Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira

Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira (born 27 September 1992), mononymously known as Gabriel (Portuguese: [ɡabɾiˈew]), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian side Cagliari, on loan from Milan.
A product of Cruzeiro's youth system, Gabriel was signed by Milan at the age of 19. He has since spent time both at the club and on various loans.
At the international level, Gabriel made a single appearance for the Brazil national team in August 2012. Previously, he was part of the under-23 squad that won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Cruzeiro (2007–2012)

Gabriel started his footballing career in the youth teams of Cruzeiro in 2007. During the 2010 and 2011 seasons, he also featured as an unused substitute with the first team on four occasions, including one game of the 2011 Campeonato Mineiro, which Cruzeiro eventually won.

Milan (2012–present)

Early seasons (2012–2014)

At the beginning of the 2012–13 season, Gabriel was signed by Milan to serve as backup for Christian Abbiati and Marco Amelia. After making no official appearances during his first year at the club, Gabriel's official debut came on 19 October 2013, as manager Massimiliano Allegri chose him to start in place of an injured Abbiati for a Serie A game at home against Udinese; the Brazilian kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 win. He finished his second season at Milan with seven appearances.

Loan spells (2014–2017)

On 1 September 2014, Gabriel joined Serie B side Carpi on a season-long loan from Milan. Serving as the first-choice goalkeeper, he played 39 league games out of 42, all as a starter, and contributed to the club's successful season, in which they finished at the top of the table and won their first-ever promotion to Serie A.

For the 2015–16 season, Gabriel moved to Serie A club Napoli, once again on a season-long loan. Serving as Pepe Reina's understudy, Gabriel finished the season with four appearances (one in the league, three in Europa League).

Gabriel went back to Milan for the 2016–17 season. However, being second-choice to Gianluigi Donnarumma, he didn't managed to get any playing time in official matches throughout the first months of the season. Thus, during the January 2017 transfer window, he was loaned out to Cagliari for the remainder of their Serie A campaign.

Brazil Under-20

Gabriel was part of the Brazil under-20 squad that won the South American Youth Championship in February 2011, appearing in eight games out of nine.

The following August he was called up by manager Ney Franco to take part also in the FIFA under-20 World Cup. He played in all seven games as a starter, as Brazil claimed the trophy by defeating Portugal 3–2 in the final at El Campín stadium.

Brazil Under-23

Gabriel was called up by Brazil under-23 to take part in the 2012 Olympic Football tournament as a replacement for the injured Rafael Cabral two days before the start of the competition. After remaining on the bench for the first two games, Gabriel made his debut in the tournament in the third and last match of the group stage against New Zealand, which Brazil won 3–0. He retained his place as a starter in each of the following three games, as Brazil went on to win the silver medal after being defeated 2–1 by Mexico in the final.

Brazil

Three days after playing in the Olympic final, on 15 August 2012, Gabriel made his senior debut for Brazil, featuring as a starter in a 3–0 friendly win over Sweden, having the distinction of playing his first professional match at full international level.

As of 10 January 2017

Club

Cruzeiro

• Campeonato Mineiro (1): 2011

Carpi

• Serie B (1): 2014–15

Milan

• Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2016

International

Brazil

• South American Youth Championship (1): 2011
• FIFA U-20 World Cup (1): 2011
• Olympic Silver Medal (1): 2012