Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnovic (, born 1 February 1997), known as Lyanco, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a centre-back for

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club

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Lyanco started his youth career at

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São Paulo

In January 2015, he signed a four-year deal with

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. Lyanco made his professional debut as a substitute in a 2–1 win against

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. He started and played the 90 minutes in his third professional match, a 0–0 draw against

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Torino

On 29 March 2017, it was announced that Lyanco had signed a five-year contract with

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club

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, for a reported fee of €6 million plus bonuses. He immediately moved to Turin to begin training with the team, and facilitate his acclimatisation to the club, at the orders of

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. His league debut came on 20 September 2017 in a 3–2 victory over

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Bologna (loan)

On 31 January 2019, Lyanco joined

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on loan until 30 June 2019.

Southampton

On 25 August 2021, Lyanco joined

on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. On 21 September 2021, Lyanco made his first appearance for Southampton in the EFL Cup against

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which ended 2–2, with Southampton advancing 4–2 on penalties. On 30 October 2021, Lyanco made his first

appearance, replacing

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in Southampton's 1–0 win against

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International career

On 28 January 2016, Lyanco announced on his official Twitter account that he had agreed with officials from the Football Association of Serbia, to represent Serbian youth teams at international level. He featured for Serbia U19 in the qualifiers for the U19 European Championship. Subsequently, he accepted a call up by Brazil U20 boss

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and switched his allegiance back to Brazil.

Personal life

Lyanco is of Portuguese and Serbian descent. His maternal family has Portuguese roots. Lyanco's paternal grandfather, Jovan Vojnović, was an ethnic

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born in the part of the

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that is now in present-day Serbia and moved to Brazil at the age of seven, during

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Career statistics

Honours

São Paulo U20 * U-20 Copa Libertadores:

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Brazil U23 *

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Individual *Toulon Tournament Silver Ball: 2019 *

Best XI:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyanco 1997 births Living people People from Vitória, Espírito Santo Sportspeople from Espírito Santo Brazilian footballers Serbian footballers Association football defenders Brazil youth international footballers Serbia youth international footballers Brazilian people of Serbian descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Serbian people of Brazilian descent Serbian people of Portuguese descent São Paulo FC players Torino F.C. players Bologna F.C. 1909 players Southampton F.C. players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Serie A players Premier League players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England