Arthur Mendonça Cabral

Arthur Mendonça Cabral (born 25 April 1998), known in Brazil as Arthur, but known in Switzerland as Cabral, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Basel in the Swiss Super League as a striker.

Arthur
Personal information
Full name Arthur Mendonça Cabral
Date of birth (1998-04-25) 25 April 1998
Place of birth Campina Grande, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Basel
Number 98
Youth career
2014–2016 Ceará
2015–2016 → Palmeiras (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Ceará 61 (22)
2019–2020 Palmeiras 3 (1)
2019–2020 → Basel (loan) 26 (14)
2020– Basel 8 (4)
National team‡
2019– Brazil U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:13, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2019

Club career

Ceará

Born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Arthur joined Ceará's youth setup in 2014. He made his first team debut on 22 July 2015, coming on as a late substitute and scoring a last-minute winner in a 2–1 away victory against Tupi, for the year's Copa do Brasil.[1]

In October 2015, Arthur was loaned to Palmeiras and returned to the youth setup.[2] Back to Ceará in the following year, he spent some time in the under-20 squad before being definitely promoted to the first team in the 2017 season.

Arthur contributed with four goals in 16 matches during the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, as his side achieved promotion to Série A. On 7 March 2018, he scored a brace in a 3–0 Campeonato Cearense away win against Ferroviário-CE.[3]

Palmeiras

On 30 November 2018, Palmeiras officially signed Arthur for R$5,000,000 from Ceará.[4] Here played three league matches scoring one goal during his first for nine months.

Basel

On 30 September 2019 Cabral was loaned to FC Basel in the Swiss Super League for their 2019–20 season under trainer Marcel Koller. On 29 June 2020 the club announced that Cabral, who's loan had come to the end, was signed in on a perminat basis.[5]

Career statistics
As of 2 August 2020[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ceará 2015 Série B 10—11——21
2016 00—00——00
2017 1641010—1[lower-alpha 1]0194
2018 Série A 317121141—8[lower-alpha 2]55524
Total 4811131162—957629
Palmeiras 2019 Série A 10211000—41
FC Basel (loan) 2019–20 Swiss Super League 2514–2292003618
Career total 7425151294928511648
  1. Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste

Honours

Ceará

References
  1. "Ceará vence o Tupi-MG fora e avança às oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil" [Ceará defeat Tupi and advance to the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. "Revelação da base do Ceará é emprestado ao Palmeiras com cláusula de compra" [Ceará's youth prospect is loaned to Palmeiras with buyout clause] (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. "Com dois gols de Arthur, Ceará goleia o Ferroviário e assume liderança" [With two goals from Arthur, Ceará thrash Ferroviário and take over leadership] (in Portuguese). O Povo. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. "Palmeiras enfrenta Arthur Cabral, do Ceará, atacante que já contratou por R$ 5 milhões como reforço para 2019" (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. FC Basel 1893 (2020). "Der FCB verpflichtet Arthur Cabral". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  6. Arthur at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
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