Gabriel Ferreira Neris (born 29 October 2001), known as Gabriel Tota, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Santa Fé do Sul Santa Fé do Sul is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is of 32,563 (IBGE/2020) and the area is 208.2 km2. It is located on the northwest of the state, 642 km from the city of São Paulo, and is a tourist ...

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, Gabriel Tota represented

Araçatuba Araçatuba is a city located in the northwest of São Paulo state, Brazil. The city has 198,129 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and spans . The city name comes from the Tupi language and means "abundance of araçá" (a fruit, Psidium cattleianum). Araç ...

, América-SP, and Novorizontino as a youth. He made his senior debut while on loan at Rio Preto in 2020. In 2021, Gabriel Tota moved to

Mirassol Mirassol is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located in the northern part of the state, 453 km from the city of São Paulo and 15 km from São José do Rio Preto. Mirassol has 60,303 inhabitants (IBGE/2020). ...

and returned to the under-20 squad. He first appeared with the main squad on 25 September of that year, starting in a 1–2 Série C home loss against former side Novorizontino. On 22 January 2022, after impressing in the year's

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, Gabriel Tota was one of the nine players definitely promoted to Mirassol's first team, but moved to Série A side Juventude five days later, on a four-year contract. Gabriel Tota made his debut for ''Ju'' on 3 February 2022, coming on as a second-half substitute for Jadson and scoring the opener in a 1–1

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home draw against

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. He first appeared in the top tier on 21 May, replacing

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in a 3–0 home loss against

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. Loaned to Ypiranga-RS on 14 April 2023, Gabriel Tota played twice for the club before having his loan terminated on 14 May, after being included in the 2023 Brazilian football match-fixing scandal. Three days later, Juventude terminated his contract. On 1 June 2023, Gabriel Tota was permanently banned from football after being judged in the match-fixing scandal, and was charged a R$ 30,000 fine.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tota, Gabriel 2001 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Grêmio Novorizontino players Rio Preto Esporte Clube players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Esporte Clube Juventude players Ypiranga Futebol Clube players Sportspeople banned for life 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen