Felipe Vieira

A left-footed defender comfortable at both centre-back and left-back, he came through the youth ranks at Vitória but barely settled there before the loans started: Tombense took him in 2023, Londrina followed in January 2024, and by 2025 he had moved on to Chapecoense.

That spell in Santa Catarina proved the most significant of the three. Vieira featured regularly as a left-back and centre-back as Chapecoense pushed for promotion, and the club duly went up to the Série A.

The loan expired at the end of the year, and rather than return to Vitória, Vieira signed for Athletic Club in August 2025, joining a side then competing in the Série B. By the 2026 Série B campaign he had established himself as a regular starter in the defensive line.

Vieira's path has been unusual in its shape — three separate loan spells inside three years, each in a different state, before a permanent switch finally arrived.