He made his first-team debut during the 2005 season on February 23, 2005 in a 3–2 away win over Francisco Beltrão, in a match of Campeonato Paranaense.

On 21 October 2007, Vinícius made his Série A debut, keeping a clean sheet against América-RN at Arena da Baixada.

On 8 February 2010 Vinícius was loaned to Esporte Clube Vitória for four months, where he earned 5 league appearances.

On 10 August 2010, it was announced that Barrivieira would join the Bulgarian side Litex Lovech on a loan deal.

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