Gabriel Barbosa
Gabriel at the 2016 Olympics
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Gabriel Barbosa Almeida | ||
| Date of birth | 30 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
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Current team
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Internazionale | ||
| Number | 96 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2014 | Santos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Santos | 83 | (24) |
| 2016– | Internazionale | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Brazil U15 | 4 | (3) |
| 2013 | Brazil U17 | 5 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Brazil U20 | 13 | (4) |
| 2015– | Brazil U23 | 11 | (8) |
| 2016– | Brazil | 4 | (2) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 August 2016 |
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Gabriel Barbosa Almeida (born 30 August 1996), known as Gabigol or simply Gabriel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Italian club Internazionale as a forward.
Due to his style of play and talent, Gabriel has been dubbed the "next Neymar" by the media.
Born in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Gabriel joined Santos FC's youth setup in 2004, aged 8. On 25 September 2012, he signed a professional contract, with a €50 million buyout clause, and made his first team debut on 17 January of the following year, in a friendly match against Grêmio Barueri.
On 26 May 2013, Gabriel made his league debut, at only 16 years old, in a 0–0 draw against Flamengo. He scored his first professional goal on 22 August, netting the game's only in a home success against Grêmio, for the year's Copa do Brasil.
On 1 February 2014, Gabriel scored a brace and Santos' 12,000th goal in a 5–1 victory against Botafogo-SP, for that year's Campeonato Paulista championship. He finished the tournament with seven goals, as Peixe finished second.
Gabriel netted his first Série A goal on 20 April 2014, scoring his side's only in a 1–1 home draw against Sport Recife. He signed a new five-year deal with the club on 23 September, and finished the season with 21 goals, ten ahead of high-spending Leandro Damião.
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