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LINO SOUSA (aka DA CRUZ SOUSA)
Full Name: Lino Gonçalo Sousa
Born: 19 January 2005
Came from: Aston Villa Went to:
First game: 03 February 2024 Last game: 01 April 2024
Appearances: 8 (3/5) Goals: 0
Born in Portugal, Sousa moved with his family to Wolverhampton from Lisbon at the age of eight, where he played for Aspire FC before joining West Bromwich Albion's academy. At the age of 16, he represented the West Brom youth team that made it to the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup in 2021, beating Tottenham and Everton along the way before losing out to Aston Villa.
In January 2022, Sousa moved from West Brom to Arsenal and in the summer of the same year took part in the first-team pre-season training camp in Germany. He impressed so much that he was named in the travelling party for the Gunners' UEFA Europa League match against FC Zurich and was given a place on the bench for their Premier League clash against Brentford that September, following a debut for Arsenal under-21s in the Football League Trophy against Cambridge United. He was also called up to the England under-18 squad for the first time, rounding off a busy start to the 2022-23 season. Two more appearances in the Football League Trophy followed and in March 2023, he made his England under-18 debut against Croatia. A month later he earned a call up to the Portuguese under-18 squad before returning to Arsenal.
Sousa also featured for the England under-19s during the early stages of the 2023-24 campaign, his debut coming in a narrow, 1-0 loss against Germany. He featured again for Arsenal under-21s, scoring his first goal against Swindon Town in the Football League Trophy. On the last day of the January 2024 transfer window, the left-back made the permanent switch to Aston Villa and within hours of his move being finalised, he travelled to Home Park to join Argyle on loan for the rest of the 2023-24 season, the sixth new arrival in a busy few weeks.
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