The 21 year old defender arrives from Uruguay club CA River Plate
Paulo Vinícius Souza dos Santos was born on the 21st February 1990 in the Brazlian city of São Paulo. He remained with his local club, São Paulo Futebol Clube until the age of 18. He then moved to Uruguay to continue his football, when he joined Atletico River Plate in 2009. He went on to make 24 appearances in the first division there last season. He even managed to get on the scoresheet for River Plate in their 4-1 away win at Peñarol on May 15th. The right footed defender is 183cm tall and 80kg. His preferred position is centre back, and the player put pen to paper on a three year contract today.
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