Gabriel Brás

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Costa and the second or paternal family name is Brás.
Gabriel Brás
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Costa Brás
Date of birth (2004-03-25) 25 March 2004
Place of birth Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Porto B
Number 73
Youth career
2012–2017 Varzim
2017–2024 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Porto B 57 (2)
International career‡
2019 Portugal U15 4 (1)
2019–2020 Portugal U16 12 (1)
2021–2022 Portugal U18 12 (1)
2022–2023 Portugal U19 13 (3)
2023–2024 Portugal U20 3 (0)
2024– Portugal U20 3 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up 2023 Malta
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:11, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:11, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Gabriel Costa Brás (born 25 March 2004) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a centre back for Porto B and the Portugal national under-21 team.

He joined the youth ranks of Porto in 2017 from local club Varzim, and made his debut for Porto B in Liga Portugal 2 in 2023, later becoming captain. He represented Portugal from under-15 to under-21 international level, and was chosen in the Team of the Tournament at the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in which his team were runners-up.

Club career

Born in Póvoa de Varzim in the Porto metropolitan area, Brás was raised in neighbouring Vila do Conde.[1] He started playing football at local club Varzim before joining the youth ranks of Porto in 2017, and signing his first professional contract aged 16 in June 2020.[1] In January 2023, while an under-19 player, his contract was extended by an undisclosed length.[2]

Brás was added to the Porto B team in Liga Portugal 2 for 2023–24. He made his debut on 13 August in a goalless home draw with Tondela,[3] and on 2 September, he headed his first goal to equalise in a 2–1 loss away to Mafra, as his team lost for the first time in the fourth fixture.[4] In December, first-team manager Sérgio Conceição called up Brás and fellow reserve defender Romain Correia for a Taça da Liga match against Leixões, as David Carmo had been sent in the opposite direction.[5]

On 2 December 2024, captain Brás headed the last-minute winner against Oliveirense.[6] Thirteen days later, he suffered an injury in a goalless home draw with Feirense on 15 December 2024, and was ruled out for over a month.[7] In June 2025, first-team manager Martín Anselmi called him up for the 28-man squad for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.[8]

International career

Brás played with the Portugal under-15 team at a tournament in Austria in 2019, scoring in a 2–1 loss to the hosts on 29 April.[9] On 6 February 2020, he equalised in a 3–1 home win over Colombia in Vila Real de Santo António for the under-16 team.[10] He was the captain of the under-18 team at the football at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Algeria.[11]

At the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Malta, Brás scored the opening goal of the tournament within four minutes of a 2–0 group win over Poland.[12] Three days later he added another in a 5–1 win over Italy at the National Stadium, Ta' Qali.[13] The two teams met again in the final which Italy won by a single goal; Brás was named in the Team of the Tournament.[14]

On 11 October 2024, on his second cap for the under-21 team, Brás scored a header in a 3–1 win away to the Faroe Islands, in 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.[15] A year and three days later in his next game, he contributed a goal to a record 11–0 win away to Gibraltar in the next qualification cycle.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jovem futebolista poveiro assina contrato profissional com o FC Porto" [Young footballer from Póvoa de Varzim signs professional contract with FC Porto]. Mais Semanário (in Portuguese). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  2. ^ "OFICIAL: FC Porto renova contrato com Gabriel Brás" [OFFICIAL: FC Porto renew contract with Gabriel Brás] (in Portuguese). CNN Portugal. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  3. ^ "FC Porto B: O empate soube a pouco" [FC Porto B: The draw was unsatisfactory] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Mafra acaba com a invencibilidade do FC Porto B na nova temporada" [Mafra end FC Porto B's invincibility in the new season] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Sérgio Conceição chama dois centrais da equipa B após despromoção de David Carmo" [Sérgio Conceição calls up two B-team centre-backs after David Carmo's demotion]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  6. ^ "A crónica do FC Porto B-Oliveirense, 2-1: centrais aliviam desconsolo do dragão" [FC Porto 2-1 Oliveirense report: centre-backs alleviate Dragon's discomfort]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  7. ^ Pedrosa Marques, Eduardo (31 January 2025). "FC Porto B: João Brandão com dois problemas para resolver" [FC Porto B: João Brandão with two problems to resolve]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  8. ^ Pinto, Paulo (10 June 2025). "FC Porto: várias novidades nos convocados para o Mundial de Clubes" [FC Porto: various new faces in the call-ups for the Club World Cup]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Áustria - Portugal" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Sub-16: Portugal vence Colômbia no Torneio de Desenvolvimento da UEFA" [Under-16: Portugal defeat Colombia in UEFA Development Tournament]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Jogos do Mediterrâneo: Portugal soma primeira vitória" [Mediterranean Games: Portugal record first victory]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  12. ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (3 July 2023). "Portugal power past Poland to kick off Euro campaign in style". Times of Malta. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  13. ^ Lia, Gianluca (6 July 2023). "Comeback win for Portugal over ten-man Italy in U-19's Euros". Times of Malta. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  15. ^ Pedrosa Marques, Eduardo (11 October 2024). "Gabriel Brás: «Tento sempre ajudar ao máximo a equipa a atingir os seus objetivos»" [Gabriel Brás: "I always try to help the team as much as I can to reach our objectives"]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  16. ^ "Sub-21 de Portugal com goleada histórica em Gibraltar" [Portugal under-21 with historic rout in Gibraltar]. Diário do Minho (in Portuguese). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
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