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Ethan Britto (born 30 November 2000) is a Gibraltarian
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays for Lincoln Red Imps and the Gibraltar national team. Primarily a
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, he can also play anywhere along the left flank and has often been utilised as a winger in a front three.


Club career

Britto began his career at Lincoln Red Imps, breaking through at the age of 15. In January 2017, he joined
Europa Point Europa Point ( Spanish and Llanito: Punta de Europa or Punta Europa) is the southernmost point of Gibraltar. Although not the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula, Europa Point defines the boundary between the Straits of Gibraltar in th ...
on loan along with 4 other players including Jaron Vinet and
Tjay De Barr Andre Tjay De Barr (born 13 March 2000) is a Gibraltarian professional footballer who plays for Gibraltar Football League club Lincoln Red Imps and the Gibraltar national football team as a forward. Club career De Barr came through the youth s ...
, to gain experienced at the newly promoted side. However, despite scoring twice in 11 games he was unable to prevent the side's relegation and returned to Lincoln at the end of the season. In summer 2018, he moved to Mons Calpe in order to gain more first team football, but again returned to Lincoln the next summer amidst financial problems for the Calpeans. Despite limited opportunities, Britto still impressed and earned a trial at
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alongside Julian Del Rio in February 2020.


International career

Britto made his international debut for
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on 13 October 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute for Andrew Hernandez in the
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match against
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. The match finished as a 1–0 away win for Gibraltar, their first ever competitive victory.


Career statistics


International

:''Scores and results list Gibraltar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Britto’s goal''


Honours

;Lincoln Red Imps *
Gibraltar Premier Division The Gibraltar Premier Division was a football league established by the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) in 1905, and the top tier of football in Gibraltar. It originally contained eight member clubs, but it has grown over the years. In 1 ...
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Gibraltar National League The Gibraltar Football League is the only senior tier of association football in Gibraltar, founded in 2019 as the Gibraltar National League after a merger of the Gibraltar Premier Division, which served as the top division of football on the ...
: 2017–18,
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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...


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* * * 2000 births Living people Gibraltarian men's footballers Gibraltar men's youth international footballers Gibraltar men's under-21 international footballers Gibraltar men's international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Lincoln Red Imps F.C. players Europa Point F.C. players Mons Calpe S.C. players Gibraltar Premier Division players 21st-century British sportsmen {{Gibraltar-footy-bio-stub