Igor de Souza Fonseca (born 19 February 1980), known simply as Igor, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a forward.

Club career

Born in

Maceió Maceió (), formerly anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a Spring (hydrology), spring. Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped ...

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, Igor made his professional debut in Portugal, with lowly F.C. Maia of

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. Subsequently, he played two full seasons in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

, with S.C. Braga and Vitória de Setúbal, contributing four league goals at the former club as they finished fifth and qualified for the

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. Halfway through the 2005–06 Portuguese League campaign, Braga relocated Igor's loan from C.F. Estrela da Amadora in the same league to Spain's

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...

, a side in the

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. The

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, in turn, after the move was made permanent in summer 2007, loaned the player several times during his contract, and he totalled 26 matches and six goals in the

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for

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and

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, before returning to Pontevedra in January 2010 (also had a brief loan spell back in Brazil). Igor suffered two relegations in 2010–11,

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with Pontevedra and the other with

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

, joining the latter – in the second tier – in January 2011, on loan. In July 2011 he signed with another team in the country,

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

, moving to the

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with

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in the summer of 2013 after the club folded.

Personal life

Igor's younger brother Yuri was also a footballer and a forward. They shared teams at Maia (where they arrived at a young age) and Pontevedra. His

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, also played several seasons in Spain, and also represented Pontevedra.La ‘familia Gol’ (The 'Goal family')

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, 15 December 2012 (in Spanish)

Honours

Vitória Setúbal *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...

: 2004–05

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Igor 1980 births Living people Portuguese people of Brazilian descent Naturalised citizens of Portugal Sportspeople of Brazilian descent 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Brazilian men's footballers Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Maceió Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Maia players S.C. Braga players S.C. Braga B players Vitória F.C. players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Pontevedra CF footballers Girona FC players Levante UD footballers CD Tenerife players UD Salamanca players CD Boiro footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Ipatinga Futebol Clube players Super League Greece players Panthrakikos F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece