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Allan Sousa

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Allan Sousa
Personal information
Full name Allan Gonçalves Sousa
Date of birth (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Vejle
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Al Arabi 10 (1)
2016–2017 → Al-Markhiya (loan) 12 (10)
2017– Vejle 79 (25)
2019–2020 → Sint-Truiden (loan) 23 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:05, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Allan Gonçalves Sousa (born 27 January 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish club Vejle Boldklub.

Club career

Early career

In winter 2016, at the age of 19, Sousa joined Al Arabi club in the Stars League for half a season 2015–2016. The following season he was loaned to Al-Markhiya in the Second Division.[1] Sousa left the team before 5 rounds than end,[2] then moved to Denmark.

Vejle Boldklub

On 9 February 2017, Vejle Boldklub announced that Sousa had traveled with the team at training camp in Turkey prior to spring in the 2016–2017 season. The club also wrote that Sousa on the 12 day training camp would sign its agreement with the traditional club.

He established himself from the start of the spring season as a starter in the club, but scored first his first VB goal on May 7, when he delivered a direct free kick to VB at 1–1 home against AB.

In the following 2017–2018 season, he scored 9 goals in league and scored up to 8 VB scores in 28 matches. Thus he was a crucial player in Vejle Boldklub's return to Danish Superliga.

He started the 2018–19 season in Superliga by scoring Vejle Boldklub's first goal this season when he put VB ahead of 1–0 in what ended up being a 3–1 victory over Hobro IK.[3] He also followed up in the subsequent two matches against Brøndby IF and AGF, respectively. Prior to the third match in the season against AGF, Sousa extended its contract with VB until summer 2021.[4]

Loan to Sint-Truiden

On 16 July 2019 it was confirmed, that Sousa had extended his contract with Vejle and would be loaned out to Belgian club Sint-Truidense.[5]

Honours

Vejle

References

  1. ^ "Sousa moved to Al-Markhiya" (in Arabic).
  2. ^ "He left the Al-Markhiya" (in Arabic).
  3. ^ "Vejle vinder begivenhedsrig Superliga-åbner mod Hobro - se alle målene her » TV3 SPORT" (in Danish).
  4. ^ "Vejle forlænger med Allan Sousa". bold.dk.
  5. ^ VB forlænger og udlejer Allan Sousa til Sint-Truiden VV, vejle-boldklub.dk, 16 July 2019

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