brazilian football player

Marques and the second or paternal family name is Loureiro. In this portuguese name, the first or maternal class name isand the second or agnate family name is Allan Marques Loureiro ( born 8 January 1991 ), normally known as Allan Marques, or simply Allan ( brazilian portuguese : [ aˈlɐ̃ ] ), is a brazilian football player who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League clubhouse Everton and the Brazil national team.

After starting out in the Madureira young person system in his home country, he joined Uruguayan club Deportivo Maldonado, but late returned to Brazil and made his professional introduction with Vasco district attorney Gama in 2009. Allan joined italian baseball club Udinese in 2012, and subsequently moved to fellow Serie A side Napoli in 2015. At external grade, he was a depart of the Brazil under-20 english that won the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and late made his aged debut for Brazil in 2018 ; he was a extremity of the team that won the 2019 Copa América on home dirt .

Club career [edit ]

Madureira and Deportivo Maldonado [edit ]

Allan was signed from Madureira by Uruguayan side Deportivo Maldonado at 17 years of historic period [ citation needed ] for an undisclosed tip. however, he was late loaned out to Vasco district attorney Gama back in Brazil ; he would not make an appearance for Maldonado .

Vasco district attorney Gama [edit ]

Allan moved to Vasco da Gama once again still as a youth player, loaned from Deportivo Maldonado. A year after he played for their young person team, he was brought back and promoted to the first-team by passenger car Dorival Júnior, playing in many crucial games in the golf club ‘s 2009 season to help the side win the Série B and secure promotion to the top-flight Série A, though he ultimately suffered an injury. due to injury Allan, could not compete with Vasco district attorney Gama neither in the Campeonato Carioca nor the 2010 Copa do Brasil. After an initial recovery, he returned to the club ‘s junior team to regain fitness before rejoining the first-team. He then returned to carry through in the last cycle of the Série A before the interruption for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing in the Copa district attorney Hora friendly tournament. The club won the tournament, with Allan contributing to the title, besides scoring a goal in a 3–2 victory over Coritiba .

Udinese [edit ]

In June 2012, Allan signed for Serie A side Udinese for a report fee of R $ 7 million [ 4 ] from Deportivo Maldonado. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He made his debut for Udinese at home at the Stadio Friuli against Juventus, where he created an help for teammate Andrea Lazzari ‘s goal. In his first season in Udine, Allan played largely as a defensive midfielder, recovering and distributing a big number of balls. Manager Francesco Guidolin played him in 36 games in the league out of 38 games, he proved one of the best bargains of the season, defying anticipation and playing about all games as a starter to help Udinese to finish in a surprise fifth-place position, securing qualification to future year ‘s UEFA Europa League. [ 6 ] The pursue season the cabaret finished 13th in the league in what was Francesco Guidolin ‘s final season with the side. Despite this, Allan excelled in midfield, [ citation needed ] and scored his first goals for the clubhouse as his improvement in Italy continued. His sedate and controlled performance in midfield besides prompted future Udinese coach Andrea Stramaccioni to suggest that he was now one of the best young midfielders in Europe, comparable to Manchester United ‘s Paul Pogba. [ 6 ] In the 2014–15 season, Allan was to be the top ball-winner of all of Europe ‘s top-five leagues ( Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 ) with the most balls won. [ citation needed ]

naples [edit ]

After reported interest from a number of early clubs, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Allan signed for Napoli for €10m plus bonuses in July 2015. [ 9 ] In the 2015–16 season, Allan made his Napoli debut in a pre-season friendly against Lega Pro side FeralpiSalò, which Napoli won 5–2. [ 10 ] He made his first Serie A debut for Napoli at home against Sampdoria in the second matchday of the Serie A season, creating an serve for Gonzalo Higuaín with a through-ball that the latter converted with a right-footed shot from the right side of the box, making the scoreline 2–0. Allan was late substituted in the second half for David López. [ 11 ] Allan would then receive a originate in Napoli ‘s third game of the temper, a 2–2 away draw with Empoli, scoring an equalizer in the 78th infinitesimal after converting a pass from captain Marek Hamšík. [ 12 ]
Allan playing for Napoli in 2019 On 17 September 2015, Allan came off the bench in the 62nd hour against belgian baseball club Club Brugge in his first ever Europa League game, assisting José Callejón ‘s second goal of the game with a through-ball fair minutes after coming on. The match finished 5–0 for Napoli, the club ‘s largest european acquire and the joint-largest margin of defeat for Brugge, equalling its 6–1 kill at Monaco in 1988. [ 13 ] Allan would go on to score once again and provide another serve in a 5–0 win against Lazio, only three days after the Brugge victory on 20 September, giving coach Maurizio Sarri trust in him for his precise passing and defensive work. [ 14 ] On 26 September, Allan scored a finish against defending champions Juventus, with excellent passing and an impressive overall game in a 2–1 home acquire. [ 15 ] On 4 October, Allan would score the open finish in a 0–4 away spread-eagle of Milan in a swift counter-attacking act, where the brazilian went one-on-one with Milan goalkeeper Diego López. [ 16 ] In the 2016–17 season, Allan had 29 Serie A appearances ( 1 goal, 5 assists ), 8 Champions League appearances culminating in an 86.6 % pass completion rate, an average of 2.4 successful tackles per bet on and he besides averaged one key bye ( one that led to a goalscoring opportunity ) per game.

In the 2017–18 temper, Allan played in all 38 Serie A matches, scoring four goals. During that season, Allan extended his contract with Napoli until 2023. [ 17 ] In the surveil season, he featured in 33 Serie A matches and reached the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals with Napoli. In the 2019–20 season, he played in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League round of 16 home meet against Barcelona, which ended 1–1, then he won the 2019–20 Coppa Italia against Juventus, his only silverware with Napoli. [ 18 ]

Everton [edit ]

On 5 September 2020, English club Everton signed Allan for around £21.7m on a three-year deal, to be reunited with early Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti. [ 19 ] He made his debut the following week in a 1–0 win away to Tottenham Hotspur. [ 20 ] Allan suffered an wound to his hamstring on 16 December during an aside game against Leicester City, he was replaced in the 41st moment by Andre Gomes ; Everton won the bet on 0–2. Allan was ruled out for the remainder of Everton ‘s games in 2020. [ 21 ] He returned to the starting eleven on 1 March against Southampton playing the entire 90 minutes, Everton won the game 1-0. [ 22 ]

International career [edit ]

He was called up by brazilian under-20 coach Ney Franco on 20 August 2011, where he impressed enough at Vasco district attorney Gama to earn a call-up for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Brazil ‘s U-20 World Cup-winning side besides featured the likes of Oscar, Philippe Coutinho, Casemiro and Danilo, a well as future Napoli teammates Gabriel and Bruno Uvini. Brazil made it to the tournament concluding, beat Portugal 3–2 in extra time and winning the U20 World Cup for the fifth clock time. [ 6 ]

aged [edit ]

Although born in Brazil, Allan holds double Portuguese-Brazilian nationality, making him eligible to play for Brazil or Portugal. [ 23 ] Allan besides ‘has a distant italian relative ‘ which qualifies him for an italian passport and therefore the italian national team. Sky Sport Italia and TV Luna report that he has been asked ‘to throw allegiances to the Azzurri ‘ by national coach Roberto Mancini. [ 24 ] Manager Tite, on 26 October 2018, named Allan to the brazilian police squad that will face Uruguay and Cameroon in friendlies the following calendar month. however, because these were only exhibition matches, Allan even besides remained eligible to play for Portugal and Italy at the meter. [ 25 ] He made his senior international debut in the erstwhile equal, held in London on 16 November, which ended in a 1–0 victory to Brazil. [ 26 ] In May 2019, Allan was included in Brazil ‘s 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América on home dirt. [ 27 ] On 7 July, he come on as an injury-time substitute in Brazil ‘s 3–1 victory over Peru in the final of the tournament, at the Maracanã Stadium. [ 28 ]

expressive style of play [edit ]

Considered by respective pundits and footballing figures to be one of the best midfielders in Serie A, [ 29 ] Europe, [ 30 ] and world football, [ 31 ] Allan operates chiefly as a defensive midfielder or as a cardinal midfielder in the mezzala role, and is evenly comfortable at playing both in an attack and defensive midfield function ; he is besides capable of being deployed in a deep role as a playmaker. As such, he has besides been labelled a box-to-box midfielder in the media. He is besides capable of playing on the left or right flank, and has evening been deployed as a full-back on occasion. normally deployed as a holding midfielder in front of the back-line, Allan is known as a dynamic, physically impregnable, retentive and energetic right-footed midfielder, with good ball-winning abilities. He besides possesses good proficiency, dribbling skills, pace and good farseeing passing ability, which enables him to start attacking plays after winning back possession. He has been described as a complete and tactically versatile midfielder, who is unlike from traditional defensive midfielders, ascribable to his reputation for dribbling by defenders and passing the ball through the branch of an adversary, a move known as the nutmeg. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of match played 2 October 2021[41]
Club Season League Cup 1 Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vasco da Gama 2009 Série B 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2010 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2011 Série A 19 0 10 0 7 1 36 1
2012 4 0 0 0 5 0 9 0
Total 51 0 10 0 12 1 73 1
Udinese 2012–13 Serie A 36 0 1 0 0 0 37 0
2013–14 33 0 4 0 4 0 41 0
2014–15 35 1 3 1 0 0 38 2
Total 104 1 8 1 4 0 116 2
Napoli 2015–16 Serie A 35 3 2 0 6 0 43 3
2016–17 29 1 2 0 8 0 39 1
2017–18 38 4 2 0 10 0 50 4
2018–19 33 1 2 0 12 0 47 1
2019–20 23 2 4 0 6 0 33 2
Total 168 11 12 0 42 0 212 11
Everton 2020–21 Premier League 24 0 2 0 0 0 26 0
2021–22 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 31 0 2 0 0 0 33 0
Career total 354 12 32 1 58 1 444 14

International [edit ]

As of match played 13 November 2020[41]
Brazil
Year Apps Goals
2018 2 0
2019 7 0
2020 1 0
Total 10 0

Honours [edit ]

Vasco da Gama
Napoli
Brazil U20
Brazil

References [edit ]