Vinicius Santana da Silva (born 25 February 2001), known as Vinicius Popó, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a striker for Capivariano.

Life and career

Born in

São José do Rio Preto São José do Rio Preto () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located at the northwest portion of the state, 440 km (273 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 700 km (435 mi) from Brasília. As of ...

, Vinicius Popó joined Cruzeiro at 13 years-old in May 2014. In a few time, he established himself as prolific goal scorer playing for Cruzeiro's U17 and U20 teams. Due to his good performances, he soon started to be considered a promising player and, as a result, the club signed him a professional contract with a R$ 330 million

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. In January 2019, Popó scored five goals in seven matches for the Cruzeiro U20 at the

Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior The Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (or ''São Paulo Youth Football Cup'', in English), also known as Copa São Paulo de Juniores (''São Paulo Youth Cup'') and Copinha (''Little Cup''), is a cup competition played by Brazilian under-20 associ ...

. Due to his performance at this championship, Cruzeiro's coach

Mano Menezes Luiz Antônio Venker de Menezes (born 11 June 1962), known as Mano Menezes, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Sport Club Internacional, Internacional. He managed the Brazil national f ...

promoted him to the senior team and listed him in the squad available to play the

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 ...

. On 10 March 2019 Popó made his professional debut when he came in the 75th minute of the match against Tombense, replacing Sassá. On 20 July 2019 Popó debuted in the Campeonato Brasileiro when he replaced Sassá at the 74th minute of the match against

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Titles

Cruzeiro

Campeonato Mineiro Campeonato Mineiro is the state football league of the state of Minas Gerais and is controlled by the Minas Gerais Football Federation FMF (Federação Mineira de Futebol). The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: befor ...

* Campeonato Mineiro Júnior

Goias

* Campeonato Goiano Sub-20

Capivariano

Campeonato Paulista Série A3 Campeonato Paulista Série A3 (also referred to as Paulistão A3 for short) is the third level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. The tournament has been known as Série A3 since ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Popó, Vinicius 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from São José do Rio Preto Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Sport Club do Recife players Goiás Esporte Clube players Azuriz Futebol Clube players Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube players Footballers from São Paulo (state) Capivariano Futebol Clube players Betim Futebol players