Pedro Gomes Bortoluzo (born 17 July 1996), better known as Pedro or Bortoluzo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a

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or winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série D club

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. Bortoluzo is known for his finishing, aerial ability and eye for goal.

Club career

São Paulo

Born in

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...

, Bortoluzo joined the youth setup of

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in 2009. He went on to win 2015

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and

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with the youth side. Ahead of the 2016 season, he was promoted to the senior team. On 3 July 2016, Bortoluzo made his first team debut, scoring a goal against Ituano in a 2–1 defeat, in

Copa Paulista The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

. On 24 July, he made his Série A debut, in a 1–0 defeat against Grêmio. On 24 November 2018, Bortoluzo won the

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with the under-23 side, and scored a goal in the second leg of the final match against

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Loan to Paraná

On 21 March 2017, Bortoluzo was loaned out to Paraná. After featuring rarely, he left the side on 29 June.

Guarani

On 28 December 2017, Bortoluzo was loaned out to Guarani for the upcoming season. On 13 April, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 defeat against

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. He rescinded the deal and returned to his parent club on 11 June 2018.

Criciúma

On 8 January 2019, he was loaned out to Criciúma.

Oliveirense

In 2020, Bortoluzo joined Liga Portugal 2 club,

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. He couldn't helped the club as they fall off at the bottom of the table thus getting them relegated to the 2021–22 Liga 3.

Hougang United

After 5 months without a club, Bortoluzo signed for Hougang United for the

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season On 27 February 2022, he scored his first goal for the club on his club debut against the 2021 league champions,

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but injured his thigh in Hougang's second game of the season against

Tanjong Pagar United Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club took part in S.League from 1996 to 2004, and from 2011 to 2014. The club withd ...

and was ruled out for a few weeks. He returned from a month injury and featured in his club league match against Young Lions on 10 April 2022. He had a slow start after that but burst into life during Hougang's

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campaign in June where he netted four goals in three games helping the club to win against Cambodian side,

Phnom Penh Crown Phnom Penh Crown Football Club (PPCFC; km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ភ្នំពេញក្រោន, ) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Sangkat Toul Sangke II, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, competing in the C ...

and Laos side, Young Elephants in which the final game was crucial facing Vietnamese side, Viettel and netting twice but it wasn't enough to put them as league leaders as the club bowed out from the AFC Cup as runners-up in the group. Bortoluzo continued his fine form where on 13 July 2023, he scored his first career hat-trick in league match against Tampines Rovers. He goes on to scored in the next two consecutive game against Tanjong Pagar United and Geylang International in a matter of 9 days apart. On 5 August 2022, Bortoluzo scored a brace against Albirex Niigata Singapore which ended in a 3–3 draw. Bortoluzo then goes on to scored another three consecutive goals in late August/early September. On 15 October 2022, he scored his second hat-trick of the season against Young Lions in a 5–3 away win. Bortoluzo guided Hougang United to win the

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which was their first ever piece of silverware in the club history.

Portuguesa

On 3 January 2023, Bortoluzo returned to home to joined

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club, Portuguesa playing in the

's top professional football league. On 14 January 2023, he make his debut for the club against

Botafogo-SP Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP, Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto or simply Botafogo, is a Brazilian association football club in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Braz ...

. Bortoluzo suffered an injury on his debut, and played only one further match before missing out the entire ''Paulistão''. Back to the 2023

, he scored twice in five matches during the competition before leaving the club on 30 November, as his contract expired.

Career statistics

Honours

Hougang United * Singapore Cup:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bortoluzo, Pedro 1996 births Living people Footballers from Florianópolis Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Liga Portugal 2 players Singapore Premier League players São Paulo FC players Paraná Clube players Guarani FC players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Clube Atlético Votuporanguense players U.D. Oliveirense players Hougang United FC players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore