Lyanco

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Silveira Neves and the second or paternal family name is Vojnović.

Lyanco Vojnović

140px Lyanco on his return to Sao Paulo, on 6th May 2016
Personal information
Full name	Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnović
Date of birth	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997
Place of birth	Vitória, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	São Paulo
Number	19
Youth career
2011–2014	Botafogo
2015–2016	São Paulo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–	São Paulo	7	(0)
International career‡
2016	Serbia U19	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:51, 7 October 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 April 2016

Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnović (Serbian Cyrillic: Лијанко Еванжелиста Силвеира Невеш Војновић; born 1 February 1997), simply known as Lyanco, is a Brazilian-born Serbian professional footballer who plays for São Paulo FC as a central defender.

Club career

Lyanco started his youth career at Botafogo and early in 2015 received offers from other Brazilian clubs such as Cruzeiro, Palmeiras and Fluminense and also from Milan, which was cancelled due to a lack of European passport. In the end, Lyanco joined São Paulo.

He made his professional debut as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Atlético Paranaense. Lyanco started and played the 90 minutes in his third professional match, a 0–0 draw against Joinville.

International career

On 28 January 2016, Lyanco announced on his official Twitter account that he had agreed with officials from the Football Association of Serbia, to represent Serbian youth teams at international level. In the future, he could still decide to play for Brazil.

Personal life

Lyanco's paternal grandfather, Jovan Vojnović, was born in the Serbian area of Yugoslavia and moved to Brazil, when he was 7 years old, during World War II. His maternal family has Portuguese roots.

Honours

Club

São Paulo

• U-20 Copa Libertadores: 2016

External links

• Lyanco at footballzz.co.uk