Abner Vinícius

Abner Vinícius
Abner with Lyon in 2025
Personal information
Full name Abner Vinícius da Silva Santos
Date of birth (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000
Place of birth Presidente Prudente, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 16
Youth career
Grêmio Prudente
Mogi Mirim
2017–2019 Ponte Preta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Ponte Preta 9 (1)
2019–2023 Athletico Paranaense 105 (4)
2023–2024 Betis 36 (0)
2024– Lyon 45 (4)
International career‡
2019–2021 Brazil U23 3 (0)
2024– Brazil 4 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2024

Abner Vinícius da Silva Santos (born 27 May 2000), known as Abner Vinícius or simply Abner, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Brazil national team.

Club career

Ponte Preta

Abner began his career playing at youth level for his hometown club Grêmio Desportivo Prudente. He then had a brief spell at Mogi Mirim, before joining Ponte Preta in 2017.[1] He was promoted to the senior team in 2019 and made his professional debut on 16 March 2019, in a Derby Campineiro match against Guarani in the 2019 Campeonato Paulista, which Ponte Preta won 3–0. He scored his first professional goal on 25 May 2019, which was Ponte's third in a 4–2 league win over Paraná.

Athletico Paranaense

On 19 July 2019, Abner joined Athletico Paranaense.[2] He made his Série A debut with the club eight days later, coming off the bench in a 2–0 away win over Cruzeiro.[3]

Betis

On 15 January 2023, Abner joined Real Betis.[4] The transfer fee paid to Athletico Paranaense was €7 million.[4]

Olympique Lyonnais

Abner's transfer to Olympique Lyonnais was announced on 5 July 2024. He signed a five-year contract and the transfer fee paid to Real Betis was €8 million.[5]

International career

In 2021, Abner was included on the roster of the Brazil Olympic squad for the Tokyo Olympics.[6] He appeared in one game during the tournament as Brazil won the gold medal.[7]

In October 2024, Abner received his first call up to the Brazil national team for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification games against Chile and Peru.[8] He made his debut on 10 October 2024 against Chile, as a starter.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ponte Preta 2019[10] Série B 9140———131
Athletico Paranaense 2019[10] Série A 700000000090
2020[10] Série A 34370203[a]01[b]0473
2021[10] Série A 240006011[c]1—411
2022[10] Série A 281505012[a]02[d]0411
Total 934120130261301475
Betis 2022–23[11] La Liga 130—102[e]0—160
2023–24[11] La Liga 230—105[e]0—290
Total 360—2070—450
Lyon 2024–25 Ligue 1 191—206[e]1—272
2025–26 Ligue 1 263—317[e]1—365
2026–27 Ligue 1 00—004[f]0—40
Total 454—51172—677
Career total 18291602015033027113
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa do Brasil
  3. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ↑ Appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
  5. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Athletico Paranaense

Brazil U23

References

  1. ↑ "Abner". admesporte.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Lateral-esquerdo Abner é o novo reforço do Athletico Paranaense". athletico.com.br (in Portuguese). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Abner Vinicius estreou pelo Furacão". athletico.com.br (in Portuguese). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. 1 2 Lagos, Daniel (16 January 2023). "Oficial: Abner Vinicius firma hasta 2029 con el Betis". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Official | Abner Vinicius joins Lyon in €8m deal - Get French Football News". 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "André Jardine define substitutos e quatro novos atletas para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio" [André Jardine defines replacements and four new athletes for the Tokyo Olympic Games]. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Brazil 2 Spain 1". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Seleção Brasileira é convocada para jogos contra Chile e Peru pelas Eliminatórias" [Brazilian national team called up for games against Chile and Peru in the Qualifiers]. cbf.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Chile v Brazil game report". ESPN. 10 October 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Abner Vinícius at Soccerway
  11. 1 2 Abner Vinícius at BDFutbol
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