Guilherme Lopes da Silva (born 23 August 1992), known as Guilherme Lopes or simply Guilherme, is a Brazilian
footballer
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who plays as an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Cent ...
.
Club career
Born in
São Paulo
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, 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
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for the year's
Copa Paulista
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. On 31 January of the following year he moved abroad, signing a six-month loan deal with
F.C. Porto
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and being assigned to
the reserves in
Liga de Honra
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.
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
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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
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, after previously representing
Nova Iguaçu
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Location
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. In June of the following year, he moved to
Série C club
Portuguesa.
References
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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