.jpg) Cabral withBenfica in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Mendonça Cabral | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-04-25)25 April 1998 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Campina Grande, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botafogo | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Ceará | ||
| 2015–2016 | →Palmeiras (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Ceará | 61 | (22) |
| 2019–2020 | Palmeiras | 3 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | →Basel (loan) | 26 | (14) |
| 2020–2022 | Basel | 51 | (32) |
| 2022–2023 | Fiorentina | 42 | (10) |
| 2023–2025 | Benfica | 49 | (8) |
| 2025– | Botafogo | 25 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Brazil U23 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:11, 5 February 2026 (UTC) | |||
Arthur Mendonça Cabral (born 25 April 1998) is a Brazilian professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forCampeonato Brasileiro Série A clubBotafogo.
Cabral was born inCampina Grande,Paraíba, Brazil, and joinedCeará's youth setup in 2014. He made his first team debut on 22 July 2015, coming on as a latesubstitute and scoring alast-minute winner in a 2–1 away victory againstTupi, forthe year'sCopa do Brasil.[1]
In October 2015, Cabral was loaned toPalmeiras and returned to the youth setup.[2] Back to Ceará in the following year, he spent some time in the under-20 squad before being definitely promoted to the first team in the 2017 season.
Cabral contributed with four goals in 16 matches during the2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, as his side achieved promotion toSérie A. On 7 March 2018, he scored a brace in a 3–0Campeonato Cearense away win againstFerroviário-CE.[3]
On 30 November 2018,Palmeiras officially signed Cabral forR$ 5,000,000 from Ceará.[4] From there, he played three league matches, scoring one goal.
On 30 September 2019, Cabral was loaned toFC Basel in theSwiss Super League for their2019–20 season under managerMarcel Koller. He made his team debut in theSwiss Cup match on 15 September in the away game against lower tierFC Meyrin being substituted in after 74 minutes as Basel won 3–0 to progress to the next round.[5] He played his first game in the2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage on 19 September as Basel won 5–0 at home in theSt. Jakob-Park against Russian teamKrasnodar.[6] He then made his domestic league debut on 22 September as Basel played a 1–1 draw withYoung Boys in theStadion Wankdorf.[7] Cabral scored his first goal for his new club in the next league match one week later, on 25 September, as Basel won 4–0 at home againstZürich.[8] During his next match just four days later, on 29 September, he scored two goals as Basel won 3–0 againstLuzern.[9]
On 29 June 2020, the club announced that Cabral, whose loan had come to the end, was signed permanently.[10] He scored his first hat-trick for his club on 8 August 2021 againstServette, in fact he scored four goals as Basel won 5–1.[11] He scored his first hat-trick at international level just two weeks later, on 19 August, in the2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off match as Basel won 3–1 at home against Swedish clubHammarby IF.[12][13]
FCB announced on 29 January 2022 that their top-scorer Cabral had transferred out toFiorentina.[14] In his two and a half years with the club Cabral had a total of 118 appearances for Basel scoring a total of 75 goals. 77 of these games were in the Super League, 3 in the Swiss Cup, 26 in the European competitions and 12 were test matches. He scored 46 goals in the domestic league, 2 in the cup, 17 in the European competitions and the other 10 were scored during the tests.[15]
On 29 January 2022, Cabral joined ItalianSerie A sideFiorentina.[16] He scored his first goal on 26 February 2022, in a 2–1 defeat againstSassuolo.[17]
In the2022–23 edition of theUEFA Conference League, Cabral finished as the top scorer of the competition, alongsideBasel'sZeki Amdouni, with 7 goals.[18] Fiorentina reached the tournament'sfinal, where they lost 2–1 toWest Ham United.[19] He also finished that season as the top scorer of his club in all competitions with 17 goals.[20]
On 10 August 2023, it was announced that Cabral would move to Portugal and sign forPrimeira Liga clubBenfica on a five-year contract,[21] for a reported fee of €20 million + €5 million in add-ons.[22] The striker's release clause was set at €100 million.[23]
Nine days later, Cabral made his debut for theLisbon-based club, starting in a league match at home toEstrela da Amadora; with the game tied 0–0, Cabral was replaced in the 78th minute byCasper Tengstedt, who scored the opener just one minute later; Benfica went on to win by 2–0.[24] Cabral made hisUEFA Champions League debut on 3 October 2023, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute of a 1–0 loss away atInter Milan, in the competition'sgroup stage.[25] Cabral scored his first goal for Benfica on 20 October, in a 4–1 victory away atCampeonato de Portugal (Portuguese 4th division) sideLusitânia, in the 3rd round of theTaça de Portugal.[26] Eleven days later, he came on as a second-half substitute and scored in a 2–0 victory away at Arouca, in thegroup stage of theTaça da Liga.[27]
On 8 December, after a 1–1 league draw toFarense at theEstádio da Luz, Cabral was filmed showing hismiddle finger to Benfica fans while driving out of the stadium.[28] He apologized the following day.[29] Four days after the incident, in Benfica's last Champions Leaguegroup stage match, away atRed Bull Salzburg, Cabral came off the bench during the injury time period and, one minute later, scored an essential back-heel goal to seal a 3–1 victory which qualified theEagles to theUEFA Europa League knock-out round play-offs.[30] On 29 December 2023, Cabral scored his first Primeira Liga goal, the opener in a 3–0 home victory overFamalicão.[31] A month later, he scored abicycle kick goal in a 4–1 league victory away atEstrela da Amadora.[32]
On 8 June 2025, Cabral returned to Brazil after roughly five years, signing a deal with reigningSérie A andCopa Libertadores championsBotafogo until the end of 2028.[33][34] He scored his first goal for Botafogo on his debut, in the 2-0 victory over Vasco in the classic, in Brasília, in the 13th round of the Brazilian Championship.[35]
Cabral has represented Brazil at the U-23 level,[36] playing in two friendly matches against Colombia[37] and Chile in September 2019.[38][39]
In October 2021, Cabral received his first call-up to theBrazilian senior team for2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches as an injury replacement forMatheus Cunha.[40]
| Club | Season | League | State league[a] | National cup[b] | League cup[c] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ceará | 2015 | Série B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | Série B | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[d] | 0 | 19 | 4 | |||
| 2018 | Série A | 31 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 8[e] | 5 | 55 | 24 | |||
| Total | 48 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 5 | 77 | 29 | ||||
| Palmeiras | 2019 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[f] | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| Basel (loan) | 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 14 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 11[g] | 2 | — | 39 | 18 | |||
| Basel | 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 33 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3[g] | 2 | — | 36 | 20 | |||
| 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 18 | 14 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 12[h] | 13 | — | 31 | 27 | ||||
| Total | 77 | 46 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 26 | 17 | — | 106 | 65 | |||||
| Fiorentina | 2021–22 | Serie A | 14 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 28 | 8 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 16[h] | 8 | — | 48 | 17 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 10 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 16 | 8 | — | 64 | 19 | |||||
| Benfica | 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 28 | 6 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8[i] | 1 | — | 43 | 11 | ||
| 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 21 | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6[j] | 1 | — | 34 | 7 | |||
| Total | 49 | 8 | — | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | 77 | 18 | ||||
| Botafogo | 2025 | Série A | 21 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2[f] | 0 | 2[k] | 0 | 28 | 5 | ||
| 2026 | Série A | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 240 | 80 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 361 | 138 | ||
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