PLAYER PROFILE / Defensive Midfield
Vini Souza.
VfL Wolfsburg · Brazil
TM 663581 · Current player profileAge today27
Recorded moves8
Peak recorded value€15.00m
Current market value€7.00m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Vinicius de Souza Costa
- Born
- 17 Jun 1999
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 187
- Joined current club
- 05 Jul 2025
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2030
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- Sheffield UnitedLast recorded move · 05 Jul 2025
- Lommel SKLast recorded move · 09 Aug 2023
- RCD Espanyol BarcelonaLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2023
- KV MechelenLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2022
- CR FlamengoLast recorded move · 05 Oct 2020
- CR Flamengo U20Last recorded move · 31 Aug 2019
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2026 | 26 | VfL Wolfsburg | €7.00m |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 26 | VfL Wolfsburg | €8.00m |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 26 | VfL Wolfsburg | €12.00m |
| 27 May 2025 | 25 | Sheffield United | €15.00m |
| 30 Dec 2024 | 25 | Sheffield United | €14.00m |
| 27 May 2024 | 24 | Sheffield United | €12.00m |
| 19 Dec 2023 | 24 | Sheffield United | €12.00m |
| 09 Oct 2023 | 24 | Sheffield United | €12.00m |
| 13 Jun 2023 | 23 | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | €6.00m |
| 07 Nov 2022 | 23 | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | €7.00m |
| 26 May 2022 | 22 | KV Mechelen | €4.50m |
| 12 Apr 2022 | 22 | KV Mechelen | €1.30m |
| 06 Jan 2022 | 22 | KV Mechelen | €1.00m |
| 06 Oct 2021 | 22 | KV Mechelen | €500k |
| 23 Feb 2021 | 21 | Lommel SK | €500k |
| 21 Oct 2020 | 21 | Lommel SK | €200k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Jul 2025 | Sheffield United | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | €15.00m |
| 09 Aug 2023 | Lommel SK | Sheffield United | Transfer | €12.50m |
| 30 Jun 2023 | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | Lommel SK | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 08 Jul 2022 | Lommel SK | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 30 Jun 2022 | KV Mechelen | Lommel SK | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 01 Jul 2021 | Lommel SK | KV Mechelen | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 05 Oct 2020 | CR Flamengo | Lommel SK | Transfer | €2.50m |
| 31 Aug 2019 | CR Flamengo U20 | CR Flamengo | Internal move | — |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.