Maranhão

Guilherme da Silva Barbosa (born 1 April 1996), commonly known as Maranhão, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Guarani.

Career Born in Balsas, Maranhão, which earned him his nickname, he began playing with hometown side in 2012, before subsequently returning to youth setup with Sport Recife and Sampaio Corrêa; at that time, he was only known as Guilherme. After a period at Portuguesa Santista, he had to return to his hometown to work in farming, before returning to Sampaio in December 2016.

After ending the 2017 season at Primavera, Maranhão moved to Rondônia and joined Rondoniense. He continued to play in the state in the following years, representing Real Ariquemes and Ji-Paraná, before signing for Olímpia in 2021.

Maranhão agreed to a deal with Brasília in September 2021, before being loaned out to São Caetano for the 2022 season. He was announced in the squad of Matonense for the 2023 campaign, but later played for Itabirito and Grêmio Prudente in that year.

Bought outright by Prudente in 2024, Maranhão helped the club to achieve promotion from the Campeonato Paulista Série A3 by scoring 11 goals, and subsequently moved on loan to Maringá on 1 May of that year. Regularly used as the latter side achieved promotion to the Série C, he signed a permanent two-year deal with them on 8 November 2024.

On 1 September 2025, Maranhão was loaned to Série B side Atlético Goianiense until the end of the year. On 12 December, he signed a two-year contract with Guarani in the third division.

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