Giuliano de Paula

Giuliano Victor de Paula (born 31 May 1990), simply known as Giuliano, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Corinthians.

Giuliano
Giuliano with Corinthians in 2022
Personal information
Full name Giuliano Victor de Paula[1]
Date of birth (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Corinthians
Number 20
Youth career
2002–2006 Paraná
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Paraná 61 (7)
2009–2010 Internacional 79 (15)
2011–2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 87 (16)
2014–2016 Grêmio 90 (19)
2016–2017 Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 (8)
2017–2018 Fenerbahçe 31 (15)
2018–2020 Al Nassr 58 (19)
2020–2021 İstanbul Başakşehir 23 (2)
2021– Corinthians 89 (5)
International career‡
2009 Brazil U20 6 (1)
2010–2017 Brazil 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:16, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2017

Club career
Giuliano with Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2017

Paraná Clube saw Giuliano de Paula as a hot prospect for the future and signed him to his first professional contract on 13 February 2007.

In 2009, Giuliano de Paula was signed by Internacional, and made his debut on 2 November that year. On 18 August 2010, with his team mates, he won the Copa Libertadores. Beating Chivas 3–2 at home he also scored in the game.

Giuliano de Paula was signed by FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for €11 million and registered officially on 2 March 2011. Paraná Clube later submitted a claim to FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber for overdue solidarity contribution of €275,000 and upheld by the arbitration.[2]

On 15 June 2014, Giuliano de Paula was transferred to Grêmio by €6 million, signing a contract until July 2018.[3]

On 21 July 2016, he was sold to the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg for €7 million.[4]

On 11 August 2017, Giuliano de Paula transferred to Turkish club Fenerbahçe.[5]

On 20 August 2018, Giuliano de Paula transferred to Saudi club Al Nassr for €10.5 million.[6]

On 5 October 2020, Giuliano de Paula returned to the Turkish Süper Lig, joining İstanbul Başakşehir.[7]

On 16 July 2021, he signed with Brazilian two-time FIFA Club World Cup champions Corinthians, after rescinding with İstanbul.[8]

International career

Giuliano de Paula has already been capped by Brazil at under-17 level, and Brazil under-20 as well, where he gained the Bronze Ball Award in 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup as Brazilian team captain.

He debuted for the senior national team in 2010 after the South Africa World Cup, under coach Mano Menezes. His first game was against Iran on 7 October 2010. He was placed on the preliminary squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but did not get a place in the final squad list.

He was called up to the standby list for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by coach Tite, after featuring prominently during the qualifying stages. He did not get a place in the 23-man final list, however.

Career statistics

Club
As of 4 July 2023.[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paraná 2007 Série A 1011000——111
2008 Série B 30520161——567
Total 40621161——678
Internacional 2009 Série A 27510120—2[lower-alpha 1]0416
2010 2961330013[lower-alpha 2]62[lower-alpha 3]05515
Total 561123420136409821
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League 110—000000110
2011–12 241—102[lower-alpha 4]000271
2012–13 289—3110[lower-alpha 4]1004111
2013–14 246—005[lower-alpha 4]100297
Total 8716—411720010819
Grêmio 2014 Série A 171—10——181
2015 3561459000—5811
2016 15493008[lower-alpha 2]0—327
Total 671123810080—10819
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2016–17 Russian Premier League 288—218[lower-alpha 4]8003817
2017–18 20—002[lower-alpha 4]00040
Total 308—21108004217
Fenerbahçe 2017–18 Süper Lig 3014—4100003415
2018–19 11—002[lower-alpha 5]00031
Total 3115—4120003716
Al-Nassr 2018–19 Pro League 308—539[lower-alpha 6]8004419
2019–20 2811—422[lower-alpha 6]01[lower-alpha 7]03513
Total 5819—95118107932
İstanbul Başakşehir 2020–21 Süper Lig 232—415[lower-alpha 5]000323
Corinthians 2021 Série A 213————213
2022 321141958[lower-alpha 2]0—637
2023 90130304[lower-alpha 2]0—290
Total 624271135120—11310
Career total 4388694145215762450665139
  1. One appearance in Recopa Sudamericana, one appearance in Suruga Bank Championship
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  3. Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  6. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  7. Appearance(s) in Saudi Super Cup

International
As of 10 November 2017[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 201020
201260
201630
201720
Total130

Honours

Internacional

Al-Nassr

Brazil U20

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
  2. "Dispute Resolution Chamber decisions 6121397 (Solidarity Contribution)" (PDF). FIFA. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  3. "Grêmio oficializa a contratação de Giuliano". Portal Oficial do Grêmio. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. "Grêmio aceita a proposta do Zenit e vende Giuliano". Radio Gaucha. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. "BİLGİLENDİRME". Fenerbahçe.
  6. "BİLGİLENDİRME". Fenerbahçe.
  7. "HOŞ GELDİN GIULIANO DE PAULA". İstanbul Başakşehir. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  8. "Corinthians anuncia Giuliano". ge.globo.com.
  9. "Giuliano statistics". Soccerway.
  10. "Giuliano statistics". National Football Team.
  11. "FIFA U20 World Cup Final 2009 – Awards". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  12. @WhoScored (9 December 2016). "Europa League Team of the Group Stages" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. "Dzeko top Europa League scorer - Football Italia".
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