Herculano Bucancil Nabian (born 25 January 2004) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Under-19 squad of the Italian club Empoli on loan from Vitória Guimarães.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Herculano Bucancil Nabian | ||
| Date of birth | (2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 (age 18) | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Empoli U19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Recreios Algueirão | ||
| 2015–2018 | Belenenses | ||
| 2018–2020 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| 2022– | → Empoli U19 (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Vitória Guimarães B | 28 | (10) |
| 2021– | Vitória Guimarães | 5 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Empoli (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019 | Portugal U15 | 5 | (3) |
| 2019 | Portugal U16 | 6 | (5) |
| 2019–2020 | Portugal U17 | 9 | (4) |
| 2021– | Portugal U18 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:14, 2 August 2021 (UTC) | |||
Born in Bissau, Nabian was formed at C.F. Os Belenenses before joining Vitória de Guimarães in 2018. His tally of 51 goals in two years in their youth team earned attention from foreign teams, and in July 2020, he signed his first professional contract of three years with the option of one more, and a buyout clause of €60 million.[1][2]
In the 2020–21 season, he took part with the reserve team in the third tier, scoring 7 goals in 21 games. This included a hat-trick on 3 April in a 5–1 win over the second team of Rio Ave FC.[3] On 26 July 2021, he made his first-team debut in the first round of the Taça da Liga in a 4–1 home win over Leixões S.C. as an 85th-minute substitute; he assisted the final goal by Maga.[4] His Primeira Liga bow came on 8 August again as a late replacement at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, in a 1–0 loss to Portimonense SC.[5]
On 6 August 2022, Nabian joined Italian club Empoli on loan with an option to buy.[6] He was initially assigned to the club's Under-19 Primavera squad.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 21 | 7 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | ||
| Vitória Guimarães | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | ||