Gustavo Sá
Portuguese footballer
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Gustavo Filipe Alves de Freitas Azevedo e Sá (born 11 November 2004) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League Greece club Olympiacos, on loan from Nottingham Forest.
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| Full name | Gustavo Filipe Alves de Freitas Azevedo e Sá[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 November 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Olympiacos (on loan from Nottingham Forest) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Academia Elite Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Famalicão | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2026 | Famalicão | 108 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | → Olympiacos (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Portugal U18 | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Portugal U19 | 12 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Portugal U20 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Portugal U21 | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:59, 28 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:44, 22 July 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Famalicão
Born in Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District, Sá spent three years at FC Porto's youth system and his final four at F.C. Famalicão's.[2] On 19 October 2021, aged 16, he signed a professional contract until 2024;[3] in June 2022, he started training with the first team and he was handed an extension until 2025.[4]
Sá made his Primeira Liga debut with the club on 12 August 2022, as a late substitute in a 3–0 home loss against S.C. Braga.[5][6] He scored his first goal in the competition on 4 November 2023, one week shy of his 19th birthday, opening an eventual 3–1 win over Gil Vicente F.C. also at the Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho.[7]
On 24 August 2024, Sá scored the only goal to help the hosts defeat Boavista F.C. with a 5th-minute backheel; the effort was later voted Goal of the Month.[8] In February 2026, he rejected a €20 million offer from Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad Club.[9]
On 6 March 2026, Sá took the field in a match against F.C. Arouca (1–0 home victory). In the process, he broke João Moutinho's record as the youngest ever player to reach 100 games in the top division aged 21 years, 3 months and 24 days.[10][11]
Nottingham Forest
On 30 July 2026, Sá joined Premier League club Nottingham Forest for a fee of around €20 million. He was immediately loaned to Olympiacos FC, also owned by Evangelos Marinakis.[12][13]
International career
Sá was a youth international for Portugal.[14] He won his first cap for the under-21 team on 21 March 2024, taking the field in the second half of the 4–0 victory over the Faroe Islands for the 2025 UEFA European Championship qualifiers and providing an assist.[15][16] He scored his first goal in qualification for the following edition of the tournament, contributing a 11–0 thrashing of Gibraltar in Europa Point.[17]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Famalicão | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| 2025–26 | Primeira Liga | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| Total | 108 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 120 | 12 | |||
| Career total | 108 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 12 | ||