Vitinha (footballer, born 2000)

Vítor Machado Ferreira (born 13 February 2000), known as Vitinha, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, on loan from Porto, and the Portugal national under-21 team.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Machado and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.
Vitinha
Personal information
Full name Vítor Machado Ferreira[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-13) 13 February 2000
Place of birth Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
(on loan from Porto)
Number 20
Youth career
2008–2011 Póvoa Lanhoso
2011–2019 Porto
2015–2016 → Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Porto B 14 (8)
2020– Porto 8 (0)
2020– → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 10 (0)
National team‡
2018 Portugal U17 1 (0)
2018 Portugal U18 7 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U19 18 (3)
2019– Portugal U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Career

Vitinha made his LigaPro debut for Porto B on 11 August 2019 in a game against Sporting Covilhã.[2] On 28 January 2020, he made his first appearance for Porto's first team, coming on as a substitute for Wilson Manafá in the 61st minute in a match against Gil Vicente.[3] He made a total of 8 substitute appearances for the team as they won the league title.

On 9 September 2020, he moved on a season-long loan to English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.[4] The club holds the option to make the loan into permanent deal at its conclusion.[4] Vitinha made his debut for Wolves on 14 September 2020 in a Premier League game away to Sheffield United as a second-half substitute.[5] He made his full club debut on 17 September 2020 in a home EFL Cup defeat to Stoke City.[6]

Vitinha made his full Premier League debut away to Manchester United on 29 December 2020, a game which Wolves lost narrowly to a deflection in added time.[7]

On 22 January 2021, Vitinha scored his first senior goal and his first goal for Wolves with a 35-yard strike in a 1–0 away win over non-league side Chorley in the fourth round of the FA Cup.[8]

Career statistics
As of match played 2 February 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2019–20 LigaPro 148———148
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 80301000120
2020–21 Primeira Liga 0000000000
Total 80301000120
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2020–21 Premier League 1201110—141
Total 348412000409

    Honours

    Porto Youth

    Porto

    Individual

    References
    1. "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
    2. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 11 August 2019.
    3. "Porto vs. Gil Vicente - 28 January 2020". Soccerway. 28 January 2020.
    4. "Wolves sign highly-rated midfielder". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 9 September 2020.
    5. Rose, Gary (14 September 2020). "Sheffield United 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Nuno praises special Wolves". BBC Sport.
    6. "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Stoke City". BBC Sport. 17 September 2020.
    7. Stone, Simon (29 December 2020). "Manchester United 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Marcus Rashford scores late winner". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
    8. Stone, Simon (22 January 2021). "Chorley 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Vitinha's superb goal sees Wolves past non-league opponents". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
    9. Vitinha at Soccerway
    10. Almeida, Isaura (29 April 2019). "FC Porto é campeão Europeu Sub-19" [FC Porto are Under-19 European champions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
    11. "Vítor Ferreira eleito a revelação do Torneio de Toulon" [Vítor Ferreira elected the Breakthrough Player of the Toulon Tournament] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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