Victor Hugo Santana Carvalho (born 24 March 1998), commonly known as Vitinho, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as an

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for Juventude, on loan from

Red Bull Bragantino Red Bull Bragantino () is a Brazilian football club based in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo. It competes in the Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the highest lev ...

Club career

Born in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, Vitinho joined

Palmeiras The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is ...

' youth setup in 2011. On 28 April 2016 he was promoted to the first team, signing a contract until 2021. Vitinho made his first team – and Série A – debut on 21 June 2016, coming on as a substitute for

Cleiton Xavier Cleiton Ribeiro Xavier (; born 23 March 1983) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is known by his powerful and accurate free kicks, dribbling skills and passes. Club career In his early career, ...

in a 2–0 home win against

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. However, he appeared in only one more match for the side during the year, again from the bench. On 10 July 2017, after still being rarely used, Vitinho was loaned to

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

for one year, being assigned to the reserves in

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; the deal was made official the following day.

Honours

;Palmeiras *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

References

External links

FC Barcelona official profile
* * 1998 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players SE Palmeiras players São Caetano Futebol players Red Bull Bragantino players Segunda División players FC Barcelona Atlètic players Esporte Clube Juventude players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-stub