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Biography
Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães was born on 19th December 1997 to the family of Marcelo Magalhaes in Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Gabriel is a Brazilian professional footballer. He plays the role of Centre-back for Premier League club Arsenal. He also plays as part of a back three. Gabriel is known for being fast.
Christopher Galtier said something about Gabriel, saying “He has a lot of character for a Twenty-three-year-old boy. Depict his height he is very fast and covers his side very well. Gabriel is also known for his distribution ability, generally looking to play the ball forward or to the left-back. Between 2019-2020 season, Gabriel had completed the most passes into the opposition half in all of Ligue 1. According to his mentor Jose Fonte, Gabreil “has to keep defending well by being energetic, being well positioned, and not taking risks.”
| Full Name: | Gabriel Magalhães |
| Current club: | Premier League club Arsenal |
| Born: | December 19, 1997 |
| Place of Birth: | Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Nationality: | Brazilian |
| Height: | 5 feet 8 inches |
| Parents: | Marcelo Magalhaes |
| Siblings: | Vinicius and Mayara |
| Wife • Spouse: | Gabrielle Figueiredo |
| Zodiac sign:Sagittarus | |
| Children: | N/A |
| Occupation: | Football player |
| Net Worth: | $20.5 million. |
Early Life & Education
Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães was born on 19th December 1997 to the family of Marcelo Magalhaes in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Gabriel grew up with his only two siblings named Vinicius and Mayara. He fell in love with football when he was little. According to Gabriel he said thus ” I fell in love with football as a little kid and loved the sport immediately. I played football on the street with my friends. It is my earliest memories of playing football and i miss the good old fun.”
Gabrial started playing football as early as Thirteen at Avai but later, returned back to Sao paulo after a week because of homesickness, after which he returned back to Avai and was awarded with professional contract at the age of sixteen.
Gabriel scored two goals in thirty-nine games in all competitions for the Brazilian club’s first team. At the time, Avai were completing in Serie B, and he helped them to gain promotion to Serie A.
Personal Life
Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães was born on 19th December 1997 to the family of Marcelo Magalhaes in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Gabriel grew up with his only two siblings named Vinicius and Mayara.
rumor has it that Gabriel is in a serious relationship with a Brazilian model named Gabrielle Figueiredo.
Gabriel is a fashionista and love social life.
Gabriel is a left-footed centre-back who usually plays on the left side of a centre-back partnership. However, Gabriel can also play as part of a back three. Despite his height, Gabriel is known for being fast. Christophe Galtier spoke about Gabriel, saying “He has a lot of character for a 22-year-old boy. Despite his 190cm height, he is super fast and covers his side well. He is the player who has won the most aerial duels in the first part of the season.”Gabriel is also known for his distribution ability, generally looking to play the ball forward or to the left-back. In the 2019–2020 season, Gabriel had completed the most passes into the opposition half in all of Ligue 1. According to his Lille teammate and mentor José Fonte, Gabriel “has to keep defending well by being aggressive, being well positioned, and not taking risks.”
Gabriel Magalhães was involved in the Amazon Original sports docuseries All or Nothing: Arsenal, which documented the club by spending time with the coaching staff and players behind the scenes both on and off the field throughout their 2021–2022 season.
Career
Gabriel started his career at Avaí but later returned to São Paulo after a week because of homesickness. He later reconsidered his decision and returned to Avaí after two weeks, luckily going on to earn his first professional contract at age 16. He went on to be part of the team that won promotion to Brasileiro Série A in 2017.
On 31 January 2017, Gabriel Magalhães joined Ligue 1 side Lille, signing a four and a half-year contract. When he arrived, Gabriel taught himself French and went on to conduct most of his interviews in the language. After playing several matches for Lille B, he was loaned to fellow Ligue 1 side Troyes by then head coach Marcelo Bielsa, before joining Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb, where he made just one league appearance for each club’s senior team.
Gabriel returned to Lille in 2018, starting his first match on 10 February 2019 against relegation-threatened Guingamp in a 2–0 win. He went on to make 14 appearances over the course of the season, scoring his first goal for Lille in a 5–1 win against Paris Saint-Germain on 14 April 2019.
The following season, Gabriel started to play more regularly, forming a centre-back partnership with José Fonte. Gabriel was a starter in all six of Lille’s Champions League group stage matches. On 31 January 2020, he extended his contract with Lille until 2023.
Lille manager Christophe Galtier spoke about the defender’s patience, saying “I saw he had great potential and he was able to seize the first opportunity he got. He was hungry to play, and while he bided his time, he worked a lot. He’s an example for other youngsters to follow. It’s a sort of intelligence to behave like that. How often nowadays do you see players not working if they’re not in the squad?”
On 1 September 2020, Arsenal announced the signing of Gabriel Magalhães on a long-term contract. Interest in the Brazilian was reportedly high, with multiple clubs willing to match the valuation set by Lille. Gabriel joined for a rumored fee of £27m after add-ons.
On 12 September, the opening day of the 2020–2021 Premier League season, Gabriel made his appearance for Arsenal, scoring the second goal in a 3–0 win against Fulham at Craven Cottage. Following his performance in Arsenal’s 2–1 win against West Ham on 19 September 2020, Gabriel was awarded Arsenal’s player of the month award for September. He won the award again in October after featuring in five of Arsenal’s six games in the month. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta spoke highly of Gabriel’s early performances, saying “you move him from France to here at an early age, without talking the language, to adapt to a new way of playing as well… he has done it really quickly and is showing a great mentality as well.”
Despite Arsenal’s poor form in late 2020, Gabriel was awarded his third player of the month award in December after his performances in Arsenal’s 1–0 win against Manchester United on 1 November and their 0–0 draw against Leeds United on 22 November.
On 29 November, Gabriel scored his first goal at the Emirates during Arsenal’s 2–1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Gabriel received his first red card for Arsenal on 16 December 2020 in a home game against Southampton, after being given two yellow cards in the space of five minutes for fouls on Ché Adams and Theo Walcott.
On 21 October 2022, Arsenal announced that Gabriel signed a new long-term contract with the club.
Gabriel Magalhães represented Brazil at under-20 level at the 2017 South American U-20 Championship.
On 14 November 2020, he made his international appearance with Brazil’s under-23 national side in a 3–1 win over South Korea’s under-23s in an international friendly. On 17 June 2021, he was named in the squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics but was forced to withdraw with a knee injury on 6 July.
Net Worth
Gabriel Magalhães has worked as a Footballer right from youth. he has accumulated a satisfactory fortune from playing football. Gabriel Magalhães has an astonished net worth of $20.5 million.
Social Media
Gabriel Magalhães as humble and hardworking as he is discovered that he also has some social media platforms where he can be connected.
- @Gabriel Magalhães (@_gabrielmagalhaes) is his Instagram handle.
- @Gabriel Magalhães (@biel_m04) is his Twitter handle.
