Guilherme de Aguiar Camacho (born 2 March 1990), sometimes known as just Camacho, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Santos.

Club career

Flamengo

Born in

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, Camacho joined

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's youth setup at the age of nine, from Madureira. In August 2008, he was loaned to Série B side Paraná until the end of the year, as a part of the deal which saw Éverton move in the opposite direction permanently. Camacho made his professional debut on 11 October 2008, coming on as a substitute for

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in a 1–1 away draw against Juventude. After three further appearances, he returned to ''Fla'' for the 2009 campaign. Camacho made his first team debut with Flamengo on 15 July 2009, replacing

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late into a 1–2 home loss against

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for the Série A championship. He scored his first goal for the club the following 4 April, netting his team's third in a 3–0 away win against Friburguense. On 24 September 2010, after being rarely used, Camacho was loaned to

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until December. On 31 December, he was announced at

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also in a temporary deal. After featuring regularly for Bahia, Camacho was called back to Flamengo for the 2012 pre-season, but was again rarely used by the club. In 2013, he represented Audax Rio on loan, before playing for Grêmio Osasco Audax in the 2014 campaign.

Audax

After leaving Flamengo, Camacho subsequently had a short period at

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before signing permanently with Audax for the 2015 campaign. He was a regular starter in the 2015 Campeonato Paulista, and joined

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on 4 May of that year, on loan until December. Camacho helped ''Bota'' to achieve promotion to the top tier as champions with 17 appearances, and returned to Audax for the 2016 ''Paulistão''. In the latter competition, he was an undisputed starter as Audax reached the Finals for the first time ever.

Corinthians

On 23 May 2016, Camacho signed a three-year contract with

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. He made his debut for the club on 17 June, in a 0–1 loss against

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, and scored his first goal on 16 November by netting the opener in a 1–1 draw at

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. Camacho was a part of the squad which won the 2017 Paulista, the 2017 Série A and 2018 Paulista, but was mainly used as a substitute. On 24 February 2018, he moved to

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on loan until the end of the year, with

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moving in the opposite direction. Camacho's loan with Athletico was renewed for a further year on 4 January 2019, but saw his playing time being reduced during the campaign. He confirmed his return to Corinthians for the 2020 season on 10 December. On 4 February 2020, Camacho renewed his contract with ''Timão'' until December 2022. On 14 June of the following year, he terminated his contract with the club.

Santos

On 15 June 2021, Camacho signed a contract with Santos until December 2022. He made his debut for the club two days later, replacing Danilo Boza in a 0–1 away loss against Fluminense. On 22 September 2022, Camacho renewed with ''Peixe'' until 2023. He scored his first goal for the club on 17 October, netting the opener in a 2–0 away win over

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Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Flamengo *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

: 2009 ;Botafogo *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system ...

: 2015 ;Corinthians *

: 2017 *

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...

: 2017, 2018 ;Athletico Paranaense *

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: 2018

Individual

Team of the year: 2016

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Camacho, Guilherme 1990 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players CR Flamengo footballers Paraná Clube players Goiás Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Bahia players Audax Rio de Janeiro Esporte Clube players Guaratinguetá Futebol players Grêmio Osasco Audax Esporte Clube players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Club Athletico Paranaense players Santos FC players