Igor Julio

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is de Paulo.
Igor Julio
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Igor with Liefering in 2016
Personal information
Full name Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo
Date of birth (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 28)
Place of birth Bom Sucesso, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
(on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
Number 5
Youth career
Atlético Mineiro
Sind-Ufla
Portuguesa Santista
Red Bull Brasil
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Red Bull Brasil 0 (0)
2016–2017 Liefering 36 (0)
2017–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 2 (0)
2018 → Wolfsberger AC (loan) 15 (0)
2018–2019 → Austria Wien (loan) 27 (0)
2019–2021 SPAL 17 (0)
2020–2021 → Fiorentina (loan) 30 (0)
2021–2023 Fiorentina 57 (0)
2023– Brighton & Hove Albion 37 (0)
2025– → West Ham United (loan) 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:17, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo (born 7 February 1998), known as Igor Julio or simply Igor, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club West Ham United, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion.

Club career

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Born in Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais, Igor joined Red Bull Brasil's youth setup from Portuguesa Santista.[1] In July 2016, after impressing with the under-20 side, he moved abroad and joined Austrian Bundesliga side FC Red Bull Salzburg, being initially assigned to the reserve team.[2]

Igor made his professional debut for Liefering on 22 July 2016, starting in a 1–0 Austrian First League home win against SV Horn.[3] After being a regular starter, he made his first team debut the following 28 May, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home defeat of SC Rheindorf Altach.

Igor was promoted to Red Bull Salzburg's main squad on 26 May 2017,[4] but continued to appear mainly with the B-team. On 7 January 2018, he was loaned to fellow top tier club Wolfsberger AC, until June.[5]

On 2 July 2018, Igor moved to Austria Wien also in the first division, on a season-long loan deal.[6]

On 26 June 2019, Igor signed to Italian Serie A club SPAL a contract until 2023.[7]

On 31 January 2020, Igor joined Fiorentina on a two-year loan with an obligation to buy.[8] In June 2023 he came on as an 84th minute substitute for Luca Ranieri in the Fiorentina team which finished runner-up in the 2022–23 Europa Conference League, losing 2–1 to West Ham United in the final.[9][10]

On 26 July 2023, Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion announced the signing of Igor on a four-year deal,[11] for a reported fee of €17 million.[12] Igor made his Brighton debut on 8 October 2023, playing sixty-three minutes in a 2–2 home draw against Liverpool in the Premier League.[13]

On 1 September 2025, Igor joined fellow Premier League club West Ham United on a season-long loan.[14]

Career statistics

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As of match played 22 November 2025[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Liefering 2016–17 Austrian First League 25 0 — — — 25 0
2017–18 11 0 — — — 11 0
Total 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
Red Bull Salzburg 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 1 0 — — — 1 0
2017–18 1 0 2 0 — 0 0 3 0
Total 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Wolfsberger AC (loan) 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 15 0 — — — 15 0
Austria Wien (loan) 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 27 0 3 0 — — 30 0
SPAL 2019–20 Serie A 17 0 3 1 — — 20 1
Fiorentina (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
2020–21 21 0 3 0 — — 24 0
Total 30 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
Fiorentina 2021–22 Serie A 30 0 5 0 — — 35 0
2022–23 27 0 3 0 — 12[c] 0 42 0
Total 57 0 8 0 0 0 12 0 77 0
Brighton & Hove Albion 2023–24 Premier League 24 0 2 0 1 0 6[d] 0 33 0
2024–25 13 0 0 0 3 0 — 16 0
2025–26 0 0 — 1 0 — 1 0
Total 37 0 2 0 5 0 6 0 50 0
West Ham United (loan) 2025–26 Premier League 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Career total 225 0 21 1 5 0 18 0 269 1
  1. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, Coppa Italia, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Fiorentina

References

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