Coritiba agrees sale of goalkeeper Gabriel to Serie A club

Coritiba agreed to sell the goalkeeper Gabriel Vasconcelos for Vitória, which competes in Série A of the Brasileirão. The player was on loan to Juventude and was part of the campaign to stay in the elite, led by coach Fábio Matias, ex-Coxa.

The information was initially given by the Canto Rubro-Negro channel and confirmed by UmDois Esportes. The sale values ​​are around R$1.8 million.

The archer left Alviverde at the start of the Paranaense Championship, after having poor performances in the State Championship and asking to leave.

In March, the athlete was loaned to Juventude and played 48 games, being one of the important figures for the Caxias do Sul team’s permanence in the First Division.

Gabriel had a troubled exit from Coritiba

Gabriel entered 2024 as Coritiba’s main goalkeeper. In the Campeonato Paranaense, the team decided to rotate him, Pedro Morisco and Benassi, who played a few games. Morisco started to stand out and Gabriel was missed three times in the draw with Londrina.

In two games, he conceded four goals and asked Coxa to leave the club. At the time, the request was revealed by coach Guto Ferreira, who said that the archer was feeling “pressured by the moment”. Gabriel trained separately until he was hired by the Rio Grande do Sul team.

The goalkeeper arrived at Coxa in 2022, after spending ten years in Italian football, where he made his career. That season, he replaced Muralha and stood out in the Alviverde goal in 13 games.

Then, in 2023, Gabriel had difficulty acting. The archer’s poor performances along with the difficulty in defense placed Alviverde as the second worst defense in the Brasileirão that year. In 38 games, Coxa conceded 73 goals.

With Gabriel’s departure, Pedro Morisco took over as Coxa’s goalkeeper and was one of the best goalkeepers in Series B.

Coritiba has a trio of goalkeepers set for 2025

Coxa has the trio of goalkeepers for next season defined. The club acquired goalkeeper Benassi permanently and renewed Gabriel Leite. In addition to them, Pedro Morisco remains the goalkeeper, with a contract until the end of 2027.

Benassi, 20 years old, belonged to Ferroviária and had a loan contract until the end of November. Coxa chose to exercise the purchase option. The athlete had already signaled that he intended to remain at the club, before the end of Series B. He signed until the end of 2027.

Coritiba coach “convinced” club to keep Morisco as starter

Pedro Morisco gained absolute title in the Segundona, after making good performances in the Campeonato Paranaense, when he played in ten of Alviverde’s 15 games. With the departure of Gabriel, Coxa’s goalkeeper trainer, Thiago Mehlwas one of those who defended Morisco’s stay in Segundona.

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The club even considered purchasing a new goalkeeper for the Serie B sequence, and he was the goalkeeper trainer. Flour “convinced” the club.

“We were interested in Morisco playing in the State Championship, we already saw quality in him, and we were already interested in him being one of the goalkeepers on the professional squad. But then came the whole situation with Gabriel Vasconcelos of arousing interest in leaving and everyone was in that doubt of are we going to hire? Are we going to get an experienced athlete?”, said Mehl, in an interview with UmDois Esportes.

“And, at that moment, I said: I think we have to bet on Morisco, give him an opportunity in the State Championship and, if everything went well, we would have a goalkeeper for the Brazilian Championship. And that’s what happened. He played and performed well”, he added.