Gustavo Assunção

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Gustavo Assunção
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Henrique Giordano Amaro Assunção da Silva
Date of birth (2000-03-30) 30 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Famalicão
Number 12
Youth career
2008–2019 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Famalicão 92 (2)
2021–2022 → Galatasaray (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
2017 Brazil U17 4 (1)
2020 Brazil U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2021

Gustavo Henrique Giordano Amaro Assunção da Silva (born 30 March 2000), known as Gustavo Assunção, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Primeira Liga club Famalicão.

Club career[edit]

Famalicão[edit]

On 1 July 2019, Assunção signed his first professional contract with Famalicão.[1] Assunção made his professional debut with Famalicão in a 2–0 Taça da Liga loss to S.C. Covilhã on 3 August 2019.[2]

Loan to Galatasaray[edit]

On 8 September 2021, it was announced that Assunção would leave Famalicão for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray on a one-year loan move.[3] Famalicão recalled him from his loan spell at Galatasaray on 21 January 2022, after he played only two games for the Turkish outfit.

International career[edit]

Born in Brazil, Assunção spent his youth in Portugal and Spain and holds passports to all three countries. He was called up to the Brazil national under-17 football team in 2016.[4][5]

Personal life[edit]

Assunção is the son of the Brazilian retired footballer Paulo Assunção.[6] His maternal grandfather was born in Pombal, Portugal, and through him Assunção holds Portuguese citizenship.[7]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 17 October 2021[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Famalicão 2019–20 Primeira Liga 30 0 6 0 1 0 — — 37 0
2020–21 Primeira Liga 26 1 2 0 0 0 — — 28 1
2021–22 Primeira Liga 2 0 0 0 2 0 — — 4 0
Total 58 1 8 0 3 0 — — 69 1
Galatasaray (loan) 2021–22 Süper Lig 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 0
Career total 59 1 8 0 3 0 0 0 — 71 1

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Taça de Portugal and Turkish Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gustavo Assunção anunciado no Famalicão". www.record.pt.
  2. ^ "Famalicão vs. Sporting Covilhã - 3 August 2019". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "Hoş geldin Gustavo Assunção!". Galatasaray S.K. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Filho de ex-Palmeiras, três cidadanias e Simeone: a joia do Atlético de Madri que a CBF 'fisgou'". ESPN.
  5. ^ "Sub-17 convocada para amistosos na Inglaterra". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol.
  6. ^ "Gustavo Henrique: O filho de Paulo Assunção que encanta Simeone". Notícias ao Minuto. 3 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Gustavo Assunção centra atenções e pode ir à Seleção Nacional - O Jogo". www.ojogo.pt.
  8. ^ "Gustavo Assunção". Soccerway.

External links[edit]

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