Vitinha (footballer, born February 2000)

Vitinha

Vitinha with Portugal in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Vítor Machado Ferreira[1]
Date of birth	(2000-02-13) 13 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Santo Tirso, Portugal
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Paris Saint-Germain
Number	17
Youth career
2006–2007	Desportivo das Aves
2008–2011	Póvoa Lanhoso
2011–2019	Porto
2015–2016	→ Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Porto B	14	(8)
2020–2022	Porto	38	(2)
2020–2021	→ Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)	19	(1)
2022–	Paris Saint-Germain	69	(10)
International career‡
2017	Portugal U17	1	(0)
2018	Portugal U18	7	(0)
2018–2019	Portugal U19	18	(3)
2019–2021	Portugal U21	22	(1)
2022–	Portugal	23	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European U21 Championship Runner-up 2021 Hungary–Slovenia UEFA European U19 Championship Runner-up 2019 Armenia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:50, 6 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:09, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Vítor Machado Ferreira (born 13 February 2000), known as Vitinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [viˈtiɲɐ]), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Portugal national team.

Coming through Porto's youth system, Vitinha was promoted to the first-team in 2020. He was loaned to Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 2020, before returning the following season. He established himself as an integral player for Porto winning a domestic double, while being named in the Primeira Liga Team of the Year and the Best Young Player of the Year award. In June 2022, he joined Paris Saint-Germain for a transfer worth €41.5 million.

Vitinha is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at various youth levels, being part of the under-19 and under-21 teams that finished as runners-up in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and 2021 European Under-21 Championship, respectively. He made his senior international debut in 2022, representing Portugal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.