Gabriel Barbosa Almeida (born 30 August 1996), commonly known as Gabigol or Gabi, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football t ...

and the Brazil national team. A graduate of the Santos academy, Gabriel made his professional debut at the age of 16 and made over 200 appearances for the club across all competitions. Playing for Flamengo since 2019, he quickly became a fan favourite after scoring twice in the final minutes of the

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and again in the

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Gabriel joined

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube (), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the ''Peixe'' (; "fish"), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a '' bairro'' in the city of Santos. It is also the team with the most goals i ...

's youth setup in 2004, at the age of 8; his prolific goalscoring with the club's youth sides saw him earn the nickname ''Gabigol''. On 25 September 2012, he signed a professional contract, with a €50 million buyout clause, and made his first team debut on 17 January of the following year, in a

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against Grêmio Barueri.

Santos

On 26 May 2013, Gabriel made his league debut, at only 16 years old, in a 0–0 draw against

. He scored his first professional goal on 22 August, netting the game's only goal in a home success against Grêmio, for the year's

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. On 1 February 2014, Gabriel scored a brace and Santos' 12,000th goal in a 5–1 victory against

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, for that year's

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championship. He finished the tournament with seven goals, as ''Peixe'' finished second. Gabriel netted his first Série A goal on 20 April 2014, scoring his side's only in a 1–1 home draw against

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. He signed a new five-year deal with the club on 23 September, and finished the season with 21 goals, ten ahead of high-spending

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. After starting the 2015 campaign on the bench, Gabriel was appointed as first-choice after the departure of

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. He scored ten goals in the year's ''Brasileirão'', and was the top scorer in

with eight goals, with highlights including braces against

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and

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, and the winner in the first leg of the national cup's final against

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. His impressive form for the season with Santos also saw him named by Spanish sport magazine ''

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'' as one of 101 best young talents in world football in 2015 Gabriel started the 2016 season with two consecutive goals, against São Bernardo and Ponte Preta. On 24 April he scored a double in a 2–2 home draw against Palmeiras (3–2 win on

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), as his side reached the finals of the ''Paulistão'' for the eight consecutive time.

Inter

On 27 August 2016, after being warmly welcomed by Inter fans once landed in Milan the day before, Gabriel signed for

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on a five-year deal in a deal reportedly worth €29.5m. On 22 September 2016, the club officially introduced Gabigol as an Inter player in the auditorium Pirelli with a media show: the striker entered the press room after a video showing him below the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro and then on Milan rooftops, clearly evoking the spot Inter had realized to introduce ''Il Fenomeno''

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in the past. Gabigol made his first appearance on 25 September 2016, subbing Candreva in the 73rd minute. He scored his first goal for Inter on 19 February after coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 away victory against

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Benfica (loan)

On 31 August 2017, Gabriel joined Portuguese club Benfica on a season-long loan deal. He made his debut on 12 September in a

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match against

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, replacing

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in the 77th minute. Gabriel made his

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debut in a 2–1 loss at Boavista on 16 September 2017; he replaced Andrija Zivkovic, again in the 77th minute. He left the club in January with just 165 minutes of playtime and one goal scored, against

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for the

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Return to Santos (loan)

On 25 January 2018, Gabriel's former club Santos announced that they had reached an agreement with Inter for his return to the club on a one-year loan deal. He made his re-debut for the club on 11 February, starting and scoring his team's second in a 2–2 away draw against Ferroviária. Gabriel made his

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debut on 1 March 2018, starting in a 2–0 away loss against

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. On 11 May, he scored a

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– the first of his professional career – in a 5–1 home routing of Luverdense, for the year's national cup. On 1 September 2018, Gabriel scored all his team's goals in a 3–0 away win against

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Flamengo (loan)

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On 11 January 2019

officially announced an agreement with

to sign Gabriel on loan until 31 December 2019. Gabriel debuted for Flamengo on 23 January 2019 in a

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1–1 draw against Resende, he started the match and played all 90 minutes. He scored his first goal for Flamengo on 24 February 2019 in a 4–1 win against Americano, this was the first match of a six-game streak scoring including goals in

matches against

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and

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and a

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against Portuguesa (RJ) and Madureira in the

. Flamengo won the

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with Gabriel scoring 7 goals in 12 matches, also being selected to the tournament team of the year. On 23 November 2019, Gabriel scored two late goals in the

, in a 2–1 win over River Plate, when he was also sent off in the game, and became the top scorer of the competition with nine goals. Less than 24 hours later, Flamengo became champions of the Campeonato Brasileiro, with Gabriel having scored 25 league goals in the championship and becoming the first player since

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to be the nation's top goalscorer in two consecutive years; he also became the top goalscorer of the ''Brasileirão'' in the double round-robin-era, established in 2003. Flamengo's supporters quickly adopted Gabriel as one of their favourite players and chanted the slogan ''Hoje tem gol do Gabigol'' (today Gabigol will score) frequently in the stadiums. He was awarded with the

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award for his efforts in Brazil and was crowned

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by Uruguayan newspaper

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Flamengo

On 27 January 2020, Flamengo announced that the clubs agreed on a permanent transfer and Gabriel signed a contract with the club until December 2024 with a deal reportedly worth €18.5m.

International career

Youth

In November 2011, Gabriel was called up to Brazil under-15s. On 20 June 2013, he appeared with the under-17s in a tournament in

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. On 22 July 2014 Gabriel was called up to the

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s for the year's

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. He was the competition's top scorer, but missed the final 2–0 win over

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due to a

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in the previous game against

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. Gabriel was also included in

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's 23-man squad for the

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held in Uruguay. He scored his first goal in the competition on 20 January 2015, netting the last in a 2–0 win against

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. In 2015, Gabriel was also called up for

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with the under-23 side, scoring six goals in only four matches. He was also part of the host team that won a gold medal at the

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under manager

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. Gabriel scored a brace for Brazil in their final group game against

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in an eventual 4–0 win.

Senior

On 26 March 2016, Gabriel received his first call up to the full squad, replacing suspended

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for a 2018 World Cup Qualifier against

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. However, he was only an unused substitute in the 2–2 draw at the

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. On 5 May 2016, Gabriel was called up by manager

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to participate in the

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to be held in the United States, describing the call-up as a "dream". He made his full international debut on 29 May, replacing goalscorer

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and scoring the last in a 2–0 friendly win over

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. On 20 September 2019, Gabriel was called up by manager Tite for a pair of friendlies against

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and

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played in Singapore. Gabriel was the top goalscorer of the Campeonato Brasileiro with first-place Flamengo at the time. He came on in substitute for

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against Nigeria. On 6 March 2020, Gabriel was again called by Tite for the first two matches of 2022 World Cup Qualifiers against

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and

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. He was called up along with the other members of Flamengo's attacking trio, Bruno Henrique and

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. In June 2021, he was included in Brazil's squad for the

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on home soil. On 13 June, in Brazil's opening group match of the tournament, he scored the final goal in a 3–0 win over

. On 10 July, he made a substitute appearance in his nation's 1–0 defeat to rivals

in the

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Playing style

Considered to be a talented prospect, Gabriel is known for his technical skills, creativity and use of tricks on the ball; due to his flair and flamboyant playing style, he was dubbed the "next

" by the media in 2016. During his time with Santos and

, Gabriel's role on the pitch has evolved; originally a supporting forward capable of playing with his back to goal or on the wing, he transformed into a full-on

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with the main task of finding space inside the opponent's penalty box and poaching goals. Besides his goalscoring and positioning in attack, his physique also improved, leading him to start winning more aerial duels. Due to recent changes in his style of play, he has been compared to

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, his former teammate at

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. A controversial figure, he struggled to make the grade in Europe and has been recently linked with a move to

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. South American football expert Tim Vickery was damming with his verdict: “He’s 25 already, he had one go already in Europe with Inter Milan and Benfica, and it was an absolute disaster. People spoke very badly of him, if he was chocolate he would eat himself, he swanned around like he was Pretty Boy Floyd."

Career statistics

Club

International

''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gabriel goal''.

Honours

Santos *

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Flamengo *

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Brazil U23 *

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Brazil *

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runner-up:

Individual * Bola de Prata Best Newcomer:

Team of the Year:

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Team of the Year:

top scorer:

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* Bola de Prata:

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year:

top scorer:

Team of the Tournament:

* Copa Libertadores top scorer:

* Copa Libertadores Best Player:

* South American Team of the Year: 2019, 2021 *

: 2019

References

http://www.playmakerstats.com/match.php?id=5739983

External links

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