Carlos Vinícius

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Carlos Vinícius
Carlos Vinícius playing for Benfica in 2019
Personal information
Full name Carlos Vinícius Alves Morais[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-25) 25 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Bom Jesus das Selvas, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s)
Striker
Team information
Current team
Galatasaray (on loan from Fulham)
Number 95
Youth career
2009–2011 Goiás
2011–2014 Santos
2011Desportivo Brasil (loan)
2014–2015
Palmeiras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Caldense 1 (0)
2017–2018 Grêmio Anápolis 2 (0)
2017–2018Real SC (loan) 37 (19)
2018–2019
Napoli
0 (0)
2018–2019Rio Ave (loan) 14 (8)
2019Monaco (loan) 16 (2)
2019–2022 Benfica 34 (18)
2020–2021Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 9 (1)
2021–2022PSV (loan) 24 (6)
2022– Fulham 41 (7)
2024–Galatasaray (loan) 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:07, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Carlos Vinícius Alves Morais (born 25 March 1995) is a Brazilian professional

striker for Süper Lig club Galatasaray, on loan from Premier League club Fulham
.

With

Benfica, Vinícius was awarded the Bola de Prata for his 18 goals in the 2019–20 Primeira Liga
.

Career

Early career

Born in

Palmeiras and finished his formation with the club in the following year[5][6] in strong standing, thanks to Marcos Valadares, who in February 2015, gave Vinícius the opportunity to play centre-forward. One month later, "he was scoring goals and was first choice for the U20s.”[7]

Carlos Vinícius moved to Caldense for the 2016 season, but spent the first year without playing. He made his senior debut on 19 March 2017, starting in a 2–0 away loss against Uberlândia for the Campeonato Mineiro.[8] At the club, he was mainly used as a defensive midfielder.

In May 2017, Carlos Vinícius joined

friendly and scored two goals in that match; he then impressed some Portuguese scouts in the match, which prompted to a move to the country.[10]

Real

On 5 July 2017, Carlos Vinícius was presented at Portuguese

LigaPro side Real, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal.[11] He made his debut late in the month, in a 2017–18 Taça da Liga 1–0 win over Belenenses, scoring the only goal.[12]

Carlos Vinícius made his league debut on 6 August 2017, scoring a hat-trick in a 4–1 home routing of Leixões.[13][14] He ended the season with 20 goals in 39 matches.[15]

Napoli

In January 2018, Carlos Vinícius agreed to a deal with Italian side

Carpi
late in the month.

Rio Ave (loan)

After appearing in the pre-season with the club, Carlos Vinícius returned to Portugal after being loaned to Primeira Liga side Rio Ave for one season.[18] He made his top tier debut on 2 September, playing the last 20 minutes in a 2–1 home defeat of Portimonense.

Carlos Vinícius scored his first goal in the main category of Portuguese football on 22 September 2018, in a 3–1 away success over Santa Clara; in that match, he also scored an own goal.[19] Seven days later, he scored a brace in a 2–1 home win against Boavista.[20]

Carlos Vinícius ended his spell at Rio Ave with 14 goals in 20 matches.[15]

Monaco (loan)

On 30 January 2019, Carlos Vinícius joined Ligue 1 team Monaco on a six-month loan deal,[21] He made his debut for the club three days later, replacing Radamel Falcao late into a 2–1 home win against Toulouse.[22]

Carlos Vinícius scored his first goal in France on 15 March 2019, netting a last-minute winner in a 1–0 away defeat of Lille.[23] Mainly used as a backup to Falcao, he helped the club avoid relegation, scoring two goals in 16 matches.[15]

Benfica

Carlos Vinícius with Benfica in 2019

On 20 July 2019, Carlos Vinícius signed with Portuguese champions

release clause of €100 million.[15][24] He scored a goal on his debut for the club, sealing a 5–0 win over Paços de Ferreira on 10 August.[25]

On 30 November 2019, Carlos Vinícius scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 home routing of Marítimo,[26] taking his tally up to 12 goals in 16 matches overall during the season.

Tottenham Hotspur (loan)

On 2 October 2020, English club

LASK, contributing two assists.[29] He scored his first goals for Tottenham on 26 November in a Europa League match against the Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad, hitting the back of the net twice to win 4–0.[30] On 10 January 2021, Carlos Vinícius scored a first-half hat-trick in a 5–0 away win over eighth-tier Marine in the third round of the FA Cup.[31] On 21 March 2021, Vinícius scored his first Premier League goal in a 2–0 away win over Aston Villa.[32]

PSV Eindhoven (loan)

On 31 August 2021, Carlos Vinícius joined Dutch club PSV Eindhoven on a two-year loan deal with an option to buy.[33]

Fulham

On 1 September 2022, after Vinícius' loan with PSV was cut short, he joined English club Fulham on a three-year contract with a club option to extend for a further year.[34] Two days later on 3 September 2022, Vinicius made his Fulham debut, coming on as a 85th minute substitute, in a 2–1 defeat against Tottenham Hotspur.[35]

He scored his first goal, and the decisive one, in the West London derby as Fulham beat Chelsea 2–1 for the first time since March 2006.[36]

Galatasaray (loan)

On 2 February 2024, Fulham and Galatasaray agreed on a 6-month loan move for Carlos Vinícius.[37]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 March 2024[38][39]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league[a] National cup[b] League cup[c] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Caldense 2016 Série D 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Série D 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 0 0 1 0 1 0
Grêmio Anápolis 2017[40] Goiano 2ª Divisão 2 0 2 0
Real SC (loan) 2017–18
LigaPro
37 19 1 0 1 1 39 20
Rio Ave (loan) 2018–19 Primeira Liga 14 8 3 5 3 1 20 14
Monaco (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 1 16 2 0 0 0 0 16 2
Benfica 2019–20 Primeira Liga 32 18 7 5 1 0 7[d] 1 0 0 47 24
2020–21 Primeira Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[e] 0 0 0 2 0
2021–22 Primeira Liga 1 0 1 0
Total 34 18 7 5 1 0 8 1 0 0 50 24
Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 2020–21 Premier League 9 1 3 3 1 0 9[f] 6 22 10
PSV Eindhoven (loan) 2021–22 Eredivisie 23 6 3 0 10[g] 1 0 0 36 7
2022–23 Eredivisie 1 0 1[e] 0 0 0 2 0
Total 24 6 3 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 38 7
Fulham 2022–23 Premier League 28 5 4 0 0 0 32 5
2023–24 Premier League 13 2 1 0 2 1 16 3
Total 41 7 5 0 2 1 48 8
Galatasaray (loan) 2023–24 Süper Lig 6 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 10 2
Career total 181 62 3 0 24 14 8 3 30 8 0 0 246 95
  1. ^ Includes Campeonato Mineiro, Campeonato Goiano Second Division
  2. ^ Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup, KNVB Cup, Turkish Cup
  3. ^ Includes Taça da Liga, EFL Cup
  4. ^ Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Benfica

Tottenham Hotspur

PSV Eindhoven

Galatasaray

Individual

References

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  13. ^ "Real 4–1 Leixões". TheFinalBall.
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