Gustavo Assunção
Brazilian footballer (born 2000)
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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 Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gustavo Henrique Giordano Amaro Assunção da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Apollon Limassol | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2019 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2024 | Famalicão | 112 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → Galatasaray (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | AVS | 23 | (2) |
| 2025–2026 | AVS | 10 | (0) |
| 2026– | Apollon Limassol | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Brazil U17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2020 | Brazil U23 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:57, 29 January 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 July 2021 | |||
Club career
Famalicão
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
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
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
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
Club
- As of match played 17 October 2021[8]
| 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
- Appearance(s) in Taça de Portugal and Turkish Cup
- Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga