Vanailson Luciano de Souza Alves (born 25 April 1991), commonly known as Vaná, is a Brazilian

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who plays as

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for

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club

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. After starting his professional career at

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...

, he spent several years in Portugal with

Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chairma ...

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

and Famalicão. He made 52

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appearances and played a small role in Porto's league title in 2017–18.

Career

Brazil

Born in Planaltina,

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, Vaná was brought to

Clube 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 ...

in 2006. On his release in 2010, a former coach took him to

Coritiba Foot Ball Club Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...

, where he was promoted to the first team in 2012. Vaná was loaned to Canoas Sport Club in

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

for the 2012 Campeonato Gaúcho and later that year joined

Associação Chapecoense de Futebol Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, commonly known as Chapecoense, is a Brazilian Association football, football club, based in the city of Chapecó in the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina. The club was founded in 1973 with the ...

on the same basis, being recalled to Coritiba due to their injury situation. He became known as "Vaneuer", a reference to German goalkeeper

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. In the final of the 2015 Campeonato Paranaense, Vaná was blamed by the fans for both goals in a 2–0 first leg loss at

Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube, more commonly referred to as Operário Ferroviário, Operário de Ponta Grossa or simply Operário-PR, is a Brazilian professional association football club in Ponta Grossa, Paraná which currently plays in ...

, losing his place to

Bruno Brigido Bruno Brigido de Oliveira (born 9 March 1991), known as Bruno Brigido, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Feirense as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Bruno graduated with hometown's Criciúma. During his spel ...

thereafter. For 2016, he moved to

ABC Futebol Clube ABC Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as ABC, is a Brazilian professional club based in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte founded on 29 June 1915. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as i ...

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, where he won the

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and played a part in their promotion to the

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Feirense / Porto

Vaná moved to Portugal in 2016, signing for newly promoted

club C.D. Feirense. His performances in his only season at the

Santa Maria da Feira Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 139,309,S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional association football, football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese footba ...

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– who bid €800,000 for him – and

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

, and he signed a four-year deal with the latter on 15 July 2017. He was back-up to

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and made his debut on 12 May 2018 in the final game of the

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away to

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, commonly known as Vitória de Guimarães, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top-flight of football in Portugal. Vitória de Guimarães have finished t ...

with the title already secured (1–0 victory). A year later, after the Spaniard suffered a heart attack, Vaná played the final three matches of the season, winning all of them as the title went to

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on the last day. He also played the 2019 Taça de Portugal Final on 25 May, a penalty shootout defeat to

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Famalicão

After the signing of Argentine

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and promotion of youth player

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, Vaná fell to third-choice goalkeeper at Porto and on 31 August 2019 he was loaned to fellow Primeira Liga team

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for the season. Second choice to experienced compatriot

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, he made his debut on 30 October in a 2–1 home win over Gil Vicente FC. He played 23 total games for the club from

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, who fell short of a European place after a good start to the season. On 2 October 2020, Vaná returned to Famalicão on a permanent transfer. He battled for a starting place against Russian Ivan Zlobin, and after a period of self-isolation due to

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, the teenager Luiz Júnior.

Aris

Vaná left Portugal on 1 July 2021, when he joined newly promoted

club

. He helped

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finish 4th in the

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(tied for their highest ever placement in the league), and qualify for European football for the first time in the club's history.

Honours

Club

Coritiba *

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ABC *

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Porto *

: 2017–18 *

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vana 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Federal District (Brazil) Association football goalkeepers Brazilian footballers Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players Canoas Sport Club players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players C.D. Feirense players FC Porto players F.C. Famalicão players Aris Limassol FC players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Primeira Liga players Cypriot First Division players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus