Lyanco

Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Лијанко Еванжелиста Силвеира Невеш Војновић, born 1 February 1997), known as Lyanco, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa on loan from EFL Championship club Southampton.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Neves and the second or paternal family name is Vojnovic.

Lyanco
Lyanco with Brazil U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnovic[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-01) 1 February 1997
Place of birth Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Gharafa
(on loan from Southampton)
Number 3
Youth career
2011–2014 Botafogo
2015–2016 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 São Paulo 21 (1)
2017–2021 Torino 46 (0)
2019 → Bologna (loan) 13 (1)
2021– Southampton 36 (1)
2023– → Al-Gharafa (loan) 3 (0)
International career
2016 Serbia U19 4 (0)
2016–2017 Brazil U20 9 (0)
2019–2020 Brazil U23 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:07, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Lyanco is of Portuguese and Serbian descent. His maternal family has Portuguese roots through his mother Carla.[2] Lyanco's paternal grandfather, Jovan Vojnović, was an ethnic Serb born in the part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia that is now in present-day Serbia and moved to Brazil at the age of seven, during World War II.[3]

Club career

Early career

Born in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Lyanco started his youth career at Botafogo.[4]

São Paulo

In January 2015, he signed a four-year deal with São Paulo. Lyanco made his professional debut as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Atlético Paranaense.[5] He started and played the 90 minutes in his third professional match, a 0–0 draw against Joinville.[6]

Torino

On 29 March 2017, it was announced that Lyanco had signed a five-year contract with Serie A club Torino, for a reported fee of €6 million plus bonuses.[4][7][8] He immediately moved to Turin to begin training with the team, and facilitate his acclimatisation to the club, at the orders of Siniša Mihajlović.[7] His league debut came on 20 September 2017 in a 3–2 victory over Udinese Calcio.[9]

Bologna (loan)

On 31 January 2019, Lyanco joined Bologna on loan until 30 June 2019.[10]

Southampton

On 25 August 2021, Lyanco joined Southampton on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[4][11] On 21 September 2021, he made his first appearance for Southampton in the EFL Cup against Sheffield United which ended 2–2, with Southampton advancing 4–2 on penalties.[12] On 30 October 2021, Lyanco made his first Premier League appearance, replacing Oriol Romeu in Southampton's 1–0 win against Watford at Vicarage Road.[13] He was forced off with a hamstring injury in the first half of Southampton's FA Cup match against Coventry City on 5 February 2022, and was expected to be sidelined for up to 12 weeks.[14][15] On 16 April 2022, Lyanco returned from injury and appeared in a 1–0 victory against Arsenal.[16]

On 8 May 2023, Lyanco scored his first Premier League goal in a 4–3 defeat to Nottingham Forest.[17] He went to Istanbul for transfer negotiations with Beşiktaş on 19 July 2023, but the transfer collapsed due to a change in the terms of the agreement proposed to Southampton.[18]

Al-Gharafa (loan)

On 29 August 2023, Lyanco joined Al-Gharafa on a season-long loan.[19] Three days later, he made his debut for the club in a 1–4 victory against Al Ahli.[20] On 28 September 2023, Lyanco was given a red card for violent conduct during a 4–0 defeat to Al Sadd.[21]

International career

On 28 January 2016, Lyanco announced on his official Twitter account that he had agreed with officials from the Football Association of Serbia, to represent Serbian youth teams at international level.[3] He featured for Serbia U19 in the qualifiers for the U19 European Championship.[3] Subsequently, he accepted a call up by Brazil U20 boss Rogério Micale and switched his allegiance back to Brazil.[3]

Personal life

Lyanco is married and has a daughter.[22]

Career statistics
As of match played 28 September 2023[23][24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
São Paulo 2015 Série A 9020———110
2016 Série A 12110——00131
2017 Série A 0010——0010
Total 21140000000251
Torino 2017–18 Serie A 4020———60
2018–19 Serie A 2020———40
2019–20 Serie A 17010—00—180
2020–21[25] Serie A 23021———251
Total 46071000000531
Bologna (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 13100———131
Southampton 2021–22[26] Premier League 1501020——180
2022–23[27] Premier League 2113060——301
2023–24[28] Championship 000010——10
Total 36140900000491
Al-Gharafa (loan) 2023–24 QSL 3000——0030
Career total 11931519000001434

    Honours

    São Paulo U20

    Brazil U23

    Individual

    References
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    3. "Lyanco, who played for Serbia in U19 European Championship qualifiers, accepts the invitation from Brazil U20". Samba Foot. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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