Natanael Batista Pimenta (born 25 December 1990), simply known as Natanael, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonato ...

Club career

Early career

Born in

Cuiabá Cuiabá () is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America. Also, it forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várzea Grande. The city' ...

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

, Natanael made his senior debuts with Operário de Várzea Grande in 2009. In 2011, he joined hometown's

, after a short stint at de Tangará.

Atlético Paranaense

On 19 December 2013, after his contract with Cuiabá expired, Natanael signed a one-year deal with Série A club

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

. He made his debut in the competition on 20 April, starting in a 1–0 home win against Grêmio. On 3 July 2014, Natanael signed a new three-year deal with ''Furacão''. He finished the campaign with 31 appearances (all starts), also appearing regularly during the year's

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. On 22 March 2015, Natanael scored his first goal for

in a 7–0 home win over

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in the

Campeonato Paranaense Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the top-flight football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil. Format The format has changed in 2014. 12 teams are together in a single group. They play against each other once, ...

Ludogorets Razgrad

In July 2015, Natanael signed for Bulgarian champions PFC Ludogorets Razgrad for an undisclosed fee. On 8 August, he played 55 minutes for Ludogorets II in a

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match against

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. Natanael made his first-team debut on 16 August, playing the full 90 minutes as Ludogorets beat

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

1–0 at

Ludogorets Arena Huvepharma Arena ( bg, Хювефарма Арена) is a multi-purpose stadium in Razgrad, Bulgaria. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football club Ludogorets Razgrad. The stadium has a seating capacity of ...

. The Brazilian quickly established himself as a first choice in the main squad, helping Ludogorets to win their fifth championship in the 2015–16 season. Natanael then played in all 6 qualifying matches of the

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, with his team managing to enter the group stage of the tournament. On 28 September 2016, he opened the scoring in the home match against

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in the group stage, netting from a free kick, but the Razgrad team went on to concede three goals and lost the match.

Statistics

Honours

;Ludogorets Razgrad *

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

(4): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...

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References

External links

Atlético Paranaense profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Natanael 1990 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Operário Futebol Clube (Várzea Grande) players Cuiabá Esporte Clube players Club Athletico Paranaense players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Sport Club Internacional players Atlético Clube Goianiense players Avaí FC players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Footballers from Cuiabá