Murilo Gouvea (born 15 September 1988) is a Brazilian

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for Fortitudo Baseball of the

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. Gouvea previously played in minor league baseball in the

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organization. Gouvea played for the Brazilian national baseball team in the

2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike ...

. He played for Team Italy in the

2019 European Baseball Championship The 2019 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. The 2019 Championship was held September 7–15, 2019, in Bonn and Solingen, Germany. The tournament contributed ...

. He is playing for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, taking place in Italy beginning 18 September 2019. On 3 March 2022, Gouvea joined Fortitudo Baseball of the

. Gouvea was part of the Brazilian squad that won the silver medal at the

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contested in

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in October 2023.

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1988 births Living people Brazilian baseball players Brazilian expatriate baseball players in Canada Brazilian expatriate baseball players in the United States Bristol White Sox players Fresno Grizzlies players Greeneville Astros players Kannapolis Intimidators players Lexington Legends players Québec Capitales players Sportspeople from São Paulo Tri-City ValleyCats players 2013 World Baseball Classic players 2019 European Baseball Championship players {{baseball-pitcher-stub Baseball players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in baseball Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil