Guilherme Madalena Siqueira (; born 28 April 1986) is a Brazilian former

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who played as a

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. Siqueira started his senior career at

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in Italy before moving to

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in Spain, where he was finally able to establish himself. He also briefly played in Portugal for Benfica, where he won the domestic treble in the 2013–14 season, before returning to Spanish football for the next three seasons with

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and

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Club career

Early career

At age 18, Siqueira was signed by

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from

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in August 2004, at first in temporary deal for

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125,000. He also played for hometown clubs Figueirense (his first club) and

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before joining Inter. In January 2006, as part of César's transfer, he went on loan to

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, which included an option to co-own the players rights at the end of season.

Udinese

On 11 August 2006, Siqueira joined

in a co-ownership deal, for €750,000. Siqueira never became a regular for Udinese and made 3 starts and 13 substitute appearances in the 2006–07 season. He made his Serie A debut on 10 September 2006 in a 1–0 loss to

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. During the 2007–08 season, Siqueira remained at Udinese but was seldom used. As Udinese did not buy full ownership from Inter, the out-of-favour Siqueira was loaned to

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to join another Inter-owned player, Rincón. During the 2008–09 season with Ancona, Siqueira featured regularly for the newly promoted club making 24 league appearances and scoring his first professional goal. In June 2009, he returned to Udinese as the club now had Siqueira's entire registration rights. On 10 January 2010, he substituted

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in the 71st minute, his first match of the season. He then made two more substitute appearances for the club.

Granada

In 2010, Siqueira joined

on loan as part of a partnership agreement with Udinese in which various players joined Granada from the Italian club. In his first season in Spain, Siqueira featured regularly for his new club and helped Granada gain promotion to

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, despite being sent off 3 times in 34 league matches. After a fine first season with Granada, on 30 June 2011 he penned a four-year contract to remain with the club, as his contract with Udinese expired. On 20 March 2012, Siqueira scored an audacious

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esque dink from the penalty spot against

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at the

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. Siqueria soon started to attract from other clubs to sign him. At one point,

and Benfica were keen to sign him. However, Siqueira signed a further contract extension, which will keep him until 2017. At the end of the 2012–13 season, which left the club in 15th position, Siqueira announced he intended to leave the club in the summer transfer window. Siqueira, however, denied he wanted to leave the club and said he was happy there in an exclusive interview with '' Marca''. Despite this, Siqueria retained interest from English

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sides Everton,

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and

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. In April 2014,

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made a bid for Siqueira from Granada and the move was agreed. However, this was denied by the club's president, Enrique Pina.

Benfica (loan)

On the very last minutes of the summer transfer deadline day, Siqueira signed a season-long loan deal with Benfica, with an option to make the move permanent for €7 million. He played in the club's 2–0 victory over

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in the

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, and 99 minutes of the loss to

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on penalties in the

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. Benfica also won the Primeira Liga title, with Siqueira playing 18 matches and scoring once, in a 2–0 win over

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on 27 October.

Atlético Madrid

On 6 June 2014,

and Granada reached an agreement for the transfer of Siqueira for a reported €10 million fee, pending a medical examination. He signed a four-year contract after passing his medical, on 11 June 2014. Upon joining the club, Siqueira said that "it did not take a second to decide" to join Atlético. Siqueira made his debut in a friendly match against Numancia, on 23 July 2014, which Atlético won 1–0. He made his competitive debut in the first leg of the 2014 Supercopa de España on 19 August, a 1–1 draw away to Real Madrid in which he played 64 minutes before being replaced by fellow debutant

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Valencia (loan)

On 1 February 2016, Siqueira was loaned to Valencia. Having been without a club for over a year, he announced his retirement on 29 August 2018.

International career

Despite gaining Italian citizenship, which made him eligible playing for

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, Siqueira declared his desire to represent

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, having been granted

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in October 2013.

Career statistics

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Honours

Benfica *

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: 2013–14 *

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: 2013–14 *

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: 2013–14 *

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runner-up: 2013–14 Atlético Madrid *

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References

External links

Atlético Madrid profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Siqueira, Guilherme 1986 births Living people Footballers from Florianópolis Footballers from Santa Catarina (state) Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian men's footballers Italian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Serie A players Serie B players SS Lazio players Udinese Calcio players AC Ancona players La Liga players Granada CF footballers Primeira Liga players S.L. Benfica footballers Atlético Madrid footballers Valencia CF players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain 21st-century Italian sportsmen 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen