Gustavo Medina

Gustavo dos Santos Silva Medina (born 9 July 2001), known as Gustavo Medina or just Medina, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ferroviária.

Career

Born in Rio Branco, Acre, Medina began his career in a Meninos da Vila youth school in Cuiabá, and later played for a project in Santos called Projeto Pagão and Avaí before joining the youth sides of Ferroviária in late 2016. On 31 January 2020, he was loaned to Spanish side Real Valladolid for six months, with a buyout clause set on R$ 1 million.

On 6 August 2020, Medina joined Cruzeiro also on loan, but was sent back to his parent club in November, after a "serious indiscipline problem". He then made his senior debut with AFE on 9 December, starting in a 2–0 away loss to Marília, for the year's Copa Paulista.

After failing to establish himself as a regular starter, Medina was loaned to Taubaté on 10 January 2023. He returned to Ferroviária in April, but only became a regular starter for the club in the following year. He scored his first senior goal the following 17 April, netting his side's second in a 2–0 Série B home win over Atlético Goianiense.

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