Patric Cabral Lalau (born 25 March 1989), simply known as Patric, is a Brazilian
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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for
América Mineiro.
As an international for the
Brazil under-20 team, he was often compared to fellow countryman
Maicon.
Career
Patric started his career with local club
Criciúma
Criciúma is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home materials in ...
, where he played from 2007 to 2008.
In 2009, he was signed by
Brasa, a proxy club for Energy Sports, both football agent and agent for investors. He was immediately loaned to
São Caetano, in which he became an youth international player for the
Brazilian under-20 team, where In 2009, he played for Brazil at the
2009 South American Youth Championship, a tournament which Brazil won. After such fantastic displays for club and country, he received interest from Portuguese club
Benfica.
On 18 April 2009, it was reported that Patric would join Benfica at the end of the season for a reported €2 million fee for 70% economic rights. It also revealed that Benfica paid €3 million immediately to Patric's former clubs when he was signed and Brasa paid back Benfica to buy 30% economic rights for €900,000 in 3 annual installments from 2009–10 season to 2011–12 season, despite Benfica signed Patric directly from Brasa.
On 29 Jun 2009, Patric was officially presented at Benfica's
Estádio da Luz
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in Lisbon. In August 2009 Patric returned to Brazil for top division club
Cruzeiro.
In January 2010, he left for Avaí on a season's long loan. In 2011 Benfica sold Patric's 100% registration rights and 50% economic rights
[ to ]Atlético Mineiro
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for a reported €1 million, Benfica remained eligible to 20% transfer fee that Mineiro received.[SL Benfica Futebol SAD Relatório e Contas Consolidado e Individual – 2010–11]
On 17 August 2011, in a match against Corinthians
The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...
had an altercation with his coach, Cuca. He was subsequently told to practise away from the team. A series of loan deals followed. A month later, he signs his first loan deal, with Ponte Preta. There, he won promotion to the 2012 Série A.
In February 2012, Patric moves to Avaí
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on a second loan. He played his first match at 22 February against Joinville
Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Joinville is also a ...
. In July 2012, he moved, this time to Náutico. In January 2013, he moved on loan for fourth time. In June 2013, Patric moved on loan for a fifth time, now to Sport Recife
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In football, the club has w ...
, where he would stay a further year, after a renewal of the loan deal was agreed. On 10 September 2014, he scored a hat-trick against Santos.
Honours
;Coritiba
* Campeonato Paranaense: 2013
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;Sport Recife
* Copa do Nordeste: 2014
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;Atlético Mineiro
* Campeonato Mineiro: 2015
;Brazil
* 2009 South American Youth Championship: 2009
Footnotes
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
People from Criciúma
Brazilian footballers
Association football defenders
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Criciúma Esporte Clube players
Associação Desportiva São Caetano players
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
Clube Atlético Mineiro players
Avaí FC players
Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
Sport Club do Recife players
Esporte Clube Vitória players
América Futebol Clube (MG) players
S.L. Benfica footballers
Brazil youth international footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
Sportspeople from Santa Catarina (state)