Career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Vinícius started his youth career at Fluminense, but moved to Cruzeiro in October 2009. In September 2012 he was promoted to the latter"s first team, but failed to make an appearance and was demoted back to the youth squad in January 2013. On 5 July 2013 Vinícius moved to Italian Serie A side Lazio on a free transfer.
After only appearing in the bench for the Biancazzurri, he was loaned to Serie B side Padova until June.
On 15 March 2014 Vinícius made his professional debut, starting in a 3–0 success at Varese.