Gustavo Assunção

Gustavo Henrique Giordano Amaro Assunção da Silva (born 30 March 2000), known as Gustavo Assunção, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol.

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 Taça da Liga loss to S.C. Covilhã on 3 August 2019.

Loan to Galatasaray On 8 September 2021, it was announced that Assunção would leave Famalicão for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray 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 Brazil national under-17 football team in 2016.

Personal life Assunção is the son of the Brazilian retired footballer Paulo Assunção. His maternal grandfather was born in Pombal, Portugal, and through him Assunção holds Portuguese citizenship.

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