Andrey (footballer, born 1993)

Andrey da Silva Ventura (born 17 July 1993), simply known as Andrey, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Inter de Lages.

Andrey
Personal information
Full nameAndrey da Silva Ventura
Date of birth (1993-07-17) 17 July 1993 (age 30)
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Inter de Lages
Youth career
Botafogo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014Botafogo8(0)
2015–2017Botafogo-SP1(0)
2016Cabofriense (loan)12(0)
2017São Bento (loan)0(0)
2017Volta Redonda (loan)19(0)
2018–2020Sampaio Corrêa49(0)
2019CRB (loan)6(0)
2020Treze13(0)
2021Sampaio Corrêa-RJ4(0)
2021Volta Redonda (loan)11(0)
2022Altos2(0)
2023Juazeirense0(0)
2023Galícia
2023Manaus (loan)7(0)
2023–Inter de Lages
International career
2015Brazil U235(0)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's football
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:36, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Andrey finished his formation with Botafogo. On 16 July 2014 he made his first team – and Série A – debut, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Sport Recife.[1]

Andrey appeared in four matches during the campaign, suffering team relegation. On 22 January 2015 he rescinded his link with the club, moving to Botafogo-SP shortly after.[2] He was part of the team that won the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

He was loaned to Cabofriense in January 2016, reuniting with former coach Eduardo Hungaro.[3]

International career

Andrey was called to the Brazil under-23 side that played in the Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament,[4] starting all the five matches as Brazil won the bronze medal.

Sexual assault allegation

In 2015, Andrey represented Brazil at the Pan American Games.[5] The Toronto Police Service issued arrest warrants for him and teammate Lucas Piazon, on charges of sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman whom they met at the Drake nightclub;[6] allegedly, Piazon and Ventura entered the woman's bedroom after she had gone to sleep and then assaulted her.[5] The police stated that due to the limited nature of the Ontario-wide nature of the warrant, "we can't go through the extradition process."[7][8]

The charges against Piazon were later dropped, although the charges against Andrey Ventura still stand.[9]

Personal life

Andrey is the brother of Andrew, who is also a Brazilian football goalkeeper.[10]

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