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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 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Atlético Mineiro.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnovic[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Mineiro | ||
Number | 2 | ||
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) |
2021–2024 | Southampton | 36 | (1) |
2023–2024 | → Al-Gharafa (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2024– | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | (0) |
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 05:33, 29 April 2024 (UTC) |
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]
Born in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Lyanco started his youth career at Botafogo.[4]
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]
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]
On 31 January 2019, Lyanco joined Bologna on loan until 30 June 2019.[10]
On 25 August 2021, Lyanco joined Southampton on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[4][11] On 21 September 2021, he 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] He was forced off with a hamstring injury in the first half of Southampton's FA Cup match against Coventry City on 5 February 2022, and was expected to be sidelined for up to 12 weeks.[14][15] On 16 April 2022, Lyanco returned from injury and appeared in a 1–0 victory against Arsenal.[16]
On 8 May 2023, Lyanco scored his first Premier League goal in a 4–3 defeat to Nottingham Forest.[17] He went to Istanbul for transfer negotiations with Beşiktaş on 19 July 2023, but the transfer collapsed due to a change in the terms of the agreement proposed to Southampton.[18]
On 29 August 2023, Lyanco joined Al-Gharafa on a season-long loan.[19] Three days later, he made his debut for the club in a 1–4 victory against Al Ahli.[20] On 28 September 2023, Lyanco was given a red card for violent conduct during a 4–0 defeat to Al Sadd.[21] He scored his first goal for the club on 11 March 2024 in a 0–2 victory against Muaither.[22]
On 5 July 2024, Lyanco joined Atlético Mineiro for an undisclosed fee.[23]
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]
Lyanco is married and has a daughter.[24]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other[lower-alpha 3] | Total | |||||||
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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[27] | Serie A | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
Total | 46 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 53 | 1 | |||||
Bologna (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
Southampton | 2021–22[28] | Premier League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
2022–23[29] | Premier League | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
2023–24[30] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | ||
Al-Gharafa (loan) | 2023–24 | Qatar Stars League | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
Atlético Mineiro | 2024 | Série A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 129 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 6 |
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