Fábio" [FC Porto 3–0 Santa Clara: How you've grown, Fábio] (in Portuguese). SAPO . Retrieved 5 April 2022 .
^ a b c "2021 Under-21 EURO Player of the Tournament: Fábio Vieira" . UEFA. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021 .
^ "Fábio Vieira destaca-se no FC Porto: 20 golos com a participação do médio" [Fábio Vieira highligthed at FC Porto: 20 goals with participation from midfielder]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 5 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022 .
^ "Fábio Vieira encanta espanhóis: "Faz assistências de três em três" " [Fábio Vieira delights Spaniards: "He makes assists three at a time"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 January 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022 .
^ " "Diogo Costa é uma cópia de Baía. Se calhar, um pouco mais requintado com os pés" " ["Diogo Costa is a copy of Baía. Maybe, with a little more finesse with his feet"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 16 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022 .
^ a b Ribeiro, Patrick (7 May 2022). "Zaidu winner takes Porto to the title away to bitter rivals Benfica" . PortuGOAL. Retrieved 8 May 2022 .
^ a b Farr, Jamie (22 May 2022). "Taça de Portugal Final: Porto take down Tondela to seal domestic double" . PortuGOAL. Retrieved 1 June 2022 .
^ "OFICIAL: DRAGÕES CONFIRMAM «PRINCÍPIO DE ACORDO» POR FÁBIO VIEIRA" . www.abola.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-17 .
^ "Fabio Vieira joins on long-term contract" . Fabio Vieira joins on long-term contract . Retrieved 2022-06-21 .
^ "Europeu Sub-19: Portugal empata com Espanha e está bem colocado para passar" [Under-19 Euro: Portugal draw with Spain and are well-placed to advance]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019 .
^ "Fábio Vieira e Félix Correia no onze ideal do Europeu de sub-19" [Fábio Vieira and Félix Correia in Under-19 European Championship Best XI]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019 .
^ Esteves, Adérito (14 November 2019). "Sub-21: Portugal-Eslovénia, 0–0 (crónica)" [Under-21: Portugal-Slovenia, 0–0 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 28 October 2020 .
^ "Portugal sofre mas vence na Noruega" [Portugal suffer but win in Norway]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020 .
^ Fábio Vieira at Soccerway
^ Celso, Marcos (16 July 2020). "FC Porto é campeão nacional 2019/2020" [FC Porto are 2019/2020 national champions] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 20 July 2020 .
^ "Fábio Vieira é o médio do mês com mais um por cento do que outro dragão" [Fábio Vieira is midfielder of the month with one percent more than another dragon] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022 .
^ "Fábio Vieira eleito o melhor jovem da Liga em janeiro" [Fábio Vieira voted League's best youngster in January]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022 .
^ "2019 U19 EURO team of the tournament" . UEFA. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2021 .
^ "Under-21 EURO Squad of the Tournament" . UEFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021 .
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