.jpg) Antunes withDynamo Kyiv in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vitorino Gabriel Pacheco Antunes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-04-01)1 April 1987 (age 38)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Freamunde, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2004 | Freamunde | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Freamunde | 44 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Paços Ferreira | 25 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | →Roma (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | Roma | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | →Lecce (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2010 | →Leixões (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2011 | →Livorno (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2012 | →Panionios (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Paços Ferreira | 14 | (3) |
| 2013 | →Málaga (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Málaga | 51 | (1) |
| 2015–2018 | Dynamo Kyiv | 49 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | →Getafe (loan) | 34 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Getafe | 29 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Sporting CP | 8 | (0) |
| 2021–2025 | Paços Ferreira | 115 | (10) |
| Total | 422 | (23) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Portugal U19 | 16 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Portugal U20 | 8 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Portugal U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2009 | Portugal U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2017 | Portugal | 13 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vitorino Gabriel Pacheco Antunes (Portuguese pronunciation:[vituˈɾinuɐ̃ˈtunɨʃ]; born 1 April 1987) is a Portuguese former professionalfootballer who played as aleft-back.
He spent most of his career abroad, winning several items of silverware withDynamo Kyiv in Ukraine, and making 125La Liga appearances forMálaga andGetafe. Domestically, he had three spells atPaços de Ferreira and won thePrimeira Liga withSporting CP in2020–21.
Antunes earned 41caps for Portugal at youth level, and was used sparingly as asenior international for over a decade.
Born inFreamunde, Antunes joinedPrimeira Liga clubF.C. Paços de Ferreira for the2006–07 season for an undisclosed fee[2] fromthird division sideS.C. Freamunde, where he began his professional career.
At Paços, he was instrumental in the team's first everqualification to theUEFA Cup, also scoring in a 1–1 home draw againstFC Porto.[3]
After a season of excellent displays, Antunes was linked with moves to Porto,S.L. Benfica,Sporting CP,Atlético Madrid,AJ Auxerre,Aston Villa andR.S.C. Anderlecht.[4] On 29 August 2007, just two days before the close of thetransfer window, Italian clubAS Roma obtained the player on a loan deal for€300,000, with the option to buy him permanently open until 15 April 2008.[5] He signed a 1+3-year-contract for €195,000 in the first season – in gross, bonus excluded – gradually increased to €321,000 in the last year.[5]
Antunes made his official Roma debut on 12 December 2007, duringthe campaign'sUEFA Champions League game againstManchester United.[6] He was chosen asPlayer of the match in a poll conducted by the former's official website.[7]
On 20 January 2008, Antunes played his firstSerie A match, coming on as a 77th-minutesubstitute in a 2–0 home win overCalcio Catania.[8] He also started against the same opponent inthe semi-finals of theCoppa Italia in April, which ended with another victory at theStadio Olimpico (1–0),[9] but was, however, virtually absent in the league, being barred byItalian internationalsMarco Cassetti andMax Tonetto and totalling only 65 minutes of action.[10]
On 2 April 2008, Roma exercised their right to full ownership, paying Paços de Ferreira the sum of €1.2 million whilst the player signed a five-year contract.[11] He was immediately loaned to newly promotedUS Lecce in aseason-long move, for €200,000.[12]
After appearing rarely for Lecce and not at all for Roma from August to December 2009, Antunes returned to Portugal the following month, being loaned to strugglingLeixões S.C. until the end ofthe campaign,[13][14] which ended in top-flight relegation.
On 5 February 2010, theFIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber ruled Freamunde eligible to receive €45,000 forSolidarity Contribution.[2][15] On 31 January 2011, Antunes was signed byA.S. Livorno Calcio along with teammateMarco D'Alessandro on loan, with Roma paying the player an incentive of €270,000 in order to compensate the wage difference between the two clubs.[16]
On 28 June 2012, after spending five months loaned toPanionios F.C. in Greece, Antunes was released by Roma and signed a three-year contract with former side Paços de Ferreira, replacing Benfica-boundLuisinho.[17][18] Late into the following winter transfer window, however, he was loaned toMálaga CF as a replacement forArsenal-boundNacho Monreal.[19] He made hisLa Liga debut on 9 February, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win againstLevante UD,[20] and participated in 15 official games duringthe season, including four inthe Champions League.
Antunes signed a four-year deal with Málaga on 11 June 2013, for a fee of €1.25 million.[21]
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On 2 February 2015, Antunes made a deadline day move toUkrainian Premier League clubFC Dynamo Kyiv for a reported fee of around €6 million, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract.[22] He made his debut on the 19th, playing the full 90 minutes in a1–2 away loss toEn Avant de Guingamp for the Europa League where his new team played with nine men for 45 minutes,[23] and scored his first goal on 15 March, helping to a 5–0 home victory overFC Illichivets Mariupol.[24] His second came four days later, as he struck a powerful shot from 30 yards in a 5–2 win againstEverton that qualified for the quarter-finals of the Europa League 6–4 on aggregate.[25]
On 21 July 2017, Antunes was loaned toGetafe CF for one year with a buyout clause.[26] At the end ofthe season, it was activated and the player signed a two-year contract.[27]
On 21 May 2019, Antunes was voted into theLa Liga Team of the Season.[28] The previous month, however, he had suffered ananterior cruciate ligament injury to his right knee which would sideline him for a lengthy period of time.[29]
After his Getafe contract expired, the 33-year-old Antunes returned to Portugal and signed for Sporting on 15 August 2020, ending seven years abroad.[30][31] He made 13 total appearances in hisonly season, winning his first league title and theTaça da Liga.[32]
Antunes then released himself from his contract at theEstádio José Alvalade and joined Paços de Ferreira on a two-year deal.[32]
Antunes representedPortugal at the2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, playing all the games in an eventualround-of-16 exit and scoring in a 1–2 group stage loss againstMexico.[33] On 5 June 2007, aged 20, he earned his firstcap forthe senior team, appearing in a 1–1 draw away againstKuwait after replacingPaulo Ferreira for the last half-hour of the match.[34]
Antunes passed five years and four days between his third cap and his next, in September 2013.[35] On 10 October 2017, he played 22 minutes in the decisive 2–0 home win overSwitzerland for the2018 FIFA World Cupqualifiers to help the nation top its group,[36] and he scored his first goal on 14 November of that year in a 1–1friendly draw with theUnited States.[37] He was then included in a preliminary 35-man squad for the finals in Russia,[38] but did not make the final cut.[39]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other[a] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Freamunde | 2004–05 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2005–06 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 47 | 0 | ||||
| Paços Ferreira | 2006–07 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||
| 2007–08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| Roma (loan) | 2007–08 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Roma | 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lecce (loan) | 2008–09 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Leixões (loan) | 2009–10 | 11 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Livorno (loan) | 2010–11 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Panionios (loan) | 2011–12 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Paços Ferreira | 2012–13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 3 | ||
| Málaga (loan) | 2012–13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| Málaga | 2013–14 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 38 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 54 | 2 | ||||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2014–15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 3 | 11 | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 5 | ||
| Getafe (loan) | 2017–18 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 255 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 305 | 14 | |
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal[42] | 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 14 November 2017 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa,Leiria, Portugal |  United States | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly[37][42] |
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