Brazilian offensive midfielder: Who is Lincoln Henrique?
He is very good at set pieces. He is different from the classic number 10. He can play on the left side, inside left, or even as a trio. His fine passes are excellent.
Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on November 7, 1998, Lincoln Henrique Oliveira Dos Santos started playing football in the youth team of Gremio, the team of his hometown, when he was only eight years old.
He played for seven seasons in Gremio's infrastructure. During that period, Lincoln was also selected for the Brazilian under-15 football team in the 2013-2014 season and won the Gaucho State League championship with Gremio's under-17 team in 2014.
The successful midfielder attracted the attention of Luiz Felipe Scolari, who was coaching the team at that time and was included in the A team squad.
Lincoln Henrique Oliveira dos Santos (born 7 November 1998), commonly known as Lincoln or Lincoln Henrique, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Red Bull Bragantino on loan from Fenerbahçe.
Lincoln, who started playing in the A team of the well-established team of Brazilian football when he was only 16 years old, surpassed Ronaldinho with the goal he scored in the Libertadores Cup match his team played with San Lorenzo in March 2016 and became the youngest player to score a goal for Gremio in the Champions League of South America. became the owner.
Lincoln, who won the Brazilian Cup championship in 2016 with Gremio, scored 3 goals and made 2 assists in 20 matches for the Turkish Super League team Çaykur Rizespor, where he played on loan in the 2017-2018 season.
Lincoln, who also played on loan at America Mineiro for a short time in 2018, was transferred to Portugal's Santa Clara team in July from Gremio, where he won the Gaucho State League championship in March 2019 and scored 5 goals in 64 matches in total, and quickly became an indispensable part of the team. entry.
While Santa Clara, where Lincoln plays, finished tenth and ninth in the Portuguese League in the first two seasons, they finished sixth in the league in the 2020-2021 season and qualified for the European cups for the second time in the club's history.
The successful offensive midfielder had the opportunity to play in a total of 109 matches in the three seasons he played in Santa Clara, scoring 9 goals and making 23 assists.
The left-handed midfielder, who is 1 meter 78 centimeters tall, drew attention with his vision of the game, effective passes, and the goals he scored from free kicks.
WHO IS LINCOLN HENRIQUE?
The star player, whose full name is Lincoln Henrique Oliveira dos Santos, was born on November 7, 1998, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Henrique started football in the Gremio infrastructure. Henrique, who played in various teams of Gremio until 2017, played a total of 27 matches. He scored 1 goal and 1 assist in these matches. Henrique played his first match with the Brazilian U-17 National Team on 28 November 2014. He scored 3 goals and 2 assists in 8 matches with the U-17 national team.
Lincoln, who decided to leave the team on loan in the 2017/18 season, went to Turkey with the Rizespor jersey. Lincoln Henrique contributed 3 goals and 2 assists to Rizespor in 20 matches in Turkey. Rizespor was promoted to the Super League that season.
Lincoln then returned to his country and played for America Minerio and Gremio for a short time. In 2019, he went out of his country again and went to Portugal. Henrique signed for the Portuguese team Santa Clara. Henrique, who played a total of 33 matches in 2019-2020, contributed 1 goal and 7 assists to his team. The star player, who played with 1 goal and 5 assists in 32 matches in 2020/21, contributed to the score with 7 goals and 10 assists in 44 matches in the 2021/22 season.
The Brazilian player, whose main position is number 10, contributed 9 goals and 23 assists to the teams he played in 97 matches in this position. In his career, Henrique started 10 matches as a central midfielder, 3 matches as a left winger, 3 matches as a left winger and 1 match as a back forward.
February 2024
Fenerbahçe's statement is as follows:
"In our football team, which will be restructured until 2023-2024, our football player Lincoln Henrique has been loaned to the Brazilian club RB Bragantino until the end of the season with a purchase option."