Vinícius (footballer, Born 1986)
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Vinícius Oliveira Franco, or simply Vinícius (born May 16, 1986) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Nea Salamina in the Cypriot First Division as a central midfielder.


Career


Portugal

Vinícius moved abroad for the first time in 2004 to join Portuguese club FC Porto B. During his eight-year spell in Portugal he played also for
C.D. Nacional Clube Desportivo Nacional, commonly known as Nacional and sometimes Nacional da Madeira (), is a Portuguese football club based in Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Founded on 8 December 1910, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, Portug ...
, União da Madeira, C.D. Aves,
S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...
, S.C. Braga and
Moreirense Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...
.


APOEL

On 10 July 2013, after eight seasons in the Portuguese leagues, Vinícius signed a two-year contract with APOEL FC from Cyprus. He made his official debut on 17 August 2013 against
Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...
in the Cypriot Super Cup final, in a match which APOEL won 1–0 and lifted the trophy. He scored his first official goal for APOEL on 2 September 2013, in his team's 3–0 home win against Enosis Neon Paralimni for the Cypriot First Division. During the 2013–14 season, he appeared in all six
2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage The group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was played from 19 September to 12 December 2013. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage. Draw The draw was held on 30 August 2013, 13:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco. Th ...
matches for APOEL and also managed to win all the titles in Cyprus, the Cypriot League, the Cypriot Cup and the Cypriot Super Cup. On 20 August 2014, Vinícius scored the equalizer against Aalborg BK at Nordjyske Arena, in APOEL's 1–1 first leg draw for the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League. On 26 August 2014, he scored again in the return leg against Aalborg BK, helping his team to win 4–0 and reach the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Vinícius appeared in every group stage match in APOEL's
2014–15 UEFA Champions League The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League was the 60th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 23rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final was pl ...
campaign. On 6 December 2014, Vinícius signed a two-year contract extension with APOEL, running until June 2017. On 15 September 2016, he scored the equalizer in APOEL's 2–1 home victory over FC Astana for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. On 19 May 2017, Vinícius signed a two-year contract extension with APOEL, running until June 2019.


Olympiakos Nicosia

On 5 September 2019 he signed for Olympiakos Nicosia.


Career statistics


Honours

; APOEL * Cypriot First Division: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 * Cypriot Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15 * Cypriot Super Cup: 2013


References


External links


APOEL official profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinicius 1986 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Primeira Liga players Persian Gulf Pro League players Cypriot First Division players FC Porto B players C.D. Nacional players C.F. União players C.D. Aves players S.C. Olhanense players S.C. Braga players Moreirense F.C. players APOEL FC players Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. players Olympiakos Nicosia players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Footballers from Campo Grande