Michel Augusto Modesto Rafael dos Santos (born 20 May 2003), simply known as Michel, is a Brazilian professional footballer why plays for

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

Club career

Michel made his

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

debut for

on the 1st December 2021, starting the game against

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, and playing the full 90 minutes of this 3–1 away win. In a

side that had just won its second

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

in a row, while already being out of the race for the Serie A season, Michel appeared as one of the most promising prospect of the Paulistas, starting the last three championship games of the season as a

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Abel Ferreira Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira (born 22 December 1978), known simply as Abel as a player, is a Portuguese football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Brazilian club Palmeiras. As a right-back, he played 234 Primeira Li ...

's 3-4-3 system.

References

External links

Palmeiras profile
2003 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Footballers from São Paulo (state) People from Avaré Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games {{Brazil-footy-defender-stub