| Intro | Brazilian association football player | ||||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From | Brazil | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 1 February 1997, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil | ||||
| Age: | 23 years | ||||
| Star sign | Aquarius | ||||
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Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnović (Serbian Cyrillic: Лијанко Еванжелиста Силвеира Невеш Војновић; born 1 February 1997), simply known as Lyanco, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for São Paulo FC as a central defender.
Club career
Lyanco started his youth career at Botafogo and early in 2015 received offers from other Brazilian clubs such as Cruzeiro, Palmeiras and Fluminense and also from Milan, which was cancelled due to a lack of European passport. In the end, Lyanco joined São Paulo.
He made his professional debut as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Atlético Paranaense. Lyanco started and played the 90 minutes in his third professional match, a 0–0 draw against Joinville.
International career
On 28 January 2016, Lyanco announced on his official Twitter account that he had agreed with officials from the Football Association of Serbia, to represent Serbian youth teams at international level. In the future, he could still decide to play for Brazil.
Personal life
Lyanco’s paternal grandfather, Jovan Vojnović, was born in the Serbian area of Yugoslavia and moved to Brazil, when he was 7 years old, during World War II. His maternal family has Portuguese roots.
Club statistics
- As of 6 October 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | CONMEBOL | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| São Paulo | 2015 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | |
| Career Total | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 23 | 1 | |
Honours
Club
- São Paulo
- U-20 Copa Libertadores: 2016