Abner

Abner Felipe Souza de Almeida (born 30 May 1996), simply known as Abner, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for Farense.

Club Career

Coritiba

Born in Londrina, Parana, Abner finished his formation with Coritiba, after joining the club in 2011 from PSTC. On 3 June 2012, he agreed to a three-year contract, his first professional link. On 18 September 2013, at the age of 17, he made his first team – and Serie A – debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Sergio Escudero in a 2–2 home draw against Goias; it was his only appearance for the club.

In October 2013, shortly after making his professional debut, Abner suffered a serious knee injury, being sidelined for six months. Subsequently, the 40% of his rights belonging to Coxa were sold to a group of businessman, and were assigned to PSTC (which already had 40% of the player).

Real Madrid

On 23 July 2014, despite long standing interest from Italian giants Roma, Abner signed for Real Madrid and was assigned to the reserves in Segunda Division B. He made his debut for Castilla on 8 August, replacing Javi Noblejas late into a 2–1 loss at Atletico Madrid B.

On 5 September 2014, after only one further match for the B-team, Abner again suffered the same knee injury from the previous year, being sidelined for the campaign. The following 10 July, now fully recovered, he was called up to the main squad by manager Rafa Benitez to feature in the pre-season tours in Australia and China; six days later, however, he was cut from the squad after suffering a setback from his injury.

Abner returned to the fields on 20 September 2015, playing 20 minutes in a 1–0 loss at Real Union; three days later, he again suffered a serious knee injury during training, being again out for the season. After his third injury, he stated that he "considered leaving football", but Zinedine Zidane, at the time the Castilla manager, encouraged him to keep going.

In 2016–17, Abner m

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