Personal information | |||
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Full name | Allan Marques Loureiro | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Napoli | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2008 | Madureira | ||
2008–2010 | Deportivo Maldonado | ||
2008–2010 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | ||
2010 | Stewarton Annicks | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Deportivo Maldonado | 0 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 41 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Udinese | 104 | (1) |
2015– | Napoli | 72 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Brazil U20 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:59, 24 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 August 2011 |
Allan Marques Loureiro (born 8 January 1991), better known as Allan, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Napoli. Allan has dual citizenship and also holds a Portuguese passport, making him eligible to be counted as an EU player.
Allan was signed from Madureira by Uruguayan side Deportivo Maldonado at 17 years of age old for an undisclosed fee. However, he was later loaned out to Vasco da Gama back in Brazil; he would not make an appearance for Maldonado.
Allan moved to Vasco da Gama once again still as a youth player, loaned from Deportivo Maldonado. A year after he played for their youth team, he was brought back and promoted to the first-team by coach Dorival Júnior, playing in many crucial games in the 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.
Allan, injured, could not compete in the Campeonato Carioca with Vasco da Gama nor the 2010 Copa do Brasil. After initial recovery, he returned to the club's junior team to regain fitness ahead of a return to the first-team. He then returned to the professional fold in the last round of the Série A before the break for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing in the Copa da Hora friendly tournament. The club took the tournament with Allan participating, also scoring a goal in a 3–2 victory over Coritiba.
On 4 June 2012, Allan signed for Italian Serie A side Udinese for a reported fee of €3 million from Deportivo Maldonado. He made his debut for Udinese at home at the Stadio Friuli against Juventus, where he created an assist for teammate Andrea Lazzari's goal.