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

Corinthians has finalized the permanent signing of striker Luiz Fábio ‘Favela’, 19 years old. The Alvinegro club deposited the R$ 300,000 stipulated as the purchase option for 50% of the player's economic rights with Capivariano, from the interior of São Paulo.

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

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According to information published in recent days by Rádio TMC and confirmed by the Central do Timão team, the player’s stay is the result of alignment between the youth and professional departments. Born in 2006 (19 years old), the center-forward arrived at the club in March 2025, during the administration of the ousted president Augusto Melo.

Initially, he did not find space in the Under-20 category, training only with the now-defunct Under-18/Under-20 B squad. After William Batista arrived in August 2025 to take charge of the category, the player began to get more opportunities and was even registered for the 2026 Copinha, where he scored two goals in four matches for the team in 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, perhaps, be promoted to the professional squad.

Wearing the Corinthians shirt, he has scored three goals in 18 matches. In the Timãozinho squad, he competes for a spot with Nicolas Araújo and Gui Bom, who is recovering from a ligament injury. Tupã (Kayke Dallaqua) played in the Copinha but, for now, has 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 Paulista Championship—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 April 1, Wednesday, at 3pm (Brasília time), to face Fortaleza at Parque São Jorge, for the fourth round of the national tournament.

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