Gustavo Nery de Sá da Silva (born 22 July 1977) is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

In February 2004, it was announced Nery would join

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club

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on a four-year contract from

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in the summer. The transfer fee to be paid to São Paulo was reported as €500,000 or €600,000. He missed the beginning of training in the summer due to being called up to the Brazil national team. He was later kept out of action by a hand injury. In his time at Werder Bremen he was often injured and unable to secure a first-team spot, making three league appearances, two of which were substitute appearances. Nery left Werder Bremen to join

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on loan in February 2005. Corinthians also received an option to sign Nery permanently for a reported transfer fee of about €1.5 million. Nery joined

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side

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on loan from Corinthians for the second half of the 2006–07 season.

Honours

Corinthians *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

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São Paulo * Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 2001 * Supercampeonato Paulista: 2002 Internacional *

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Brazil *

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Individual * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year:

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* 1977 births Living people People from Nova Friburgo Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state) Men's association football fullbacks Brazil men's international footballers 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2004 Copa América players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Bundesliga players La Liga players Guarani FC players Real Zaragoza players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players SC Internacional players São Paulo FC players Santos FC players SV Werder Bremen players Esporte Clube Santo André players Copa América–winning players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Copa Sudamericana–winning players 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-defender-1970s-stub