Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura (born 16 November 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Brazil national team.
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Full name | Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-11-16) 16 November 1997 (age 25) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Newcastle United | |||||||||||||||
Number | 39 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Audax Rio | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | Audax | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Audax | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Athletico Paranaense (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Athletico Paranaense | 66 | (5) | |||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Lyon | 56 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Newcastle United | 29 | (8) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Brazil U23 | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020– | Brazil | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:06, 12 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2022 |
Born in the neighborhood of São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Guimarães finished his formation with Audax.[citation needed] On 9 April 2015, aged just 17, he made his professional debut for the latter by playing the last three minutes in a 2–1 Campeonato Paulista away win against Bragantino.[citation needed]
Bruno Guimarães was promoted to the main squad in the 2017 campaign, after impressing in the year's Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior.[citation needed]
On 11 May 2017, he joined Athletico Paranaense on loan until April 2018, and was initially assigned to the under-23 squad.[3]
Bruno Guimarães made his Série A debut on 17 June 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Deivid in a 1–0 away defeat of Atlético Goianiense.[4] The following 1 March, he was bought outright and signed a deal until 2021.[5]
Bruno Guimarães scored his first senior goal on 10 March 2018, netting his team's fourth in a 7–1 home routing of Rio Branco-PR, for the year's Campeonato Paranaense.[6] He then became an undisputed starter for the main squad under new manager Tiago Nunes, and renewed his contract until 2023 on 5 February 2019.[7]
On 29 January 2020, Guimarães signed with Ligue 1 side Lyon on a four-and-a-half-year deal. The transfer fee paid to Athletico Paranaense was reported as €20 million, who also secured a 20% sell-on clause.[8]
On 30 January 2022, Guimarães joined Premier League club Newcastle United F.C. from Lyon on a four-and-a-half year deal for a reported fee of up to £40m. He made his debut on 8 February as a late substitute in a 3–1 win against Everton.[9] He scored his first goal for Newcastle with a "powerful back-heel volley" in a 2–1 victory at Southampton on 10 March, on his full debut game.[10] He scored his first brace for Newcastle in a 2–1 victory against Leicester City on 17 April, with his second coming in the 95th minute, winning the game.[11]
Guimarães was eligible to represent Spain prior to earning his senior cap for Brazil.[12]
Guimarães featured for Brazil's under-23 team in the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[13] On 17 June 2021, he was named in the squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14]
In September 2020, Guimarães was called up to the senior Brazil squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Bolivia and Peru on 9 and 13 October 2020, respectively.[13] He had already been named in the Brazilian team call-up in March 2020, but that summoning was postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[citation needed] He debuted in a 2–0 away win over Uruguay on 17 November 2020.[citation needed]
On 7 November 2022, Guimarães was named in the squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[15]
Club | Season | League | State League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Audax | 2015 | Campeonato Paulista | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
2016 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
2017 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
Athletico Paranaense | 2017 | Série A | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
2018 | Série A | 32 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | — | 58 | 5 | |||
2019 | Série A | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
Total | 61 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 10 | |||
Lyon | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 3 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 37 | 3 | |||||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
Total | 56 | 3 | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 71 | 3 | ||||
Newcastle United | 2021–22 | Premier League | 17 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 5 | |||||
2022–23 | Premier League | 12 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||||
Total | 29 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 8 | |||||
Career total | 146 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 217 | 21 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Brazil | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 5 | 1 | |
Total | 8 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 29 March 2022 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Athletico Paranaense
Lyon
Brazil U23
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