Iago Amaral Borduchi (born 23 March 1997) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a left-back for

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club

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Club career

Born in

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, Iago started his youth career with the academy of local

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. Although initially, he played as a

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, he later switched to

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position. He moved to the youth setup of

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in 2013, at the age of 16. Ahead of the 2017 season, Iago was promoted to the senior team. On 8 February, he extended his contract until 2020. Fifteen days later, he made his first team debut, starting in a 3–1 victory against Cricúima, in

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. In 2018 season, Iago started playing regularly for the first team owing to the injured Uendel; going on to play even after the latter's recovery. On 23 May 2018, he renewed his contract till 2021. On 23 June 2019, German

club

confirmed, that they had signed Iago on a contract until 30 June 2024.

International career

Iago was called to the Brazil under-20 team for the 2016 Suwon JS Cup.

Career statistics

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Iago
at Internacional's website {{DEFAULTSORT:Iago 1997 births Living people Men's association football defenders Brazilian footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Sport Club Internacional players FC Augsburg players Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Brazilian people of Italian descent People from Monte Azul Paulista Footballers from São Paulo (state)