Igor

Igor, full name Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and left-back for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion. There is no reliable public net worth figure for Igor; the clearest verified financial marker of his career is the transfer fee Brighton paid for him.

Early Life & Family

Igor was born on 7 February 1998 in Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He came through Brazilian youth football with Atletico Mineiro’s development set-up and Portuguesa Santista before joining the Red Bull Brasil program, which fed him into the wider Red Bull football network in Europe.

Rise to Fame

Igor developed in Austria with FC Liefering and then FC Red Bull Salzburg between 2016 and 2019, including loan spells at Wolfsberger AC and FK Austria Wien, before moving to Italy with SPAL in 2019. A loan at ACF Fiorentina in 2020-21 was made permanent in 2021, and two productive seasons in Serie A raised his profile in England.

Career History

Brighton & Hove Albion signed Igor from Fiorentina in 2023 for a reported fee of around 17 million euros. He has since made over 37 appearances for the club. During the 2025-26 season he went out on loan to West Ham United, making four appearances before the loan was ended on 27 January 2026 and he returned to Brighton.

How They Built Their Wealth

The clearest financial marker in Igor’s career is the roughly 17 million euro transfer fee Brighton paid to sign him from Fiorentina in 2023, alongside his Premier League wages, which are not publicly disclosed. No independently verified net worth figure exists for him.

Having risen through the Red Bull football pipeline in Austria before establishing himself in Italian and English top-flight football, Igor is now back at Brighton & Hove Albion after his loan spell at West Ham.