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Cássio Gabriel

Cássio Gabriel

Brazilian footballer (born 1992)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vilela and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.

Cássio Gabriel Vilela Ferreira (born 29 August 1992), better known as Cássio Gabriel or Cássinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Operário Ferroviário.

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Club career

Earlier career

Fondly known as 'Cássinho', Gabriel started his youth career at Fluminense's under 20 side and went on to play for a number of Brazilian clubs such as Paysandu SC, Clube Esportivo Bento Gonçalves, Guarani, Anápolis, ASEEV-GO, Atlético Penapolense, Esporte Clube XV de Piracicaba, Esporte Clube São Bento, Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) and Mirassol before joining Vila Nova Futebol Clube in June 2020.[citation needed]

Born in Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, Cássio can play on either wings or through the middle as an attacking mid, made 12 appearances for Vila Nova and has one assist to his name.[1]

During his stint with Fluminense's youth side, the Patrocinio-born midfielder was also loaned to the Croatian club Hajduk Split in 2013, the only club he played for outside of his homeland. With Hajduk, he achieved success at the Croatian Football Cup,[2][3] winning the title in 2013.[4]

Mumbai City

On 26 August 2021, Gabriel moved to Indian Super League defending champions Mumbai City, on loan from Vila Nova.[5]

On 22 November, he made his debut for the club against Goa, in a resounding 3–0 win.[6][7] He scored his first goal for the club, on 9 December, against Jamshedpur, in a thrilling 4–2 win.[8][9] He registered one goal along with five assists in 20 league appearances, as the Islanders finished on fifth place and failed to qualify for the playoffs.[10]

He was later included in the club's 2022 AFC Champions League squad.[11] He started in the club's AFC Champions League debut match, on 8 April, against Al Shabab which ended in a 3–0 defeat.[12][13]

Honours

HNK Hajduk Split

XV de Piracicaba

Mirassol

References

  1. [1]
    ISL 2021-22: Mumbai City FC complete loan move for Brazilian midfielder Cássio Gabriel My Khel. Retrieved 1 September 2021
  2. [2]
    "Ždrijeb parova pretkola kupa u srijedu 1. kolovoza". Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Parovi pretkola HNK-a". Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  4. [4]
    Stokkermans (26 September 2014). "Croatia – Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Mumbai City FC complete loan move for Cassio Gabriel". KhelNow. 26 August 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Igor Angulo nets brace as Mumbai City FC ease past FC Goa". KhelNow. 22 November 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Mumbai City 3 – 0 Goa". Soccerway. 22 November 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Mumbai City beat Jamshedpur FC in thriller, go four points clear on top". KhelNow. 9 December 2021.
  9. [9]
    "Mumbai City 4 – 2 Jamshedpur". Soccerway. 9 December 2021.
  10. [10]
    "Hyderabad FC's win over Mumbai City takes Kerala Blasters into playoffs". KhelNow. 6 March 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Mumbai City FC announce squad for AFC Champions League 2022". KhelNow. 1 April 2022.
  12. [12]
    "Mumbai City FC face humbling defeat at the hands of Al Shabab in maiden ACL 2022 game". KhelNow. 9 April 2022.
  13. [13]
    "Mumbai City 0 – 3 Al Shabab". soccerway. 8 April 2022.
  14. [14]
    Cássio Gabriel player profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 September 2021
  15. [15]
    "Mirassol herda vaga do Red Bull Brasil na Série D em 2020" (in Portuguese). Torcedores. 11 December 2019.
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