Igor (footballer, born 1980)

Igor
Personal information
Full name	Igor de Souza Fonseca
Date of birth	19 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Maceió, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1989–1991	Marialvas
1993–1995	Gondim
1995–1999	Maia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2003	Maia
1999–2000	→ Pedrouços (loan)
2003–2007	Braga
2003–2004	Braga B
2004–2005	→ Vitória Setúbal (loan)
2005	→ Estrela Amadora (loan)
2006–2007	→ Pontevedra (loan)
2007–2011	Pontevedra
2008	→ Ipatinga (loan)
2009	→ Girona (loan)
2009	→ Levante (loan)
2011	→ Tenerife (loan)
2011–2013	Salamanca
2013–2016	Panthrakikos
2017–2018	Boiro
2018–2019	Maia Lidador
2019–2020	Virgen del Camino
2020–2022	Maia Lidador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:25, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Igor de Souza Fonseca (born 19 February 1980), known simply as Igor, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career[edit]

Born in Maceió, Alagoas, Igor made his professional debut in Portugal, with lowly F.C. Maia of Liga de Honra. Subsequently, he played two full seasons in the Primeira Liga, with S.C. Braga and Vitória de Setúbal,^[1] contributing four league goals at the former club as they finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

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, a side in the Segunda División B.^[2]^[3] The Galicians, 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 Segunda División for Girona FC^[4] and Levante UD,^[5] before returning to Pontevedra in January 2010 (also had a brief loan spell back in Brazil).

Igor suffered two relegations in 2010–11, one with Pontevedra and the other with CD Tenerife, joining the latter – in the second tier – in January 2011, on loan.^[6] In July 2011 he signed with another team in the country, UD Salamanca, moving to the Super League Greece with Panthrakikos F.C. in the summer of 2013 after the club folded.^[7]

Personal life[edit]

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.^[8]

His cousin, Charles, also played several seasons in Spain, and also represented Pontevedra.^[9]^[10]

Honours[edit]

Vitória Setúbal

Taça de Portugal: 2004–05

References[edit]

^ Igor: «Já está na hora de voltar a vencer» (Igor: "Time to start winning again"); Record, 2 March 2005 (in Portuguese)
^ Igor de Sousa debuta con tres goles en Pasarón (Three-goal debut for Igor de Sousa at Pasarón); La Voz de Galicia, 8 January 2006 (in Spanish)
^ El Sporting contrata a un experto en fichajes goleadores (Sporting sign expert in signing scorers); La Voz de Asturias, 7 May 2020 (in Spanish)
^ 2–0. Felipe e Igor debutan con goles (2–0. Felipe and Igor score in debut) Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Terra, 11 January 2009 (in Spanish)
^ El Levante llega a un acuerdo con delantero brasileño Igor de Souza (Levante reach agreement with Brazilian forward Igor de Souza); El Confidencial, 3 August 2009 (in Spanish)
^ El delantero brasileño Igor de Souza, viejo objetivo de la Unión, se queda a tiro (Brazilian forward Igor de Souza, old Unión desire, all but signed); La Gaceta de Salamanca, 17 July 2011 (in Spanish)
^ Πανθρακικός ανακοίνωσε την απόκτηση του Βραζιλιάνου Ιγκόρ Ντε Σόουζα Φονσέκα. (Panthrakikos announced the acquisition of Brazilian Igor de Souza Fonseca.); Sport24, 31 July 2013 (in Greek)
^ Fenómeno luso-brasileiro esteve perto de provocar um escândalo na Taça do Rei (Portuguese-Brazilian phenomenon nearly caused major upset in King's Cup); Mais Futebol, 4 January 2022 (in Portuguese)
^ Yuri, "orgulloso" de liderar el Pichichi con su primo Charles (Yuri, "proud" to top Pichichi with his cousin Charles); Marca, 4 December 2012 (in Spanish)
^ La ‘familia Gol’ (The 'Goal family'); El País, 15 December 2012 (in Spanish)

External links[edit]

Igor at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Igor at BDFutbol
Igor at Soccerway

[1] Igor: «Já está na hora de voltar a vencer» (Igor: "Time to start winning again"); Record, 2 March 2005 (in Portuguese)

[2] Igor de Sousa debuta con tres goles en Pasarón (Three-goal debut for Igor de Sousa at Pasarón); La Voz de Galicia, 8 January 2006 (in Spanish)

[3] El Sporting contrata a un experto en fichajes goleadores (Sporting sign expert in signing scorers); La Voz de Asturias, 7 May 2020 (in Spanish)

[4] 2–0. Felipe e Igor debutan con goles (2–0. Felipe and Igor score in debut) Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Terra, 11 January 2009 (in Spanish)

[5] El Levante llega a un acuerdo con delantero brasileño Igor de Souza (Levante reach agreement with Brazilian forward Igor de Souza); El Confidencial, 3 August 2009 (in Spanish)

[6] El delantero brasileño Igor de Souza, viejo objetivo de la Unión, se queda a tiro (Brazilian forward Igor de Souza, old Unión desire, all but signed); La Gaceta de Salamanca, 17 July 2011 (in Spanish)

[7] Πανθρακικός ανακοίνωσε την απόκτηση του Βραζιλιάνου Ιγκόρ Ντε Σόουζα Φονσέκα. (Panthrakikos announced the acquisition of Brazilian Igor de Souza Fonseca.); Sport24, 31 July 2013 (in Greek)

[8] Fenómeno luso-brasileiro esteve perto de provocar um escândalo na Taça do Rei (Portuguese-Brazilian phenomenon nearly caused major upset in King's Cup); Mais Futebol, 4 January 2022 (in Portuguese)

[9] Yuri, "orgulloso" de liderar el Pichichi con su primo Charles (Yuri, "proud" to top Pichichi with his cousin Charles); Marca, 4 December 2012 (in Spanish)

[10] La ‘familia Gol’ (The 'Goal family'); El País, 15 December 2012 (in Spanish)

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