Victor Vinícius Coelho dos Santos (born 9 October 1993), commonly known as Vitinho, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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and

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for

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club

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Club career

Botafogo

During the 2013 season, he scored 4 goals in 16

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matches.

CSKA Moscow

On 2 September 2013, Vitinho signed a 5-year contract with

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Champions

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. However, Vitinho struggled to be in the regular first team and instead, he made a handful appearances from the bench and often remained an unused substitute. Vitinho was linked with a loan move to

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Internacional (loan)

On 16 January 2015 Vitinho joined Internacional on a one-year loan deal. The loan was extended until the end of 2016 on 24 December 2015. At the same time Vitinho extended his CSKA contract until the summer of 2020. CSKA had an option to recall him from loan in the summer of 2016, but they did not. At the end of his loan, CSKA announced they will not extend the loan and Vitinho will return to CSKA for the start of their camp in January 2017.

Flamengo

Following the

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game that CSKA won on 27 July 2018, the club announced that this was Vitinho's last game for them as they agreed on his transfer with

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. Both clubs agreed in a

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10 million transfer fee, so Vitinho became the highest transfer in Flamengo's history. On 4 August 2018 Vitinho debuted for Flamengo in a league match against Grêmio at

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, Flamengo lost 2–0. He scored his first goal for his new club on 5 September 2018 in a

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2–1 loss to

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. He finished 2018 season with a total of 28 appearances and 3 goals for Flamengo.

Club statistics

Club

Honours

Club

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;CSKA *

: 2013–14 *

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;Internacional *

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;Flamengo *

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runner-up:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vitinho (footballer 1993) 1993 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Russian Premier League players Saudi Pro League players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players PFC CSKA Moscow players Sport Club Internacional players CR Flamengo footballers Al-Ettifaq FC players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia