Rúben Vinagre

Rúben Gonçalo da Silva Nascimento Vinagre is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a left wing-back. He was born in 1999 in Charneca de Caparica and started his career at the youth academy of Sporting CP. At the age of 16 the scouts of Monaco knew enough and invited him to come over and play for AS Monaco. And he did! He joined the youth side of AS Monaco in the summer of 2015 and signed his first professional contract at the French club in June 2016. During the summer of 2016 he was part of the Portuguese U17 team who won the tournament after beating Spain in the final. In August 2016 he moved back to Portugal to play one season on loan for Académica de Coimbra. But the FIFA didn’t give an approval because the player was under the age of 18 – in January 2017 he moved back to his parent club AS Monaco without playing one single match for Académica. In the summer of 2017 he signed a new and improved contract in Monaco until the summer of 2022. Only a couple of weeks after it was announced that he would move on loan to Wolverhampton to gain some match experience. He made his debut in August 2017 for the EFL Cup against Yeovil Town. The board of the Wolves were convinced of his capabilities and offered him a permanent contract in the summer of 2018. He agreed and signed a five-year-contract for an undisclosed fee.