Herculano Nabian
Portuguese footballer
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| Full name | Herculano Bucancil Nabian | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 (age 20) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Empoli | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Recreios Algueirão | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Belenenses | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Vitória Guimarães | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | → Empoli U19 (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Vitória Guimarães B | 35 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Vitória Guimarães | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Empoli (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Empoli | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Portugal U15 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Portugal U16 | 6 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Portugal U17 | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Portugal U18 | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Portugal U19 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Portugal U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:11, 18 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:50, 19 November 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Herculano Bucancil Nabian (born 25 January 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Empoli. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he is a youth international for Portugal.
Club career
Born in Bissau, Nabian was formed at C.F. Os Belenenses before joining Vitória de Guimarães in 2018. His tally of 51 goals in two years in their youth team earned attention from foreign teams, and in July 2020, he signed his first professional contract of three years with the option of one more, and a buyout clause of €60 million.[1][2]
In the 2020–21 season, he took part with the reserve team in the third tier, scoring 7 goals in 21 games. This included a hat-trick on 3 April in a 5–1 win over the second team of Rio Ave FC.[3] On 26 July 2021, he made his first-team debut in the first round of the Taça da Liga in a 4–1 home win over Leixões S.C. as an 85th-minute substitute; he assisted the final goal by Maga.[4] His Primeira Liga bow came on 8 August again as a late replacement at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, in a 1–0 loss to Portimonense SC.[5]
On 6 August 2022, Nabian joined Serie A club Empoli on loan.[6] The Italian side paid a €150.000 loan fee and an option-to-buy was set at €450.000 plus €600.000 in future add-ons.[7] In April 2023, Empoli decided to trigger the buy-clause, with Nabian signing a four-year contract.[8]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 21 | 7 | — | — | 21 | 7 | ||
| 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 14 | 3 | — | — | 14 | 3 | |||
| Total | 35 | 10 | — | — | 35 | 10 | ||||
| Vitória Guimarães | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Empoli (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Empoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 41 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 10 | ||
References
- ^ "Vitória em negociações para renovar contrato do internacional Herculano Nabian" [Vitória in negotiations to renew contract of international Herculano Nabian] (in Portuguese). Guimarães Digital. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Freitas, Bruno (14 July 2020). "Herculano Nabian renova com V. Guimarães e fica com cláusula de rescisão de 60 milhões de euros" [Herculano Nabian renews with V. Guimarães and ends up with release clause of 60 million euros]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Quer ser "referência no Vitória" e sonha com o Real Madrid: eis Herculano" [He wants to be an "icon for Vitória" and dreams of Real Madrid: behold Herculano]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "V. Guimarães: mais novo do século estreou-se com assistência" [V. Guimarães: youngest of the century debuted with assist] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "DIRETO V. Guimarães-Portimonense" [LIVE V. Guimarães-Portimonense]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 8 August 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Herculano Nabian è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" [Herculano Nabian is a new footballer in blue] (in Italian). Empoli. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "V. Guimarães empresta Herculano ao Empoli" [V. Guimarães loans Herculano to Empoli] (in European Portuguese). Record. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Herculano Nabian fica em Itália: saiba quanto rende ao V. Guimarães" [Herculano Nabian remains in Italy: find out how much it's worth to V. Guimarães] (in European Portuguese). O Jogo. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ Herculano Nabian at Soccerway
- ^ Herculano Nabian at ForaDeJogo (archived)
External links
- Herculano Nabian national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
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