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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Neves and the second or paternal family name is Vojnovic.

Lyanco the gorilla
Lyanco with Brazil U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnovic[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
Number 4
Youth career
2011–2014 Botafogo
2015–2016 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 São Paulo 21 (1)
2017–2021 Torino 46 (0)
2019 → Bologna (loan) 13 (1)
2021– Southampton 34 (1)
International career
2016 Serbia U19 4 (0)
2016–2017 Brazil U20 9 (0)
2019–2020 Brazil U23 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:44, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Лијанко Еванжелиста Силвеира Невеш Војновић, born 1 February 1997), known as Lyanco, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Southampton.

Early life

Lyanco is of Portuguese and Serbian descent. His maternal family has Portuguese roots through his mother Carla.[2] Lyanco's paternal grandfather, Jovan Vojnović, was an ethnic Serb born in the part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia that is now in present-day Serbia and moved to Brazil at the age of seven, during World War II.[3]


Club career

Early career

Born in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Lyanco started his youth career at Botafogo.[4]

São Paulo

In January 2015, he signed a four-year deal with São Paulo. Lyanco made his professional debut as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Atlético Paranaense.[5] He started and played the 90 minutes in his third professional match, a 0–0 draw against Joinville.[6]

Torino

On 29 March 2017, it was announced that Lyanco had signed a five-year contract with Serie A club Torino, for a reported fee of €6 million plus bonuses.[4][7][8] He immediately moved to Turin to begin training with the team, and facilitate his acclimatisation to the club, at the orders of Siniša Mihajlović.[7] His league debut came on 20 September 2017 in a 3–2 victory over Udinese Calcio.[9]

Bologna (loan)

On 31 January 2019, Lyanco joined Bologna on loan until 30 June 2019.[10]

Southampton

On 25 August 2021, Lyanco joined Southampton on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[4][11] On 21 September 2021, Lyanco made his first appearance for Southampton in the EFL Cup against Sheffield United which ended 2–2, with Southampton advancing 4–2 on penalties.[12] On 30 October 2021, Lyanco made his first Premier League appearance, replacing Oriol Romeu in Southampton's 1–0 win against Watford at Vicarage Road.[13]

On 8 May 2023, Lyanco scored his first Premier League goal in a 4–3 defeat to Nottingham Forest.[14]

International career

On 28 January 2016, Lyanco announced on his official Twitter account that he had agreed with officials from the Football Association of Serbia, to represent Serbian youth teams at international level.[3] He featured for Serbia U19 in the qualifiers for the U19 European Championship.[3] Subsequently, he accepted a call up by Brazil U20 boss Rogério Micale and switched his allegiance back to Brazil.[3]

Personal life

Lyanco is married and has a daughter.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 May 2023[16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
São Paulo 2015 Série A 9 0 2 0 – – – 11 0
2016 Série A 12 1 1 0 – – 0 0 13 1
2017 Série A 0 0 1 0 – – 0 0 1 0
Total 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1
Torino 2017–18 Serie A 4 0 2 0 – – – 6 0
2018–19 Serie A 2 0 2 0 – – – 4 0
2019–20 Serie A 17 0 1 0 – 0 0 – 18 0
2020–21[18] Serie A 23 0 2 1 – – – 25 1
Total 46 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 1
Bologna (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 13 1 0 0 – – – 13 1
Southampton 2021–22[19] Premier League 15 0 1 0 2 0 – – 18 0
2022–23[20] Premier League 19 1 3 0 6 0 — — 28 1
Total 34 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 46 1
Career total 113 3 15 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 137 4

Honours

São Paulo U20

Brazil U23

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Fuga de avô da Iugoslávia e "não" a rival: Assim beque parou no São Paulo".
  3. ^ a b c d "Lyanco, who played for Serbia in U19 European Championship qualifiers, accepts the invitation from Brazil U20". Samba Foot. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Saints seal deal for Lyanco". Southampton FC. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Atlético-PR derrota o SP, que chega ao terceiro jogo seguido sem vitória". www.uol.com.br.
  6. ^ "São Paulo sofre, mas perde chance incrível no fim e empata com o Joinville fora de casa".
  7. ^ a b "Lyanco al Toro". torinofc.
  8. ^ "Torino-Lyanco: affare fatto. Bruciata la concorrenza della Juventus". La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tutto il rosa della vita.
  9. ^ "Udinese vs. Torino - 20 September 2017 - Soccerway".
  10. ^ "UFFICIALE: Bologna, Edera nuovo attaccante rossoblù. Con lui Lyanco" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Lyanco: Southampton sign Brazilian defender from Torino on four-year deal". BBC Sport. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Sheffield United 2–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Rindl, Joe (30 October 2021). "Watford 0–1 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Stone, Simon (8 May 2023). "Nottingham Forest 4–3 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  15. ^ Bologna Football Club (13 May 2019). "Lyanco: "A great feeling to score my first Serie A goal, I would like to dedicate it to my family"". Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Lyanco". Ogol. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Lyanco". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Games played by Lyanco in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Games played by Lyanco in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Games played by Lyanco in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  21. ^ "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". festival-foot-espoirs.com.
  22. ^ "Récompenses de la dernière édition du Festival". festival-foot-espoirs.com.
  23. ^ "Maurice Revello Tournament 2019 Best XI". Maurice Revello Tournament. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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