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Arthur Cabral

Cabral with Benfica in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Mendonça Cabral
Date of birth	(1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Campina Grande, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Benfica
Number	9
Youth career
2014–2016	Ceará
2015–2016	→ Palmeiras (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2018	Ceará	61	(22)
2019–2020	Palmeiras	3	(1)
2019–2020	→ Basel (loan)	26	(14)
2020–2022	Basel	51	(32)
2022–2023	Fiorentina	42	(10)
2023–	Benfica	39	(7)
International career
2019	Brazil U23	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:32, 15 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2019

Arthur Mendonça Cabral (born 25 April 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Benfica.

Club career

Ceará

Arthur Cabral, born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Cabral joined Ceará's youth setup in 2014. He made his first team debut on 22 July 2015, coming on as a late substitute and scoring a last-minute winner in a 2–1 away victory against Tupi, for the year's Copa do Brasil.

In October 2015, Cabral was loaned to Palmeiras and returned to the youth setup. Back to Ceará in the following year, he spent some time in the under-20 squad before being definitely promoted to the first team in the 2017 season.

Cabral contributed with four goals in 16 matches during the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, as his side achieved promotion to Série A. On 7 March 2018, he scored a brace in a 3–0 Campeonato Cearense away win against Ferroviário-CE.

Palmeiras

On 30 November 2018, Palmeiras officially signed Cabral for R$ 5,000,000 from Ceará. Here, he played three league matches, scoring one goal.

Basel

On 30 September 2019, Cabral was loaned to FC Basel in the Swiss Super League for their 2019–20 season under manager Marcel Koller. He made his team debut in the Swiss Cup match on 15 September in the away game against lower tier FC Meyrin being substituted in after 74 minutes as Basel won 3–0 to progress to the next round. He played his first game in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage on 19 September as Basel won 5–0 at home in the St. Jakob-Park against Russian team Krasnodar. He then made his domestic league debut on 22 September as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Young Boys in the Stadion Wankdorf. Cabral scored his first goal for his new club in the next league match one week later, on 25 September, as Basel won 4–0 at home against Zürich. During his next match just four days later, on 29 September, he scored two goals as Basel won 3–0 against Luzern.

On 29 June 2020, the club announced that Cabral, whose loan had come to the end, was signed permanently. He scored his first hat-trick for his club on 8 August 2021 against Servette, in fact he scored four goals as Basel won 5–1. He scored his first hat-trick at international level just two weeks later, on 19 August, in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off match as Basel won 3–1 at home against Swedish club Hammarby IF.

FCB announced on 29 January 2022 that their top-scorer Cabral had transferred out to Fiorentina. In his two and a half years with the club Cabral had a total of 118 appearances for Basel scoring a total of 75 goals. 77 of these games were in the Super League, 3 in the Swiss Cup, 26 in the European competitions and 12 were test matches. He scored 46 goals in the domestic league, 2 in the cup, 17 in the European competitions and the other 10 were scored during the tests.

Fiorentina

On 29 January 2022, Cabral joined Serie A side Fiorentina. He scored his first goal on 26 February 2022, in a 2–1 defeat against Sassuolo.

In the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Conference League, Cabral finished as the top scorer of the competition, alongside Basel's Zeki Amdouni, with 7 goals. Fiorentina reached the tournament's final, where they lost 2–1 to West Ham United. He also finished that season as the top scorer of his club in all competitions with 17 goals.

Benfica

On 10 August 2023, Primeira Liga club Benfica announced the signing of Cabral on a five-year contract, for a reported fee of €20 million + €5 million in add-ons. The striker's release clause was set at €100 million.

Nine days later, Cabral made his debut for the Lisbon-based club, starting in a league match at home to Estrela da Amadora; with the game tied 0–0, Cabral was replaced in the 78th minute by Casper Tengstedt, who scored the opener just one minute later; Benfica went on to win by 2–0. Cabral made his UEFA Champions League debut on 3 October 2023, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute of a 1–0 loss away at Inter Milan, in the competition's group stage. Cabral scored his first goal for Benfica on 20 October, in a 4–1 victory away at Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese 4th division) side Lusitânia, in the 3rd round of the Taça de Portugal. Eleven days later, he came on as a second-half substitute and scored in a 2–0 victory away at Arouca, in the group stage of the Taça da Liga.

On 8 December, after a 1–1 league draw to Farense at the Estádio da Luz, Cabral was filmed showing his middle finger to Benfica fans while driving out of the stadium. He apologized the following day. Four days after the incident, in Benfica's last Champions League group stage match, away at Red Bull Salzburg, Cabral came off the bench during the injury time period and, one minute later, scored an essential back-heel goal to seal a 3–1 victory which qualified the Eagles to the UEFA Europa League knock-out round play-offs. On 29 December 2023, Cabral scored his first Primeira Liga goal, the opener in a 3–0 home victory over Famalicão. A month later, he scored a bicycle kick goal in a 4–1 league victory away at Estrela da Amadora.

International career

Youth

Cabral has represented Brazil at the U-23 level, playing in two friendly matches against Colombia and Chile in September 2019.

Senior

In October 2021, Cabral received his first call-up to the Brazilian senior team for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches as an injury replacement for Matheus Cunha.

Career statistics

As of match played 15 December 2024

1. Includes Campeonato Cearense, Campeonato Paulista
2. Includes Copa do Brasil, Swiss Cup, Coppa Italia, Taça de Portugal
3. Includes Taça da Liga
4. Appearance in Primeira Liga
5. Appearances in Copa do Nordeste
6. Appearance in Copa Libertadores
7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
8. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
9. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
10. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Ceará

• Campeonato Cearense: 2017, 2018

Fiorentina

• Coppa Italia runner-up: 2022–23
• UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up: 2022–23

Individual

• Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2020–21
• Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2020–21, 2021–22
• UEFA Europa Conference League top scorer: 2022–23

References

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2. "Revelação da base do Ceará é emprestado ao Palmeiras com cláusula de compra" [Ceará's youth prospect is loaned to Palmeiras with buyout clause] (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
3. "Com dois gols de Arthur, Ceará goleia o Ferroviário e assume liderança" [With two goals from Arthur, Ceará thrash Ferroviário and take over leadership] (in Portuguese). O Povo. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
4. "Palmeiras enfrenta Arthur Cabral, do Ceará, atacante que já contratou por R$ 5 milhões como reforço para 2019" (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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14. FC Basel 1893 (29 January 2022). "Arthur Cabral wechselt in die Serie A". Arthur Cabral moves to Serie A. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 29 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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16. "CABRAL È UN CALCIATORE DELLA FIORENTINA". Fiorentina. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
17. "Arthur Cabral marca o primeiro gol pela Fiorentina em derrota e no final". www.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
18. "2022/23 Europa Conference League top scorers: Cabral and Amdouni". UEFA.com. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
19. "Fiorentina vs West Ham live updates". The Athletic. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
20. "Arthur Cabral: Fiorentina's 'King of the Conference League' out to ruin West Ham's European dreams". Goal.com. 7 June 2023.
21. "Arthur Cabral reforça o Benfica!" [Arthur Cabral reinforces Benfica!]. slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
22. "Benfica seal deals for Arthur Cabral & Anatoliy Trubin". PortuGOAL. 10 August 2023.
23. "Arthur Cabral: os valores do negócio e a cláusula de rescisão (Benfica)" [Arthur Cabral: the business values and release clause (Benfica)] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
24. "Arthur Cabral e a estreia pelo Benfica: "Que possa ser o começo de uma linda história"" [Arthur Cabral and the debut for Benfica: "May it be the beginning of a beautiful story"] (in European Portuguese). O Jogo. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
25. "Benfica perde com Inter Milão e continua sem vencer na Champions" [Benfica loses to Inter Milan and remains without winning in Champions]. SAPO Desporto (in European Portuguese). 3 October 2023.
26. "Schmidt feliz por Arthur Cabral: "Às vezes, o primeiro golo é o mais difícil..."" [Schmidt happy for Arthur Cabral: "Sometimes, the first goal is the hardest one..."] (in European Portuguese). O Jogo. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
27. "Arthur Cabral: "Mereço estar aqui com esta camisola"" [Arthur Cabral: «I deserve to be here wearing this jersey»] (in European Portuguese). Record. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
28. "VÍDEO: Arthur Cabral faz gesto obsceno à saída do estacionamento na Luz" [VIDEO: Arthur Cabral makes obscene gesture at Luz's parking exit] (in European Portuguese). CNN Portugal. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
29. "Arthur Cabral pede desculpa por gesto obsceno: "Estou realmente arrependido"" [Arthur Cabral apologizes for obscene gesture: «I'm really sorry»] (in European Portuguese). A Bola. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
30. "A redenção de Arthur Cabral: entrou aos 90'+1 e decidiu um minuto depois com este golo de calcanhar" [Arthur Cabral's redemption: came on at 90'+1 and was decisive one minute later with this back-heel goal] (in European Portuguese). Record. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
31. "Benfica vence Famalicão por 3-0 e dorme na liderança" [Benfica beats Famalicão by 3-0 and sleeps as leader]. A Bola (in European Portuguese). 29 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
32. Gonçalves, Ricardo Nunes (29 January 2024). "Monumento de Arthur Cabral abre caminho à vitória do Benfica frente ao E. Amadora (com resumo)" [Arthur Cabral's monument paves the way for Benfica's victory against E. Amadora (with highlights)]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
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36. "Arthur Cabral marca o primeiro gol pela Fiorentina em derrota e no final". www.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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39. "Arthur Cabral Ogol Profile". Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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43. "SAFP Golden 11 – Super League 2021". Golden11. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

External links

• Profile Archived 23 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine at the ACF Fiorentina website (in Italian)
• Arthur Cabral on Twitter
• Arthur Cabral at Soccerway

• 1998 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Campina Grande
• Footballers from Paraíba
• Brazilian men's footballers
• Men's association football forwards
• Brazil men's youth international footballers
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
• Swiss Super League players
• Serie A players
• Primeira Liga players
• Ceará Sporting Club players
• SE Palmeiras players
• FC Basel players
• ACF Fiorentina players
• S.L. Benfica footballers
• Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
• Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
• Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
• Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
• Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
• Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
• Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
• 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen