Arthur Cabral

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

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendonça and the second or paternal family name is Cabral.

Arthur Cabral
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 10
Youth career
2014–2016 Ceará
2015–2016 → Palmeiras (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Ceará 61 (22)
2019–2020 Palmeiras 5 (1)
2019–2020 → Basel (loan) 26 (14)
2020– Basel 48 (34)
National team‡
2019 Brazil U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:27, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2019

Club career

Ceará

Born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Cabral 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, Cabral 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.

Cabral 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 Cabral for R$5,000,000 from Ceará.[4] Here, he played three league matches, scoring one goal.

Basel

On 30 September 2019, Cabral was loaned to FC Basel in the Swiss Super League for their 2019–20 season under manager Marcel Koller. He made his team debut in the Swiss Cup match on 15 September in the away game against lower tier FC Meyrin being substituted in after 74 minutes as Basel won 3–0 to progress to the next round.[5] He played his first game in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage on 19 September as Basel won 5–0 at home in the St. Jakob-Park against Russian team Krasnodar.[6] He then made his domestic league debut on 22 September as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Young Boys in the Stadion Wankdorf.[7] Cabral scored his first goal for his new club in the next league match one week later, on 25 September, as Basel won 4–0 at home against Zürich.[8] During his next match just four days later, on 29 September, he scored two goals as Basel won 3–0 against Luzern.[9]

On 29 June 2020, the club announced that Cabral, whose loan had come to the end, was signed permanently.[10] He scored his first hat-trick for his club on 8 August 2021 against Servette, in fact he scored four goals as Basel won 5–1.[11] He scored his first hat-trick at international level just two weeks later, on 19 August, in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off match as Basel won 3–1 at home against Swedish club Hammarby IF.[12][13]

International career

Youth

Cabral has represented Brazil at the U-23 level, playing in a friendly match against Colombia in September 2019.

Senior

In October 2021, Cabral received his first call-up to the Brazilian senior team for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches as an injury replacement for Matheus Cunha.[14]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 October 2021[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ceará 2015 Série B 100021——31
2016 Série B 000000——00
2017 Série B 1641010—1[lower-alpha 1]0194
2018 Série A 317121141—8[lower-alpha 2]55524
Total 481113117200957729
Palmeiras 2019 Série A 1021101[lower-alpha 3]0—51
Basel 2019–20 Swiss Super League 2614—2211[lower-alpha 4]2—3918
2020–21 Swiss Super League 3318—003[lower-alpha 4]2—3620
2021–22 Swiss Super League 1112—009[lower-alpha 5]10—2022
Total 704400222314009560
Career total 11755151210424149517790
  1. Appearance in Primeira Liga
  2. Appearances in Copa do Nordeste
  3. Appearance in Copa Libertadores
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

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. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (15 September 2019). "FC Meyrin - FC Basel 0:3 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  6. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (19 September 2019). "FC Basel - FK Krasnodar 5:0 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (22 September 2019). "BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 1:1 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  8. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (25 September 2019). "FC Basel - FC Zürich 4:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  9. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (29 September 2019). "FC Basel - FC Luzern 3:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  10. FC Basel 1893 (29 June 2020). "Der FCB verpflichtet Arthur Cabral". FCB signed Arthur Cabral. FC Basel website. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  11. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (8 August 2021). "FC Basel - Servette FC 5:1 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  12. uefa.com (19 August 2021). "FC Basel - Hammarby IF 3:1 (1:0) – Overview". uefa.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  13. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (19 August 2021). "FC Basel - Hammarby IF 3:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  14. "Basel striker Arthur Cabral earns Brazil call-up". 2 October 2021.
  15. Arthur Cabral at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  16. "Arthur Cabral Ogol Profile". Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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