Lyanco

Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Лијанко Еванжелиста Силвеира Невеш Војновић, pronounced [ʋoːjnoʋitɕ]; born 1 February 1997), simply known as Lyanco, is a Brazilian-Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Southampton and the Brazil national under-23 team.

Club Career

Born in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Lyanco started his youth career at Botafogo. In January 2015, he signed a four-year deal with Sao Paulo. Lyanco made his professional debut as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Atletico Paranaense. He started and played the 90 minutes in his third professional match, a 0–0 draw against Joinville.

On 29 March 2017, it was announced that Lyanco had signed a five-year contract with Serie A club Torino, for a reported fee of €6 million plus bonuses. He immediately moved to Turin to begin training with the team, and facilitate his acclimatisation to the club, at the orders of Sinisa Mihajlovic. His league debut came on 20 September 2017 in a 3–2 victory over Udinese Calcio.

On 31 January 2019, Lyanco joined Bologna on loan until 30 June 2019.

On 25 August 2021, Lyanco joined Southampton on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

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