Ângelo Gabriel Borges Damaceno (born 21 December 2004), known as Ângelo Gabriel () or simply Ângelo, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a winger for the

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club

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Club career

Santos

Born in

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, Ângelo joined Santos' youth setup in 2015, aged ten. In July 2020, aged only 15, he started to appear for the under-20s, being subsequently promoted to the main squad in October by manager Cuca. On 23 October 2020, Ângelo agreed to a professional pre-contract deal with ''Peixe'', effective as of his 16th birthday. He made his professional debut two days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 3–1 away loss against

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for the Brazilian Série A championship; aged 15 years, 10 months and 4 days, he became the second-youngest ever player to debut for the club, only behind Coutinho, and overcame

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by 11 days. Ângelo made his

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debut on 9 March 2021, starting in a 2–1 home success over Deportivo Lara; aged 16 years, 2 months and 16 days, he became the youngest Santos player to appear in the competition, surpassing

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. Ângelo scored his first professional goal on 6 April 2021, netting his team's third in a 3–1 Libertadores away win against

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; aged 16 years, 3 months and 16 days, he broke

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' record and became the youngest player ever to score in a Libertadores match. On 10 December, after featuring regularly, he renewed his contract until December 2024.

Chelsea

On 16 July 2023, Ângelo agreed to join

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side Chelsea, signing a long-term deal for a fee in the region of £13 million.

Loan to Strasbourg

On 8 August 2023, Ângelo was loaned out to

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club

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until the end of the season. He made his debut as a substitute in the opening league game against

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, where his team won 2–1. Ângelo made his full 90 minute debut on 17 September in his fourth league game against

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. In a follow-up league match against

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, he assisted the only goal where his team won the game 1–0, and was named Man of the Match by the Strasbourg's supporters. He was named as the club's Player of the Month for September. Ângelo then also contributed two more assists for Strasbourg, including setting up a winning goal against

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on 20 December 2023. Having initially trouble settling in since joining the club, he became a first team regular, playing in the winger position. However, Ângelo was out on two separate occasions, due to injuries, including one that saw him out for the rest of the season. At the end of the 2023–24 season, he had made 21 appearances in all competitions. Following this, Ângelo returned to his parent club.

Al-Nassr

On 3 September 2024, Ângelo completed a transfer to

side

. The fee was reported by

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to be in the region of £19.4 million (€23 million).

International career

Ângelo represented Brazil under-15s in 2019, scoring in a 4–0 defeat of

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on 27 September and taking part of the

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in November. On 6 March 2020, Ângelo was called up with the under-16s for the year's

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, but the competition was later suspended due to the

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. In October, he was called up to the under-17s for trainings in the following month, but tested positive for

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during that period.

Personal life

During his time at Strasbourg, Ângelo began taking French lessons, learning the language.

Career statistics

References

External links

Profile
at the Chelsea F.C. website {{DEFAULTSORT:Angelo Gabriel 2004 births Living people Footballers from Brasília Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Santos FC players Chelsea F.C. players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Al-Nassr FC players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Ligue 1 players Saudi Pro League players Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen