Raphael Gregório Guzzo (born 6 January 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for F.C. Vizela.
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Full name | Raphael Gregório Guzzo[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 27)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil[1] | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Vizela | |||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | AD Flaviense | |||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Chaves | |||||||||||||||
2008–2014 | Benfica | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Benfica B | 23 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | → Chaves (loan) | 33 | (7) | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Tondela (loan) | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Reus | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | → Famalicão (loan) | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Chaves | 29 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Vizela | 48 | (9) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Portugal U17 | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Portugal U18 | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Portugal U19 | 19 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Portugal U20 | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:24, 21 October 2022 (UTC) |
Guzzo was born in São Paulo, Brazil, moving to Portugal before his tenth birthday and starting playing football with Associação Desportiva Flaviense. In 2008, the 13-year-old joined S.L. Benfica's youth system.[2][3]
On 6 January 2013, still a junior, Guzzo made his professional debut with the latter's reserve team, starting in a 1–1 home draw against C.D. Santa Clara in the Segunda Liga.[4] He scored his first goal in the competition the following month, contributing to a 4–1 home win over C.F. União.[5]
On 30 August 2014, Guzzo was loaned to second tier club G.D. Chaves in a season-long deal.[6] The following 10 August, still owned by Benfica, he signed with C.D. Tondela,[7] but the loan was terminated on 28 January 2016.[8] His maiden appearance in the Primeira Liga with the latter took place on 14 August 2015, when he came on as a late substitute for Luís Machado in a 1–2 home loss to Sporting CP.[9]
On 31 August 2016, Guzzo joined Spanish Segunda División side CF Reus Deportiu.[10][11] His first match in the competition took place on 22 September, when he played 19 minutes in a 1–0 away win against Real Oviedo.[12]
Guzzo returned to his adopted homeland on 16 August 2018, being loaned to F.C. Famalicão for one year.[13] He played 13 times as they won promotion to the top flight as runners-up, and scored in a 3–1 defeat of former team Benfica B on 20 April 2019.[14]
On 2 August 2019, Guzzo returned to Chaves as a free agent and agreed to a two-year contract.[15] In February 2021, however, he moved to F.C. Vizela also in division two on a deal until June 2022.[16] He scored six goals until the end of that season in only 15 matches,[17] helping the latter return to the top tier after 36 years.[18]
Guzzo put pen to paper to a one-year extension on 7 July 2021.[19] He scored his first top-flight goal the following 22 January to equalise in a 3–2 win on his return to Tondela,[20] adding another eight days later in a victory by the same score at home to Vitória de Guimarães.[21]
Guzzo represented Portugal at the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[22] Also with his adopted nation, he took part in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, scoring his team's first goal in the 2–1 victory over New Zealand in the round of 16.[23]
Club | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Benfica B | 2012–13 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
Career Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
F.C. Vizela – current squad | |
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