Ygor Nogueira de Paula (born 27 March 1995) is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

club

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Club career

Born in

Itaperuna Itaperuna () is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It had a population of 101,041 in 2022, and has an area of 1.105,3 km2. History Itaperuna was founded in 1889, after being separated from the municipality of Campos do ...

, Nogueira joined the youth academy of

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, th ...

in 2007 at the age of 12. On 1 September 2014, he was loaned out to Belgian club

K.A.A. Gent Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (; English: ''Royal Athletic Association Ghent''), often simply known as Gent or by their nickname ' (), is a Belgian professional sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football tea ...

. In November 2015, Nogueira made his first team debut for ''Flu''; playing the whole ninety minutes of a 1–1 draw against

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional, Inter de Porto Alegre, a cidade do Grêmio or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the ...

in Série A. In the 2017 season he broke into the first team following an injury to

Renato Chaves Renato de Araújo Chaves Júnior (born 4 May 1990), known as Renato Chaves or simply Renato, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Corinthians Born in São Paulo, Renato joined Corinthians' y ...

; but was soon replaced by

Reginaldo Reginaldo may refer to: * Maicosuel Reginaldo de Matos (born 1986), footballer * Reginaldo Araújo (born 1977), Brazilian defender * Reginaldo de Santana (born 1975), Brazilian football player * Reginaldo (footballer born 1983) full name Reginal ...

. On 21 December 2017, Nogueira joined

Figueirense Figueirense Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Figueirense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina founded on 12 June 1921. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian fo ...

on a season long loan deal. In January 2023, Nogueira signed a contract with Santa Clara in Portugal until the end of 2022–23 season, with a conditional automatic extension option. On 18 July 2023, after his contract with Santa Clara had expired, Nogueira signed for

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side Chaves. On 10 August 2024, Nogueira signed two-year contract with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nogueira, Ygor 1995 births Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state) Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Fluminense FC players KAA Gent players Figueirense FC players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Gil Vicente F.C. players Mazatlán F.C. footballers Esporte Clube Juventude players C.D. Santa Clara players G.D. Chaves players Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Primeira Liga players Liga MX players Azerbaijan Premier League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan People from Itaperuna 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen