Guilherme Lopes da Silva (born 23 August 1992), known as Guilherme Lopes or simply Guilherme, is a Brazilian

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who plays as an

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Club career

Born in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, Guilherme Lopes was a Grêmio Osasco youth graduate, and made his senior debut for the club on 1 August 2012 by starting in a 2–3 home loss against

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

for the year's

Copa Paulista The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

. On 31 January of the following year he moved abroad, signing a six-month loan deal with

F.C. Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

and being assigned to the reserves in

Liga de Honra The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Prim ...

. Guilherme Lopes made his professional debut on 7 April 2013, coming on as a late substitute for Tozé in a 2–0 home win against

F.C. Arouca Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a football club based in Arouca, Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,000-seat capacity. History Founde ...

; it was his only appearance for the club before his loan expired. He subsequently served another temporary stint at Audax Rio de Janeiro before being released. On 6 November 2015 Guilherme Lopes signed for

Independente de Limeira Independente Futebol Clube, more commonly referred to as Independente de Limeira, is a Brazilian football club based in Limeira, São Paulo. The team compete in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, the fourth tier of the São Paulo state footba ...

, after previously representing

Nova Iguaçu Nova Iguaçu (, locally: or , ''New Iguaçu'') is a municipality in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. Location The city is named after the Iguaçu River that runs through it and empties into Guanabara Bay (not to be confused with the Iguaçu Ri ...

. In June of the following year, he moved to Série C club Portuguesa.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopes, Guilherme 1992 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Nova Iguaçu FC players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Liga Portugal 2 players FC Porto B players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal