Gustavo Henrique Giordano Amaro Assunção da Silva (born 30 March 2000), known as Gustavo Assunção, is a Brazilian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

club Famalicão.

Club career

Famalicão

On 1 July 2019, Assunção signed his first professional contract with Famalicão. Assunção made his professional debut with Famalicão in a 2–0

Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual football club competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the Primeira Liga and LigaPro, the top two tier ...

loss to

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on 3 August 2019.

Loan to Galatasaray

On 8 September 2021, it was announced that Assunção would leave Famalicão for Turkish

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

club

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on a one-year loan move. Famalicão recalled him from his loan spell at Galatasaray on 21 January 2022, after he played only two 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

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in 2016.

Personal life

Assunção is the son of the Brazilian retired footballer

Paulo Assunção Paulo Assunção da Silva (born 25 January 1980), known as Paulo Assunção, is a Brazilian retired professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder. He was best known for his p ...

. His maternal grandfather was born in

Pombal, Portugal Pombal () is a city and a municipality located in the Leiria District in the sub region of Pinhal Litoral in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,217, in an area of 626.00 km2. The population of the city of Pombal proper is about 18,000 in ...

, and through him Assunção holds Portuguese citizenship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Assuncao, Gustavo 2000 births Living people Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from São Paulo Men's association football midfielders Brazil men's youth international footballers Primeira Liga players Süper Lig players F.C. Famalicão players Galatasaray S.K. footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey