Gabriel Almeida

Gabriel Almeida
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Fernando Morais Casseres de Almeida
Date of birth (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996
Place of birth Santos, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder[2]
Youth career
2003–2005 Sporting CP
Tottenham Hotspur
Flamengo
2011–2013 Manchester City
2013–2015 Corinthians
2015–2016 Atlético Paranaense
2016–2018 Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Bragantino 0 (0)
2020 Tupynambás 0 (0)
2020 Stretford Paddock FC 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gabriel Fernando Morais Casseres de Almeida (born 3 September 1996) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.[1]

Career

Almeida started his youth career in the ranks of Portuguese club Sporting CP, before moving to England with Tottenham Hotspur and then back to his homeland with Flamengo.[2][3] 2011 saw Almeida return to England with Manchester City.[4] He remained for fifteen months.[2] However, midway through, in 2013, Almeida almost joined City's rivals, Manchester United.[5][6] The move fell through, before his eventual departure in August 2013; despite the club's interest in a new contract.[5] In January 2021, it was reported that City, who immediately refuted the claim, had paid Almeida's father in order to circumvent Premier League rules on signing youth players.[4]

He then, back in Brazil, had spells with Corinthians, Atlético Paranaense and Internacional up until December 2018.[2][3] In January 2019, Almeida started his senior career with Série B's Bragantino.[2][3] He made his professional debut in a Campeonato Paulista draw with Ponte Preta on 27 March 2019; a month that saw him go unused on the bench five times.[1] In January 2020, Almeida moved across Brazil to Tupynambás.[2][7][8] He did not appear competitively in the Campeonato Mineiro, though was on the substitutes bench for a defeat to Tombense on 23 January.[1]

On 5 October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Almeida returned to English football for the third time after joining Lancashire and Cheshire AFL side Stretford Paddock FC.[9] Almeida made his debut for Stretford Paddock on 17 October against Hadfield Athletic.[10] Further appearances occurred versus Moston Brook and Urmston Town Juniors.[11][12]

Career statistics

As of 13 January 2021.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup State League League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bragantino 2019 Série B 00001[a]0——0010
Tupynambás 2020 Campeonato Mineiro —0000——0000
Stretford Paddock FC 2020–21 Lancashire and Cheshire AFL 3000—00—0030
Career total 30001000—0040
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Campeonato Paulista

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Brazil - Gabriel Almeida". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Gabriel Fernando". World Football. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Former Manchester City player eyes breakthrough move in UAE". Gulf News. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Exclusive: Man City accused of creating fake job for young Brazilian player's dad". The Athletic. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Promessa brasileira vai de disputada por rivais de Manchester a terceiro time em três anos". ESPN. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "EX-MANCHESTER CITY MAN GABRIEL FERNANDO ALMEIDA REVEALS HE WAS DESPERATE TO SIGN FOR MANCHESTER UNITED". HITC. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Meia na base no Manchester City, Gabriel Almeida acerta com Tupynambás para Mineiro 2020". Globo Esporte. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mineiro: Meia com passagem pela base do Manchester City reforça Tupynambás". Futebol Interior. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "PADDOCK ANNOUNCE TASTY TRIO". Stretford Paddock. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "PADDOCK FAIL TO MAKE CHANCES PAY AGAINST HADFIELD ATHLETIC". Stretford Paddock. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "STRETFORD PADDOCK COME OUT SECOND BEST IN TOP OF THE TABLE CLASH AGAINST MOSTON BROOK". Stretford Paddock. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Paddock come out victorious in hard fought game against Urmston Town Juniors". Stretford Paddock. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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