{"id":307951,"date":"2026-07-28T20:24:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/307951\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:24:46","slug":"new-york-city-fc-sign-luighi-on-loan-from-palmeiras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/307951\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City FC sign Luighi on loan from Palmeiras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Signing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/new-york-city-football-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City FC<\/a> have acquired forward Luighi on loan from Brazilian S\u00e9rie A side Palmeiras, the club announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old Brazil youth international&#8217;s loan lasts through the 2026 season and includes a purchase option. He joins the club via the U22 Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re excited to welcome Luighi to New York City FC,&#8221; said sporting director Todd Dunivant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Luighi adds another attacking threat to our front line, which will be crucial in the back half of the season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Luighi has produced 5g\/1a in 45 matches with Palmeiras after progressing through their academy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Internationally, Luighi has represented Brazil at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup and 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m really happy to be joining New York City FC,&#8221; said Luighi. &#8220;From the first conversation with the club, I knew this was a great opportunity for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m excited to work with the coaching staff, meet my new teammates, and continue developing as a player. I\u2019ll give everything I have every day to help the team, and I\u2019m looking forward to playing in front of the fans for the first time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/transfer-tracker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLS Transfer Tracker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Signing New York City FC have acquired forward Luighi on loan from Brazilian S\u00e9rie A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,14242,55,54,56,12687,29361],"class_list":["post-307951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-football-club","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-sendtonews","tag-transfer-tracker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}