Cássio Gabriel

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vilela and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.

Cássio Gabriel Vilela Ferreira (born 29 August 1992), better known as Cássio Gabriel or Cássinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Operário Ferroviário.

Cássio Gabriel

Personal information
Full name	Cássio Gabriel Vilela Ferreira
Date of birth	(1992-08-29) 29 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Operário Ferroviário
Youth career
	Fluminense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Fluminense	0	(0)
2011	Paulínia	8	(1)
2012	Porto-PE	16	(0)
2012–2013	Hajduk Split	0	(0)
2013	Paysandu	1	(0)
2014	Esportivo-RS	6	(1)
2014	Anápolis	5	(0)
2014	Guarani	10	(1)
2016	Anápolis	1	(0)
2016	Penapolense	7	(0)
2017	Taubaté	19	(4)
2017–2018	São Bento	25	(1)
2018	→ XV de Piracicaba (loan)	17	(4)
2019	XV de Piracicaba	32	(6)
2020	Botafogo-PB	20	(1)
2020–2021	Mirassol	38	(5)
2021–2022	Vila Nova	12	(0)
2021–2022	→ Mumbai City (loan)	21	(1)
2023	Ponte Preta	32	(3)
2023–	Operário Ferroviário	13	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 October 2023

Club career

Earlier career

Fondly known as 'Cássinho', Gabriel started his youth career at Fluminense's under 20 side and went on to play for a number of Brazilian clubs such as Paysandu SC, Clube Esportivo Bento Gonçalves, Guarani, Anápolis, ASEEV-GO, Atlético Penapolense, Esporte Clube XV de Piracicaba, Esporte Clube São Bento, Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) and Mirassol before joining Vila Nova Futebol Clube in June 2020.^{[citation needed]}

Born in Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, Cássio can play on either wings or through the middle as an attacking mid, made 12 appearances for Vila Nova and has one assist to his name.^[1]

During his stint with Fluminense's youth side, the Patrocinio-born midfielder was also loaned to the Croatian club Hajduk Split in 2013, the only club he played for outside of his homeland. With Hajduk, he achieved success at the Croatian Football Cup,^[2][3] winning the title in 2013.^[4]

Mumbai City

On 26 August 2021, Gabriel moved to Indian Super League defending champions Mumbai City, on loan from Vila Nova.^[5]

On 22 November, he made his debut for the club against Goa, in a resounding 3–0 win.^[6][7] He scored his first goal for the club, on 9 December, against Jamshedpur, in a thrilling 4–2 win.^[8][9] He registered one goal along with five assists in 20 league appearances, as the Islanders finished on fifth place and failed to qualify for the playoffs.^[10]

He was later included in the club's 2022 AFC Champions League squad.^[11] He started in the club's AFC Champions League debut match, on 8 April, against Al Shabab which ended in a 3–0 defeat.^[12][13]

Honours

HNK Hajduk Split

• Croatian Football Cup: 2012–13^[14]

XV de Piracicaba

• Copa Paulista: runner-up 2019^{[citation needed]}

Mirassol

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série D: 2020^[15]