Gabriel Boschilia (born 5 March 1996) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Operário Ferroviário.

Club career

São Paulo

Born in

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and raised in

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, Boschilia began his youth career at neighbouring Guarani. In November 2012 he signed a three-year deal with

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, from an undisclosed fee (later revealed as R$600,000)Goleador do Mundial sub-17, Boschilia rendeu R$ 600 mil e briga ao Guarani (Under-17 World Cup's goalscorer, Boschilia earned R$ 600,000 and a fight to Guarani)
UOL Esporte, 31 October 2013 and a

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10 million clause. was initially assigned to the youth side. On 22 January 2014 Boschilia made his first-team debut, coming on as a second-half substitute and also assisting

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in the last of a 4–0 home routing over

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. On 6 March he signed a new deal with ''Tricolor'', running until March 2019. Boschilia made his Série A debut on 20 April, starting in a 3–0 home success over

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. His first goal in the category came on 23 November, the game's only in an away win against Santos.

Monaco

On 10 August 2015, Boschilia signed a five-year contract with

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side

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, for a rumoured

9 million fee. On 11 January 2016, Boschilia was loaned to

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for the remainder of the season.

FC Nantes

Boschilia joined

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on a season-long loan deal on 7 August 2018.

Internacional

On 28 January 2020, Brazilian club Internacional announced the signing of Boschilia, on a three-year contract.

International career

On 9 July 2013, Boschilia was called up for Brazil under-17s ahead of the

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. He finished the tournament as Brazil's top goalscorer, netting six times (only one goal behind overall top scorer Valmir Berisha) but his side was defeated in the quarterfinals.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Monaco *

: 2016–17 Operário Ferroviário *

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References

External links

São Paulo official profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boschilia, Gabriel 1996 births Living people Footballers from Piracicaba Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Ligue 1 players Belgian Pro League players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players São Paulo FC players AS Monaco FC players Standard Liège players FC Nantes players SC Internacional players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Győri ETO FC players Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube players Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen