Gustavo Henrique Giordano Amaro Assunção da Silva (born 30 March 2000), known as Gustavo Assunção, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club AVS.

Club career

Famalicão

On 1 July 2019, Assunção signed his first professional contract with Famalicão. Assunção made his professional debut with Famalicão in a 2–0

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loss to

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on 3 August 2019.

Loan to Galatasaray

On 8 September 2021, it was announced that Assunção would leave Famalicão for Turkish

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club

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on a one-year loan move. Famalicão recalled him from his loan spell at Galatasaray on 21 January 2022, after he played only two games for the Turkish outfit.

International career

Born in Brazil, Assunção spent his youth in Portugal and Spain and holds passports to all three countries. He was called up to the

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in 2016.

Personal life

Assunção is the son of the Brazilian retired footballer Paulo Assunção. His maternal grandfather was born in

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, and through him Assunção holds Portuguese citizenship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Assuncao, Gustavo 2000 births Living people Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from São Paulo Men's association football midfielders Brazil men's youth international footballers Primeira Liga players Süper Lig players F.C. Famalicão players Galatasaray S.K. footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen