Allan Marques Loureiro (born 8 January 1991), commonly known as Allan Marques or Allan ( Brazilian Portuguese: [aˈlɐ̃] ), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo . After starting out in the Madureira youth system in his home country, he joined Uruguayan club Deportivo Maldonado , but later returned to Brazil and made his professional debut with Vasco da Gama in 2009. Allan joined Italian club Udinese in 2012, and subsequently moved to fellow Serie A side Napoli in 2015. He transferred to English side Everton in 2020, where he stayed for two years. At international level, he was a part of the Brazil under-20 side that won the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup , and later made his senior debut for Brazil in 2018; he was a member of the team that won the 2019 Copa América on home soil.