Guilherme Nunes da Silva (born 12 July 1998), known as Guilherme Nunes () or simply Guilherme, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Aparecidense.

Club career

Santos

Born in

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, Guilherme joined

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' youth setup in 2014, from lowly locals Ivoti/Globalfut. On 5 November 2015, he signed a professional three-year contract with the club. On 3 February 2018, Guilherme was promoted to the first team by manager

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. He made his senior debut fifteen days later, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 1–0

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away win against

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. Guilherme made his

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debut on 15 March 2018, replacing fellow youth graduate

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in a 3–1 win against

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at the

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. On 2 May, he renewed his contract until May 2023. On 18 November 2018, Guilherme made his Série A debut, starting in a 2–1 loss at

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, only lasting nine minutes on the field and being replaced by

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due to an injury. He appeared in one further league match in the season, again being subbed off due to injury. On 9 September 2019, Guilherme was loaned to Série B side

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until the end of the 2020

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. In November, after only two unused substitute appearances, his loan was cut short until the end of the year, and he subsequently returned to ''Peixe''. On 27 February 2020, Guilherme joined Portuguesa on loan for the remainder of the

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. He scored his first senior goal on 7 September, netting his team's second in a 3–2 away loss against

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. Upon returning, Guilherme was again only a backup option before moving on loan to Náutico in the second division on 22 June 2021. On 3 February of the following year, he moved to Ferroviária also in a temporary deal until the end of the

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. On 12 April 2022, Guilherme was loaned to Série C side

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until the end of the season.

Brasil de Pelotas

On 2 January 2023, Guilherme Nunes moved to

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until the end of the

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Aparecidense

On 16 June 2023, Guilherme moved to Série C side Aparecidense until the end of the season.

International career

On 16 September 2015, Guilherme was called up to Brazil under-17s for the year's

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. He featured for the under-20s the following year, being also called up to complete trainings during the

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Career statistics

References

External links

Santos FC profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nunes, Guilherme 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Novo Hamburgo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Santos FC players Paraná Clube players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes players ABC Futebol Clube players Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players Associação Atlética Aparecidense players Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen