Corinthians seal deal for Under-20 striker after completing payment | OneFootball

Corinthians has secured the permanent stay of the forward Luiz Fábio ‘Favela’, aged 19. The club deposited the R$ 300,000 stipulated as a purchase option for 50% of the player's economic rights from Capivariano, based in the interior of São Paulo.

The information was released by the portal Meu Timão and confirmed by Central do Timão. His loan agreement was set to expire on the upcoming March 31. The club can now register the player's new contract in the CBF's Daily Information Bulletin (BID), as they have already formalized the termination of the loan in the same system.

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According to information published in recent days by Rádio TMC and confirmed by Central do Timão's report, the player's stay results from an alignment between the youth and professional departments. Born in 2006 (19 years old), the striker joined the club in March 2025, during the administration of the ousted president Augusto Melo.

Initially, he did not have a spot in the Under-20 category, training only with the now-defunct Under-18/Under-20 B category. With the arrival of William Batista in August 2025 to lead the category, the player began to gain more opportunities and was even registered to compete in the 2026 Copinha, where he scored two goals in four matches of the tournament.

Luiz Fábio can play for Corinthians' youth teams until the 2027 Copinha, meaning he has just under a year to prove himself in the Under-20 category and potentially be integrated into the professional squad.

Wearing the Corinthians jersey, he has scored three goals in 18 matches. In the Timãozinho squad, he competes for a position with Nicolas Araújo and Gui Bom, who is recovering from a ligament injury. Tupã (Kayke Dallaqua) participated in the Copinha but initially returned to the Under-17 for the start of the 2026 season.

This season, the Under-20 team is competing in the Brazilian Championship and the Paulistão – the latter has not yet started. In the national competition, the Filhos do Terrão are in second place with seven points and will return to the field on the upcoming April 1, Wednesday, at 3 p.m. (Brasília time), to face Fortaleza at Parque São Jorge for the fourth round of the national tournament.

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