Vinícius (footballer, born 1986)

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.

Vinícius
Personal information
Full name Vinícius Oliveira Franco
Date of birth (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986
Place of birth Campo Grande, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nea Salamina
Number 16
Youth career
–2004 União São João
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 União São João
2004–2006 Porto B
2006–2007 Nacional 2 (0)
2007 → União da Madeira (loan) 13 (3)
2007–2008 União da Madeira 27 (3)
2008–2010 Aves 42 (6)
2010 Olhanense 12 (0)
2011–2013 Braga 9 (0)
2012–2013 → Moreirense (loan) 28 (3)
2013–2018 APOEL 111 (16)
2019 Sanat Naft 14 (0)
2019–2020 Olympiakos Nicosia 19 (0)
2020– Nea Salamina 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:15, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

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, União da Madeira, C.D. Aves, S.C. Olhanense, S.C. Braga and Moreirense.

APOEL

On 10 July 2013, after eight seasons in the Portuguese leagues, Vinícius signed a two-year contract with APOEL FC from Cyprus.[1] He made his official debut on 17 August 2013 against Apollon Limassol in the Cypriot Super Cup final, in a match which APOEL won 1–0 and lifted the trophy.[2][3] 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.[4] During the 2013–14 season, he appeared in all six 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage matches for APOEL and also managed to win all the titles in Cyprus, the Cypriot League,[5][6] the Cypriot Cup[7][8] and the Cypriot Super Cup.[3][9]

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.[10] 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.[11] Vinícius appeared in every group stage match in APOEL's 2014–15 UEFA Champions League campaign.[12] On 6 December 2014, Vinícius signed a two-year contract extension with APOEL, running until June 2017.[13]

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.[14] On 19 May 2017, Vinícius signed a two-year contract extension with APOEL, running until June 2019.[15]

Olympiakos Nicosia

On 5 September 2019 he signed for Olympiakos Nicosia.

Career statistics
As of 29 December 2017
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nacional 2006–07[16] Primeira Liga 2010—2[lower-alpha 1]0—50
União (loan) 2006–07[16] Segunda Divisão 13310———143
União 2007–08[16] 27300———273
Total 40610———416
Aves 2008–09[16] Segunda Liga 2121020——242
2009–10[16] 2140020——234
Total 4261040——476
Olhanense 2010–11[16] Primeira Liga 1202010——150
Braga 2010–11[16] 300000——30
2011–12[16] 6010101[lower-alpha 1]0—90
Total 90101010—120
Moreirense (loan) 2012–13[16] Primeira Liga 2832030——333
APOEL 2013–14[17] Cypriot First Division 32570—8[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0485
2014–15[17] 16010—10[lower-alpha 3]21[lower-alpha 2]0282
2015–16[17] 29551—9[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 2]0446
2016–17[17] 27651—14[lower-alpha 4]10[lower-alpha 2]0468
2017–18 7 12
Total 11416182—5332018721
Career total 24431262905633033836
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in Cypriot Super Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

Honours
APOEL

References
  1. "Vinicius Oliveira Franco" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. ΑΠΟΕΛ - Απόλλωνας 1-0 (τελικό) (in Greek). CFA. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  3. "APOEL FC 1-0 APOLLON". APOEL FC. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  4. "APOEL vs. Enosis 3-0". Soccerway. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. "Sheridan strike hands APOEL Cypriot title". UEFA. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  6. "AEL vs. APOEL 0-1". Soccerway. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  7. ΕΡΜΗΣ ΑΡΑΔΙΠΠΟΥ 0-2 ΑΠΟΕΛ (in Greek). APOEL FC. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  8. "APOEL vs. Ermis 2-0". Soccerway. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  9. "APOEL vs. Apollon 1-0". Soccerway. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  10. "Clinical APOEL hold AaB". UEFA. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  11. "APOEL ease past AaB and into group stage". UEFA. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  12. "APOEL FC Squad". UEFA. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  13. Επέκταση συνεργασίας με Sergio και Vinicius [Contract extension with Sergio and Vinicius] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  14. "APOEL 2–1 Astana". UEFA.com. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  15. Ανανέωση συνεργασίας με Vinicius [Contract renewal with Vinicius] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  16. "Foradejogo profile". Foradejogo. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  17. "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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