Ângelo Gabriel

Ângelo Gabriel Borges Damaceno (born 21 December 2004), known as Ângelo Gabriel or simply Ângelo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg, on loan from Premier League club Chelsea.

Born in Brasília, Federal District, Ângelo joined Santos' youth setup in 2015, aged ten.

Ângelo represented Brazil under-15s in 2019, scoring in a 4–0 defeat of Uruguay on 27 September and taking part of the 2019 South American U-15 Championship in November.

In July 2020, aged only 15, he started to appear for the under-20s, being subsequently promoted to the main squad in October by manager Cuca.

On 23 October 2020, Ângelo agreed to a professional pre-contract deal with Peixe, effective as of his 16th birthday.

He made his professional debut two days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Lucas Braga in a 3–1 away loss against Fluminense for the Brazilian Série A championship; aged 15 years, 10 months and 4 days, he became the second-youngest ever player to debut for the club, only behind Coutinho, and overcame Pelé by 11 days.

Ângelo made his Copa Libertadores debut on 9 March 2021, starting in a 2–1 home success over Deportivo Lara; aged 16 years, 2 months and 16 days, he became the youngest Santos player to appear in the competition, surpassing Rodrygo.

Ângelo scored his first professional goal on 6 April 2021, netting his team's third in a 3–1 Libertadores away win against San Lorenzo; aged 16 years, 3 months and 16 days, he broke Juan Carlos Cárdenas' record and became the youngest player ever to score in a Libertadores match.

On 10 December, after featuring regularly, he renewed his contract until December 2024.

On 16 July 2023, Ângelo agreed to join Premier League side Chelsea, signing a long-term deal for a fee in the region of £13 million.

On 8 August 2023, Ângelo was loaned out to Ligue 1 club Strasbourg until the end of the season.

He made his debut as a substitute in a league game against Lyon where his team eventually won 2—1.He made his full 90 minute debut on 17 September in his fourth league game against Montpellier.In a league match against Metz he assisted the only goal where his team won the game 1–0.

On 4 October 2023, Ângelo was announced as Strasbourg's Player of the Month for September.

On 6 March 2020, Ângelo was called up with the under-16s for the year's Montaigu Tournament, but the competition was later suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In October, he was called up to the under-17s for trainings in the following month, but tested positive for COVID-19 during that period.