Artur Victor Guimarães (born 15 February 1998), simply known as Artur, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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Club career

Palmeiras

Born in

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, Artur moved to

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at the age of three, but returned to his hometown ten years later. He immediately joined

's youth setup, and moved to

Palmeiras The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is ...

in 2015. On 21 October 2016, he signed a new five-year contract with the latter club. Artur made his first team – and Série A – debut on 11 December 2016, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer Alecsandro in a 2–1 away win over Vitória, as his side was already champions.

Londrina

He was loaned to

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in the Série B.

Return to Palmeiras

Back to Palmeiras for the 2018 campaign, Artur renewed his contract until 2021 on 8 January 2018, and was assigned to the main squad. However, he featured rarely during the season, and moved on loan to

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on 4 January 2019.

Red Bull Bragantino

On 8 January 2020, Artur was announced at

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on a five-year deal, for a club record R$ 25 million fee. He made his league debut for the club against Santos on 23 January 2020. He scored his first goal for the club against Oeste on 15 February 2020, scoring in the 25th minute. On 22 September 2021, he scored from the penalty spot in Red Bull Bragantino's 2–0 win over

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in the first leg of their

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semi-final tie. He repeated the feat in the second leg a week later, securing a 5–1 aggregate win, and a spot in the final of a major international competition for the first time in Bragantino history.

Second spell at Palmeiras

On 31 March 2023, Artur moved back to Palmeiras, for a reported transfer fee of €8 million (R$45 million), signing a contract until December 2027. Artur made his league debut for Palmeiras against

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on 15 April 2023. He scored his first goal for the club against

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on 23 April 2023, scoring in the 62nd minute. He scored 10 goals in 43 competitions for ''Verdão'', and earned his third Série A medal as Palmeiras were crowned champions.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

On 8 January 2024, Artur signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with

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club

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, with an option for a further year. Palmeiras received a reported €15 million transfer fee. On 13 April 2024, Artur came on as a half-time substitute and scored a winning goal in a key 2–1 Zenit comeback victory over second-placed

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, which increased Zenit's lead over Krasnodar to 4 points. On the last match day of the 2023–24 season, Artur came on as a substitute in the 74th minute of a game against

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and scored the winning goal in a 2–1 comeback victory that secured the sixth consecutive title for Zenit.

Botafogo

On 20 January 2025, Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg announced the transfer of Luiz Henrique to Zenit, with Artur moving in the opposite direction, following by Wendel also moving to Botafogo at the end of the 2024–25 Russian season.

International career

After representing

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at under-20 and under-23 levels, Artur was called up to the full side in September 2021, for two FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against

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and

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Career statistics

Honours

Palmeiras *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

Londrina *

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Bahia *

Campeonato Baiano The Campeonato Baiano (), also known as the Baianão (), is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Run by the Bahia Football Federation (FBF), it is the second-oldest state football championship o ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Zenit Saint Petersburg *

: 2023–24 * Russian Cup: 2023–24 *

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Individual * Best Forward in Brazil:

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Artur 1998 births Living people Footballers from Fortaleza Footballers from Piauí Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Russian Premier League players SE Palmeiras players Grêmio Novorizontino players Londrina Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Bahia players Red Bull Bragantino players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen