Gabriel Xavier

Gabriel Xavier, the attacking midfielder out of São Paulo, is exactly the kind of player who makes me appreciate how vast football really is. At a compact 170 centimeters, he's the classic small South American technician, and while he's not a household name in Japan, that's sort of the point. There are countless players quietly carving out careers on their feet alone across the world's leagues, and the sport is enormous because of them. I genuinely enjoy learning the names that live in the shade of the superstars. It's a quiet, nerdy pleasure, but tracking these journeymen tells you more about the game than the highlight reels do.

Name (English)

Gabriel Xavier

Name (Japanese)

ガブリエル・アウグスト・シャビエル

Reading

がぶりえる・あうぐすと・しゃびえる

Born

July 15, 1993 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rooster

Origin

São Paulo, Brazil

Height

170 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gabrielxavier/
• Xhttps://x.com/GabrielXavier
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AC%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%93%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.