brazilian football player
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Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães ( portuguese pronunciation : [ ˌɡabɾiˈɛw dus ˈsɐ̃tus mɐɣɐˈʎɐ̃js ], born 19 December 1997 ), known as Gabriel, is a brazilian professional football player who plays as centre-back for Premier League club Arsenal .

Club career [edit ]

Avaí [edit ]

Gabriel was born in the Pirituba District of São Paulo. At age 13, Gabriel began his career at Avaí but returned to São Paulo after a week due to homesickness. however, Gabriel reconsidered his decision and returned to Avaí after two weeks, finally going on to earn his first master contract at age 16. [ 2 ] He went on to be part of the team that won promotion to Brasileiro Série A in 2017. [ 3 ]

Lille [edit ]

Gabriel playing for Lille in 2019 On 31 January 2017, Gabriel joined Ligue 1 slope Lille, signing a four and a half-year contract. When he arrived, Gabriel taught himself French and went on to conduct most of his interviews in the language. [ 4 ] After playing respective matches for Lille B, he was loaned to fellow Ligue 1 side Troyes by then head coach Marcelo Bielsa, [ 5 ] before joining croatian side Dinamo Zagreb, where he made just one league appearance for each club ‘s aged team. [ 6 ] Gabriel returned to Lille in 2018, starting his inaugural pit on 10 February 2019 against relegation-threatened Guingamp in a 2–0 gain. He went on to make 14 appearances over the course of the season, scoring his first gear goal for Lille in a 5–1 acquire against Paris Saint-Germain on 14 April 2019. [ 7 ] The follow season, Gabriel began to play more regularly, forming a centre-back partnership with José Fonte. Gabriel was a starter in all six of Lille ‘s Champions League group stage matches. [ 8 ] Lille coach Christophe Galtier spoke about the defender ‘s patience, saying “ I saw he had capital potential and he was able to seize the beginning opportunity he got. He was hungry to play, and while he bided his time, he worked a set. He ‘s an example for early youngsters to follow. It ‘s a kind of news to behave like that. How much nowadays do you see players not working if they ‘re not in the police squad ? ” [ 9 ]

arsenal [edit ]

On 1 September 2020, Arsenal announced the sign of Gabriel on a long-run contract. [ 10 ] interest in the Brazilian was reportedly high, with multiple clubs will to match the valuation set by Lille. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Gabriel joined for a fee reaching the area of £27m after add-ons. [ 13 ]

On 12 September, the opening sidereal day of the 2020–21 Premier League season, Gabriel made his debut for Arsenal, scoring the irregular finish in a 3–0 win against Fulham at Craven Cottage. [ 14 ] Following his performance in Arsenal ‘s 2–1 gain against West Ham on 19 September 2020, Gabriel was awarded Arsenal ‘s actor of the month award for September. [ 15 ] He won the award again in October after featuring in five of Arsenal ‘s six games in the calendar month. [ 16 ] Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta spoke highly of Gabriel ‘s early on performances, saying “ you move him from France to hera at an early on senesce, without talking the linguistic process, to adapt to a new way of play as well … [ but ] he has done it in truth quickly and is showing a bang-up mentality angstrom well. ” [ 17 ] Despite Arsenal ‘s inadequate kind in late 2020, Gabriel was awarded his third base player of the calendar month prize in December after his performances in Arsenal ‘s 1–0 win against Manchester United on 1 November and their 0–0 draw against Leeds United on 22 November. [ 18 ] On 29 November, Gabriel scored his inaugural goal at the Emirates during Arsenal ‘s 2–1 get the better of to Wolves. [ 19 ] Gabriel received his inaugural crimson card for Arsenal on 16 December 2020 in a home game against Southampton, after being given two chicken cards in the quad of five minutes for foul on Ché Adams and Theo Walcott. [ 20 ] This was the second gear time in a quarrel that Arsenal played with 10 men after Granit Xhaka was sent off against Burnley the former matchweek. [ 21 ] On 28 December 2020, Arsenal announced that Gabriel tested convinced for COVID-19. [ 22 ]

International career [edit ]

Gabriel represented Brazil at under-20 level at the 2017 south american U-20 Championship. [ 23 ] [ 4 ] On 14 November 2020, he made his external introduction with Brazil ‘s under-23 national side in a 3–1 acquire over South Korea ‘s under-23s in an international friendly. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] On 17 June 2021, he was named in the team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was forced to withdraw with a knee injury on 6 July. [ 26 ] [ 27 ]

style of play [edit ]

Gabriel is a left-footed centre-back who normally plays on the leave side of a centre-back partnership. however, Gabriel can besides play as separate of a back three. [ 9 ] Despite his altitude, Gabriel is known for being fast. Christophe Galtier spoke about Gabriel, saying “ He has a bunch of character for a 22-year-old male child. Despite his 190cm height, he is super fast and covers his side well. He is the musician who has won the most aerial duels in the first separate of the season. ” [ 28 ] Gabriel is besides known for his distribution ability, broadly looking to play the ball forward or to the left-back. In the 2019–20 season, Gabriel had completed the most passes into the opposition half in all of Ligue 1. [ 29 ] According to his Lille teammate and mentor José Fonte, Gabriel “ has to keep defending well by being aggressive, being well positioned, and not taking risks. ” [ 9 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 26 December 2021[30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental[i] Other[ii] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Avaí 2016 Série B 21 1 4 0 — — 14 1 39 2
Lille 2016–17 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2018–19 Ligue 1 14 1 2 0 1 0 — — 17 1
2019–20 Ligue 1 24 1 1 0 3 0 6 0 — 34 1
Total 39 2 3 0 4 0 6 0 — 52 2
Troyes (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 — — 4 0
Dinamo Zagreb (loan) 2017–18 Prva HNL 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Arsenal 2020–21 Premier League 23 2 1 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 32 3
2021–22 Premier League 16 2 0 0 1 0 — — 17 2
Total 39 4 1 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 49 5
Career total 101 6 10 0 8 0 12 1 14 1 145 8

Honours [edit ]

Dinamo Zagreb

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Arsenal F.C. website
  • Profile at the Premier League website