Igor Vinícius de Souza (born 1 April 1997), known as Igor Vinícius, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Santos.
Born in Sinop, Mato Grosso,[1] Igor Vinícius joined Santos' youth setup in 2010, aged 12.[2] After progressing through the club's youth setup, he was called up to the main squad for a Copa do Brasil match against Santos-AP on 20 April 2016.[2]
Igor Vinícius made his professional debut on 21 April 2016, coming on as a half-time substitute for fellow youth graduate Leandrinho in the 1–1 draw at the Zerão.[3] He featured in just one more match for the first team before leaving in August of the following year.[4]
In September 2017, Igor Vinícius signed with Ituano until the end of 2019, being initially assigned to the under-20s to build match fitness.[5] A regular starter during the 2018 Campeonato Paulista, he scored his first senior goal on 17 January in a 3–1 home win against São Caetano.
On 27 March 2018, Igor Vinícius was loaned to Ponte Preta until the end of the season.[6] He was an undisputed starter for Ponte during the year, contributing with 30 appearances as his side narrowly missed out promotion.
On 4 December 2018, Igor Vinícius signed a one-year loan deal with São Paulo.[7] He made his debut for the club the following 3 February, starting in a 1–0 home win against São Bento.
Initially a first-choice, Igor Vinícius lost space to Hudson, during the latter stages of the 2019 Campeonato Paulista. He made his Série A debut on 27 April of that year, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 home defeat of Botafogo.
Igor Vinícius scored his first goal in the top tier on 8 December 2019, netting his team's second in a 2–1 away success over CSA. Twelve days later, São Paulo bought 50% of his economic rights for a fee of R$ 2 million, and he signed a three-year deal with the club.[8]
During the 2020 season, Igor Vinícius was a backup to Juanfran under head coach Fernando Diniz, and remained a backup in the following year under Hernán Crespo. In 2022, he was again a second-choice behind new signing Rafinha, but still renewed his contract until 2025 on 16 August of that year.[9]
In January 2023, Igor Vinícius was sidelined due to a pubalgia, and spent the remainder of the season sidelined after undergoing two surgeries.[10] Back to action in the following season, he was regularly used before losing space in 2025, as head coach Luis Zubeldía chose to deploy Nahuel Ferraresi as a starter and had Cédric Soares as a backup.[11]
On 1 July 2025, Santos announced the return of Igor Vinícius on a three-year contract until June 2028.[12]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Santos | 2016 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ituano | 2018 | Paulista | — | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 2 | |||
| Ponte Preta (loan) | 2018 | Série B | 30 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| São Paulo | 2019 | Série A | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 40 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12[b] | 1 | — | 48 | 4 | |||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 123 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 7 | ||
| Santos | 2025 | Série A | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 160 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 9 | ||
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