Gustavo Cascardo de Assis (born 24 March 1997), known as Gustavo Cascardo, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Bulgarian club Arda Kardzhali.

Career

Born in

Mogi das Cruzes Mogi das Cruzes ( or ) is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, located within the metropolitan region of the state capital of the city of São Paulo. The population is 451,505 (2022 census) in an area of 713 km2. It is located 4 ...

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, Cascardo joined Portuguesa's youth setup in 2006, aged nine. On 13 January 2015, after appearing in the year's

Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior The Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (or ''São Paulo Youth Football Cup'', in English), also known as Copa São Paulo de Juniores (''São Paulo Youth Cup'') and Copinha (''Little Cup''), is a cup competition played by Brazilian under-20 assoc ...

, he was promoted to the main squad. After being included in the 28-man list for the year's

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

, Cascardo made his professional debut on 8 April, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–3 away loss against

. On 12 September 2015 Cascardo rescinded his contract, and moved to

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...

. After returning to the youth setup, he was promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2017 season, and made his Série A debut on 25 June of that year by starting in a 4–1 home routing of Vitória. In January 2019, after being rarely used, Cascardo moved abroad and joined

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

side

Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube (), popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal, is a Portuguese professional Association football, football club based in Setúbal that used to compete in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system ...

on loan for six months. He also spent the 2019–20 campaign on loan at Slovakia's

FK Senica FK Senica () is a Slovakia, Slovak football (soccer), football team, based in the town of Senica. The club was founded in 1921. History FK Senica was founded in 1921. Newly created partition was rapidly progressed, but the boom dampened dark per ...

. On 25 September 2020,

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Cascardo signed a one-year contract with

Botafogo Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (''bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of M ...

still in the top tier.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cascardo, Gustavo 1997 births Living people Footballers from Mogi das Cruzes Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Club Athletico Paranaense players Botafogo FR players Associação Desportiva Confiança players Primeira Liga players Vitória F.C. players Slovak First Football League players FK Senica players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen