Igor Vinícius de Souza

Igor Vinícius de Souza (born 1 April 1997), known as Igor Vinícius, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Santos.

Club career Santos Born in Sinop, Mato Grosso, Igor Vinícius joined Santos' youth setup in 2010, aged 12. After progressing through the club's youth setup, he was called up to the main squad for a Copa do Brasil match against Santos-AP on 20 April 2016. He featured in just one more match for the first team before leaving in August of the following year.

Ituano In September 2017, Igor Vinícius signed with Ituano until the end of 2019, being initially assigned to the under-20s to build match fitness. A regular starter during the 2018 Campeonato Paulista, he scored his first senior goal on 17 January in a 3–1 home win against São Caetano.

Ponte Preta (loan) On 27 March 2018, Igor Vinícius was loaned to Ponte Preta until the end of the season. He was an undisputed starter for Ponte during the year, contributing with 30 appearances as his side narrowly missed out promotion.

São Paulo On 4 December 2018, Igor Vinícius signed a one-year loan deal with São Paulo. He made his debut for the club the following 3 February, starting in a 1–0 home win against São Bento.

Initially a first-choice, Igor Vinícius lost space to Hudson, during the latter stages of the 2019 Campeonato Paulista. He made his Série A debut on 27 April of that year, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 home defeat of Botafogo.

Igor Vinícius scored his first goal in the top tier on 8 December 2019, netting his team's second in a 2–1 away success over CSA. Twelve days later, São Paulo bought 50% of his economic rights for a fee of R$ 2 million, and he signed a three-year deal with the club.

During the 2020 season, Igor Vinícius was a backup to Juanfran under head coach Fernando Diniz, and remained a backup in the following year under Hernán Crespo. In 2022, he was again a second-choice behind new signing Rafinha, but still renewed his contract until 2025 on 16 August of that year.

In January 2023, Igor Vinícius was sidelined due to a pubalgia, and spent the remainder of the season sidelined after undergoing two surgeries. Back to action in the following season, he was regularly used before losing space in 2025, as head coach Luis Zubeldía chose to deploy Nahuel Ferraresi as a starter and had Cédric Soares as a backup.

Return to Santos

On 1 July 2025, Santos announced the return of Igor Vinícius on a three-year contract until June 2028.

Career statistics

Honours São Paulo Campeonato Paulista: 2021 Copa do Brasil: 2023 Supercopa do Brasil: 2024