Gabriel Boschilia (born 5 March 1996) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as an

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Club career

São Paulo

Born in

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and raised in

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, Boschilia began his youth career at neighbouring Guarani. In November 2012 he signed a three-year deal with

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, from an undisclosed fee (later revealed as R$600,000)Goleador do Mundial sub-17, Boschilia rendeu R$ 600 mil e briga ao Guarani (Under-17 World Cup's goalscorer, Boschilia earned R$ 600,000 and a fight to Guarani)
UOL Esporte, 31 October 2013 and a

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10 million clause. was initially assigned to the youth side. On 22 January 2014 Boschilia made his first-team debut, coming on as a second-half substitute and also assisting

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in the last of a 4–0 home routing over

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. On 6 March he signed a new deal with ''Tricolor'', running until March 2019. Boschilia made his Série A debut on 20 April, starting in a 3–0 home success over

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. His first goal in the category came on 23 November, the game's only in an away win against Santos.

Monaco

On 10 August 2015, Boschilia signed a five-year contract with

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side

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, for a rumoured

9 million fee. On 11 January 2016, Boschilia was loaned to

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for the remainder of the season.

FC Nantes

Boschilia joined

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on a season-long loan deal on 7 August 2018.

Internacional

On 28 January 2020, Brazilian club

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announced the signing of Boschilia, on a three-year contract.

International career

On 9 July 2013, Boschilia was called up for Brazil under-17s ahead of the

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. He finished the tournament as Brazil's top goalscorer, netting six times (only one goal behind overall top scorer

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) but his side was defeated in the quarterfinals.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Monaco *

: 2016–17

References

External links

São Paulo official profile
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