Ângelo Gabriel Borges Damaceno (born 21 December 2004),is a Brazilian

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who plays for Santos as a

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Club career

Santos

Born in

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, Ângelo joined Santos' youth setup in 2015, aged ten. In July 2020, aged only 15, he started to appear for the under-20s, being subsequently promoted to the main squad in October by manager Cuca. On 23 October 2020, Ângelo agreed to a professional pre-contract deal with ''Peixe'', effective as of his 16th birthday. He made his professional debut two days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Lucas Braga in a 3–1 away loss against Fluminense for the Série A championship; aged 15 years, 10 months and 4 days, he became the second-youngest ever player to debut for the club, only behind

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, and overcame

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by 11 days. Ângelo made his

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debut on 9 March 2021, starting in a 2–1 home success over

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; aged 16 years, 2 months and 16 days, he became the youngest Santos player to appear in the competition, surpassing

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. Ângelo scored his first professional goal on 6 April 2021, netting his team's third in a 3–1 Libertadores away win against

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; aged 16 years, 3 months and 16 days, he broke

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' record and became the youngest player ever to score in a Libertadores match. On 10 December, after featuring regularly, he renewed his contract until December 2024.

International career

Ângelo represented Brazil under-15s in 2019, scoring in a 4–0 defeat of

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on 27 September and taking part of the

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in November. On 6 March 2020, Ângelo was called up with the under-16s for the year's Montaigu Tournament, but the competition was later suspended due to the

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. In October, he was called up to the under-17s for trainings in the following month, but tested positive for

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during that period.

Career statistics

References

External links

Santos FC profile
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