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 Porto and the Portugal national under-21 team.

In this Portuguese name, 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 Faro,[2] Portugal
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Porto
Number 20
Youth career
2008–2011 Póvoa Lanhoso
2011–2019 Porto
2015–2016 → Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Porto B 14 (8)
2020– Porto 18 (1)
2020–2021 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 19 (0)
National team‡
2018 Portugal U17 1 (0)
2018 Portugal U18 7 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U19 18 (3)
2019– Portugal U21 22 (1)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European U21 Championship
Runner-up2021
UEFA European U19 Championship
Runner-up2019
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

Career

Vitinha made his LigaPro debut for Porto B on 11 August 2019 in a game against Sporting Covilhã.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] The club holds the option to make the loan into permanent deal at its conclusion.[5] Vitinha made his debut for Wolves on 14 September 2020 in a Premier League game away to Sheffield United as a second-half substitute.[6] He made his full club debut on 17 September 2020 in a home EFL Cup defeat to Stoke City.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 12 December 2021[10]
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2019–20 LigaPro 148————148
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 80301000—120
2021–22 Primeira Liga 10120006[lower-alpha 3]0—181
Total 181501060—301
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2020–21 Premier League 1902110——221
Career total 519712060—489
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal and FA Cup
  2. Includes Taça da Liga and EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Porto Youth

Porto

Individual

References
  1. "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. "Vítor Ferreira". Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 11 August 2019.
  4. "Porto vs. Gil Vicente - 28 January 2020". Soccerway. 28 January 2020.
  5. "Wolves sign highly-rated midfielder". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 9 September 2020.
  6. Rose, Gary (14 September 2020). "Sheffield United 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Nuno praises special Wolves". BBC Sport.
  7. "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Stoke City". BBC Sport. 17 September 2020.
  8. Stone, Simon (29 December 2020). "Manchester United 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Marcus Rashford scores late winner". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. 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.
  10. Vitinha at Soccerway
  11. 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.
  12. "FC Porto é o campeão nacional 2019/2020" [FC Porto is the 2019/2020 national champion] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  13. "Taça de Portugal: FC Porto conquista "dobradinha"" [Portuguese Cup: FC Porto wins "double"] (in Portuguese). Deutsche Welle. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  14. "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.
  15. "Maurice Revello Tournament 2019 Best XI". Maurice Revello Tournament. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  16. "Under-21 EURO Squad of the Tournament". UEFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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