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 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 Santo Tirso, Portugal[2]
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 32 (2)
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)
2022– Portugal 1 (0)
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 8:45, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2022

Club career

2019–20: Early career

Born in Santo Tirso, Vitinha started playing football at Póvoa Lanhoso in 2007 before joining the youth ranks of FC Porto two years later, aged eleven.[3] He made his LigaPro debut for the reserve team on 11 August 2019 in a game against Sporting da Covilhã.[4] He was also part of Porto's squad that won the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League.[5]

On 28 January 2020, Vitinha made his first appearance for the first team, coming on as a substitute for Wilson Manafá in the 61st minute in a match against Gil Vicente.[6] He made a total of eight appearances as the club won the league title.[7]

2020–21: Loan to Wolves

On 9 September 2020, Vitinha moved on a season-long loan to English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.[8] The club held an option to make the loan into permanent deal at its conclusion for a fee of €20 million, as Porto were forced to loan him due to UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations.[8] He made his debut on 14 September away to Sheffield United as a second-half substitute,[9] and his first start three days later in a home EFL Cup defeat to Stoke City.[10]

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.[11] On 22 January, he scored his first goal for the club with a 35-yard strike in a 1–0 away win over non-league side Chorley in the fourth round of the FA Cup.[12] At the end of the season, the club declined to exercise his buy option.[3]

2021–22: Return and breakthrough

Vitinha began the 2021–22 season on the bench, but following his impressive performances during the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, he began earning a place in the starting eleven.[3] On 3 December, Vitinha scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 away win against Portimonense.[13]

After Sérgio Oliveira departed to Roma in January 2022, Vitinha further consolidated his place as starter, impressing Porto's manager Sérgio Conceição, with his performances without the ball and his pressing, being named the league's Player of the Month and Midfielder of the Month for two consecutive months in December and January.[3][14]

International career

Youth

Having played at various youth levels for Portugal, Vitinha was named captain for the under-19 squad at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Armenia, playing all five matches, scoring twice and assisting once as the team finished runners-up to Spain.[15]

Vitinha was named in the under-21 squad for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He was named for the team of the tournament as Portugal finished as runners-up after losing in the final 1–0 to Germany, on 6 June 2021.[16]

Senior

On 21 March 2022, Vitinha received his first call-up to the senior squad for the 2022 World Cup qualification play-offs, as a replacement for the injured Rúben Neves.[17] Eight days later at his club ground, he made his senior national team debut, replacing João Moutinho in added time in a 2–0 victory over North Macedonia in the play-off final.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 20 March 2022[19]
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 232510010[lower-alpha 3]0—383
Total 3128110100—503
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2020–21 Premier League 1902110——221
Career total 641010220100—6811
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal and FA Cup
  2. Includes Taça da Liga and EFL Cup
  3. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 29 March 2022[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 202210
Total 10

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. "Vitinha, um regresso inesperado e uma afirmação categórica".
  4. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 11 August 2019.
  5. 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 23 September 2020.
  6. "Porto vs. Gil Vicente - 28 January 2020". Soccerway. 28 January 2020.
  7. "Juventus held by Sassuolo in thriller, Porto win Primeira Liga title". The Guardian. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. "Wolves sign highly-rated midfielder". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 9 September 2020.
  9. Rose, Gary (14 September 2020). "Sheffield United 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Nuno praises special Wolves". BBC Sport.
  10. "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Stoke City". BBC Sport. 17 September 2020.
  11. Stone, Simon (29 December 2020). "Manchester United 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Marcus Rashford scores late winner". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  12. 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.
  13. "Portimonense 0-3 FC Porto, Liga Portugal Bwin (Ex Liga Nos) , résultat du match (03/12/2021)".
  14. "Vitinha eleito médio e jogador do mês na Liga".
  15. "Spain win 2019 U19 EURO: at a glance". 27 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  16. "Highlights, report: Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title". UEFA.com. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  17. "Vitinha convocado" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 20 March 2022.
  18. Fernandes, Mariana; Paredes, Diogo (29 March 2022). "Portugal vence Macedónia do Norte com bis de Bruno Fernandes e está no Mundial do Qatar (2-0) - como aconteceu" [Portugal defeat North Macedonia with a brace from Bruno Fernandes and are in the World Cup in Qatar (2-0) - how it happened]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  19. Vitinha at Soccerway
  20. "Vitinha". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  21. 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.
  22. "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.
  23. "Taça de Portugal: FC Porto conquista "dobradinha"" [Portuguese Cup: FC Porto wins "double"] (in Portuguese). Deutsche Welle. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  24. "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.
  25. "Maurice Revello Tournament 2019 Best XI". Maurice Revello Tournament. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  26. "Under-21 EURO Squad of the Tournament". UEFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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