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| Full name | Allan Marques Loureiro[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (age 35)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Botafogo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Madureira | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Vasco da Gama | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Vasco da Gama | 55 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Udinese | 104 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | Napoli | 158 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Everton | 52 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Al Wahda | 45 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Botafogo | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Brazil U20[4] | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Brazil | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:13, 5 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 05:03, 14 November 2020 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Allan Marques Loureiro (born 8 January 1991), commonly known asAllan Marques orAllan (Brazilian Portuguese:[aˈlɐ̃]), is a Brazilian professionalfootballer who plays as adefensive midfielder forCampeonato Brasileiro Série A clubBotafogo.
After starting out in theMadureira youth system in his home country, he joined Uruguayan clubDeportivo Maldonado, but later returned to Brazil and made his professional debut withVasco da Gama in 2009. Allan joined Italian clubUdinese in 2012, and subsequently moved to fellow Serie A sideNapoli in 2015. He transferred to English sideEverton in 2020, where he stayed for two years.
At international level, he was a part of theBrazil under-20 side that won the2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and later made his senior debut for Brazil in 2018; he was a member of the team that won the2019 Copa América on home soil.
Allan was signed fromMadureira by Uruguayan sideDeportivo Maldonado at 17 years of age[citation needed] for an undisclosed fee. However, he was later loaned out toVasco da Gama back in Brazil; he would not make an appearance for Maldonado.
Allan moved toVasco da Gama once again still as ayouth player, loaned from Deportivo Maldonado. A year after he played for their youth team, he was brought back and promoted to the first-team by coachDorival Júnior, playing in many crucial games in the club's 2009 season to help the side win theSérie B and secure promotion to the top-flight Série A, though he ultimately suffered an injury.
Due to injury, Allan could not compete with Vasco da Gama neither in theCampeonato Carioca nor the2010 Copa do Brasil. After an initial recovery, he returned to the club's junior team to regain fitness before rejoining the first-team. He then returned to action in the last round of theSérie A before the break for the2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing in the Copa da Hora friendly tournament. The club won the tournament, with Allan contributing to the title, also scoring a goal in a 3–2 victory overCoritiba.
In June 2012, Allan signed forSerie A sideUdinese for a reported fee ofR$7 million[5] from Deportivo Maldonado.[5][6] He made his debut for Udinese at home at theStadio Friuli againstJuventus, where he created an assist for teammateAndrea Lazzari's goal.
In hisfirst season inUdine, Allan played mostly as adefensive midfielder, recovering and distributing a large number of balls. ManagerFrancesco Guidolin played him in 36 games in the league out of 38 games, he proved one of the best bargains of the season, defying expectation and playing almost all games as a starter to help Udinese to finish in a surprise fifth-place position, securing qualification to next year'sUEFA Europa League.[7]
The following season the club finished 13th in the league in what was Francesco Guidolin's final season with the side. Despite this, Allan excelled in midfield,[citation needed] and scored his first goals for the club as his improvement in Italy continued. His calm and controlled performance in midfield also prompted future Udinese managerAndrea Stramaccioni to suggest that he was now one of the best young midfielders in Europe, comparable to Manchester United'sPaul Pogba.[7]
In the2014–15 season, Allan was to be the top ball-winner of all ofEurope's top-five leagues with the most balls won.[citation needed]
After reported interest from a number of other clubs,[8][9] Allan signed forNapoli for €10m plus bonuses in July 2015.[10]
In the 2015–16 season, Allan made his Napoli debut in a pre-season friendly against Lega Pro sideFeralpiSalò, which Napoli won 5–2.[11] He made his first Serie A debut for Napoli athome againstSampdoria in the second matchday of theSerie A season, creating an assist forGonzalo Higuaín with a through-ball that the latter converted with a right-footed shot from the right side of the box, making the scoreline 2–0. Allan was later substituted in the second half forDavid López.[12] Allan would then receive a start in Napoli's third game of the season, a 2–2 away draw withEmpoli, scoring an equalizer in the 78th minute after converting a pass from captainMarek Hamšík.[13]
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On 17 September 2015, Allan came off the bench in the 62nd minute against Belgian clubClub Brugge in his first everEuropa League game, assistingJosé Callejón's second goal of the game with a through-ball just minutes after coming on. The match finished 5–0 for Napoli, the club's largest European win and the joint-largest margin of defeat for Brugge, equalling its 6–1 defeat atMonaco in 1988.[14] Allan would go on to score once again and provide another assist in a 5–0 win againstLazio, only three days after the Brugge victory on 20 September, giving managerMaurizio Sarri trust in him for his precise passing and defensive work.[15] On 26 September, Allan scored a goal against defending champions Juventus, with excellent passing and an impressive overall game in a 2–1 home win.[16] On 4 October, Allan would score the opening goal in a 0–4away rout ofMilan in a swift counter-attacking move, where the Brazilian went one-on-one with Milan goalkeeperDiego López.[17]
In the 2016–17 season, Allan had 29 Serie A appearances (1 goal, 5 assists), 8 Champions League appearances culminating in an 86.6% pass completion rate, an average of 2.4 successful tackles per game and he also averaged one key pass (one that led to a goalscoring opportunity) per game.
In the 2017–18 season, Allan played in all 38 Serie A matches, scoring four goals. During that season, Allan extended his contract with Napoli until 2023.[18] In the following season, he featured in 33 Serie A matches and reached the2018–19 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals with Napoli. In the 2019–20 season, he played in the2019–20 UEFA Champions League round of 16 home match againstBarcelona, which ended 1–1, then he won the2019–20 Coppa Italia against Juventus, his only silverware with Napoli.[19]
On 5 September 2020, English clubEverton signed Allan for around £21.7m on a three-year deal, to be reunited with former Napoli managerCarlo Ancelotti.[20] He made his debut the following week in a 1–0 win away toTottenham Hotspur.[21]
Allan suffered an injury to his hamstring on 16 December during an away game againstLeicester City, he was replaced in the 41st minute byAndre Gomes; Everton won the game 0–2. Allan was ruled out for the remainder of Everton's games in 2020.[22] He returned to the starting eleven on 1 March against Southampton playing the full 90 minutes, Everton won the game 1–0.[23]
In March 2022, againstNewcastle United, Allan was sent off following a tackle onAllan Saint-Maximin. The Brazilian was also given a three-match ban. Everton later went on to win the game 1–0 due to anAlex Iwobi winner in the 99th minute.[24]
On 27 September 2022, Allan signed a two-year deal with Emirati clubAl Wahda.[25]
He was called up byBrazilian under-20 coachNey Franco on 20 August 2011, where he impressed enough at Vasco da Gama to earn a call-up for the2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Brazil's U-20 World Cup-winning side also featured the likes ofOscar,Philippe Coutinho,Casemiro andDanilo, as well as future Napoli teammatesGabriel andBruno Uvini. Brazil made it to the tournament final, beatingPortugal 3–2 in extra time and winning the U20 World Cup for the fifth time.[7]
Although born in Brazil, Allan holds dual Portuguese-Brazilian nationality, making him eligible to play forBrazil orPortugal.[26] Allan also 'has a distant Italian relative' which qualifies him for an Italian passport and thus theItaly national team.Sky Sport Italia and TV Luna report that he has been asked 'to switch allegiances to the Azzurri' by national coachRoberto Mancini.[27] ManagerTite, on 26 October 2018, named Allan to the Brazilian squad that will faceUruguay andCameroon infriendlies the following month. However, because these were only exhibition matches, Allan still also remainedeligible to play for Portugal and Italy at the time.[28] He made his senior international debut in the former match, held in London on 16 November, which ended in a 1–0 victory to Brazil.[29]
In May 2019, Allan was included in Brazil's 23-man squad for the2019 Copa América on home soil.[30] On 7 July, he come on as an injury-time substitute in Brazil's 3–1 victory overPeru in thefinal of the tournament, at theMaracanã Stadium.[31]
Allan operates primarily as adefensive midfielder or as acentral midfielder in themezzala role, and is equally comfortable at playing both in anattacking and defensive midfield role; he is also capable of being deployed in adeeper role as aplaymaker. As such, he has also been labelled abox-to-box midfielder in the media. He is also capable of playing on theleft or right flank, and has even been deployed as afull-back on occasion.
Normally deployed as a holding midfielder in front of the back-line, Allan is known as a dynamic, physically strong, tenacious and energetic right-footed midfielder, with good ball-winning abilities. He also possesses good technique,dribbling skills, pace and good long passing ability, which enables him to start attacking plays after winning back possession. He has been described as a complete and tactically versatile midfielder, who is different from traditional defensive midfielders, due to his reputation for dribbling past defenders and passing the ball through the legs of an opponent, a move known as thenutmeg.[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vasco da Gama | 2009 | Série B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2010 | Série A | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2011 | Série A | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| 2012 | Série A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 1 | ||
| Udinese | 2012–13 | Serie A | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | Serie A | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Serie A | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | |
| Total | 104 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 2 | ||
| Napoli | 2015–16 | Serie A | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | Serie A | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 4 | |
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| Total | 158 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 11 | ||
| Everton | 2020–21 | Premier League | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Premier League | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Al Wahda | 2022–23 | UAE Pro League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | UAE Pro League | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
| Total | 45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3 | ||
| Botafogo | 2024 | Série A | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2025 | Série A | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| 2026 | Série A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 444 | 15 | 41 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 578 | 17 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
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