Gustavo Assunção

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.

Gustavo Assunção
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Henrique Giordano Amaro Assunção da Silva
Date of birth (2000-03-30) March 30, 2000
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

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 January 21, 2022, after playing only 2 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[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Famalicão 2019–20 Primeira Liga 3006010——370
2020–21 Primeira Liga 2612000——281
2021–22 Primeira Liga 200020——40
Total 5818030——691
Galatasaray (loan) 2021–22 Süper Lig 2000—00—20
Career total 591803000—711
  1. Appearance(s) in Taça de Portugal and Turkish Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga

References
  1. "Gustavo Assunção anunciado no Famalicão". www.record.pt.
  2. "Famalicão vs. Sporting Covilhã - 3 August 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  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. October 3, 2018.
  7. "Gustavo Assunção centra atenções e pode ir à Seleção Nacional - O Jogo". www.ojogo.pt.
  8. "Gustavo Assunção". Soccerway.
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