Vítor Tormena de Farias (born 4 January 1996) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Formed at

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 ...

where he played only in the

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, he played most of his career in Portugal, making 126 appearances for

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with whom he won the

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(2020) and

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(2021). He also represented

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and Portimonense in the country.

Club career

São Paulo

Born in

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, Tormena came through the youth system of

. He played nine games for them in the 2016

, debuting on 7 July in a goalless home draw with

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. On 8 January 2017, Tormena joined

Grêmio Novorizontino Grêmio Novorizontino, commonly referred to as simply Novorizontino, is a Brazilian association football club in Novo Horizonte, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campe ...

on loan for the

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campaign. He played only once, in a 3–1 loss at Santos on 30 March.

Gil Vicente

On 27 June 2017, Tormena joined Portuguese

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club

. On 6 August, he made his debut in a 2–1 victory over Porto B. He was sent off on 25 February 2018 in a 2–1 loss at Santa Clara, and scored his first goal on 15 April to open a 1–1 draw at Oliveirense, as his team suffered relegation. In September 2018, Tormena was loaned to

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club Portimonense for the season. A regular during his stay on the

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, he scored once away to reigning champions

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on 7 December, though they won 4–1.

Braga

On 13 June 2019, Tormena signed a five-year deal at

. He made his debut on 15 August as a 71st-minute substitute for Pablo in a 3–1 win (7–3 aggregate) over

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in the

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third qualifying round – his continental debut. He played only eight other games through the whole season, including the 1–0 win over Porto in the

final on 25 January 2020; he was affected by two injuries, which he described as the first of his career. Tormena scored his first goal on 3 December 2020, opening a 4–2 win at

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in the

, putting Braga into the last 16. Eleven days later, as a substitute, he netted again in a 7–0 win at Olímpico Montijo in the fourth round of the

. The following 20 January, he netted the winner in a 2–1 League Cup semi-final win over Benfica, and played in the final loss to

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. On 14 April 2022, Tormena was sent off just before half time in a Europa League quarter-final second leg away to

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, for a foul on Kemar Roofe; James Tavernier converted the penalty as the Scots won 3–1 to overturn Braga's 1–0 win in the first game. He scored his first league goal for the club on 3 September in a home win over local rivals

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, with the last touch of the game in the eighth minute of added time; on 13 November he and Paulo Oliveira were sent off at the end of a 2–1 win at Portimonense. The following 16 February he was again sent off in a European defeat as the team lost 4–0 at home to

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in the

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knockout round play-off; his foul on Luka Jović was initially given a yellow card until

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review.

Krasnodar

On 18 August 2023,

club

announced the signing of Tormena on a four-year contract, for a reported fee of €3 million.

Career statistics

Honours

Braga *

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: 2019–20 Krasnodar *

: 2024–25

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tormena, Vitor 1996 births Living people Footballers from Marília Men's association football defenders Brazilian men's footballers São Paulo FC players Grêmio Novorizontino players Gil Vicente F.C. players Portimonense S.C. players S.C. Braga players FC Krasnodar players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Russian Premier League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen