On December 16, Beijing time, Baliga club Santos officially announced that it has renewed its contract with 16-year-old talented winger Angelo Gabriel, and the contract ends in 2024, the high-diving winger known as the new Neymar has entered the first team this year, has broken a number of team records, and attracted the interest of European giants including Real Madrid, Liverpool and Bayern.
Santos officially posted a photo of the young man renewing his contract, the 16-year-old from Brasilia entered the Santos youth training system at the age of 10, crossed the level into the U20 youth team in 2020, that is, at the age of 15, and was promoted to the first team by head coach Kuka (who used to coach Shandong Luneng) in October last year. Although Kuka moved to Atlético Mineiro in the 2021 season, Angelo Gabriel still got more opportunities to perform under the new manager Carrile.
Throughout the 2021 season, Angelo Gabriel made 42 appearances on all fronts, including 19 in the First Division. When he made his debut in the First Division, he was only 15 years, 10 months and 4 days, becoming the second youngest debut player in Santos history, after Coutinho, 11 days before Pele; and in the Copa Libertadores, he surpassed Rodrigo with 16 years, two months and 16 days to become the youngest Copa Libertadores debut player in Santos history; the little guy's first goal in his career also came from the Copa Libertadores, and he scored in the team's 3-1 win over San Lorenzo, with 16 years, 3 months and 16 days. Became the youngest goalscorer in copa Libertadores history.
Angelo Gabriel is also the main player of the Brazilian U17 national youth team, and he won the South American Youth Championship with the Brazilian Under15 national youth team in 2019, of course, his performance in that cup was not as eye-catching as that of Nascimento and Savio, who scored 4 goals. Still, last season's rapid progress has allowed the youngster's value to soar to €7 million in a single year, ranking fourth in the world among all players born in 2004, behind Barca midfielder Garvey, Borussia Dortmund striker Mukoko and Angers striker Mohammed Alli.
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As early as the beginning of this year, there was news that Liverpool and Real Madrid were interested in introducing Angelo Gabriel, and according to the latest news, Bayern scouts also traveled to Brazil to closely examine the youngster's performance in this year's Baliga match, and Santos's price tag for Angelo Gabriel was as high as 60 million euros. For the youngster, perhaps staying in Bajia for a few more years is a better choice.
Angelo Gabriel is a player with super speed and acceleration, and his foot skills, ball possession ability and one-on-one breakthrough ability are also key points to watch, but his passing and scoring ability needs to be improved compared to Neymar. Although he entered the Santos first team a year earlier than Neymar, but the season when Ney Was 17 years old entered the Santos first team, there were 34 games in the Bajia, 10 goals and 7 assists, I don't know next year's Bajia, Angelo Gabriel can deliver the answer sheet that surpasses Big Brother?
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Neymar joined Barca at the age of 21 and began his career in Europe, and Angelo Gabriel's favorite team is also Barca, the little guy thinks that Barca's style is more suitable for him, and pele and Neshao as idols, can he become the new generation of kings of the Samba Army in the near future?