Abner Felipe Souza de Almeida (born 30 May 1996), simply known as Abner, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Belgian club

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Club career

Coritiba

Born in

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, Paraná, Abner finished his formation with

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...

, after joining the club in 2011 from

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. On 3 June 2012, he agreed to a three-year contract, his first professional link. On 18 September 2013, at the age of 17, he made his first team – and Série A – debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Sergio Escudero in a 2–2 home draw against

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; it was his only appearance for the club. In October 2013, shortly after making his professional debut, Abner suffered a serious

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injury, being sidelined for six months. Subsequently, the 40% of his rights belonging to ''Coxa'' were sold to a group of businessman, and were assigned to PSTC (which already had 40% of the player).

Real Madrid

On 23 July 2014, despite long standing interest from Italian giants

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, Abner signed for

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and was assigned to the reserves in

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. He made his debut for Castilla on 8 August, replacing Javi Noblejas late into a 2–1 loss at

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. On 5 September 2014, after only one further match for the B-team, Abner again suffered the same knee injury from the previous year, being sidelined for the campaign. The following 10 July, now fully recovered, he was called up to the main squad by manager

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to feature in the pre-season tours in Australia and China; six days later, however, he was cut from the squad after suffering a setback from his injury. Abner returned to the fields on 20 September 2015, playing 20 minutes in a 1–0 loss at

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; three days later, he again suffered a serious knee injury during training, being again out for the season. After his third injury, he stated that he "considered leaving football", but

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, at the time the Castilla manager, encouraged him to keep going. In 2016–17, Abner managed to feature in 21 league matches without setbacks, as Castilla finished in a disappointing 11th position.

Loan to Estoril

On 20 August 2017, Abner was loaned to

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side

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, for one year. He made his top tier debut on 10 September, starting in a 2–0 away defeat to

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. On 26 February 2018, after just ten league matches, Abner's loan was cancelled.

Coritiba return

On 3 April 2018, Abner returned to his first club Coritiba on loan from Real Madrid, until 30 June. On 20 July, he extended his link until the end of the year, but opted to leave on 8 December, after 19 league appearances.

Athletico Paranaense

On 8 March 2019, Abner was presented at

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, after agreeing to a loan deal until the end of the year; he was initially assigned to the under-23 squad for the year's

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. In January 2020, Abner was sent on loan to

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club Água Santa.

Farense

In September 2020, Abner signed a three-year contract with Portuguese club

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RWDM

On 30 June 2023, after his contract with Farense expired, Abner signed a one-year deal with

in Belgium.

International career

Abner represented

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at under-17 level at the

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and at the

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in the

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. At the latter tournament, he suffered the first of his three knee injuries in a match against

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Career statistics

Honours

Athletico Paranaense *

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Individual *

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Team of the Season: 2022–23

References

External links

Real Madrid profile
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