Gustavo Henrique Furtado Scarpa (born 5 January 1994) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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Club career

Fluminense

Scarpa was born in

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, and played for Guarani, Santos,

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, and

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before joining Fluminense in 2012. He made his first-team – and Série A – debut on 1 June 2014, coming on as a late substitute for Rafael Sóbis in a 1–1 home draw against

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Red Bull Brasil loan

Scarpa was rarely used during the season, and was loaned to Red Bull Brasil on 22 December 2014. He scored his first senior goal for the latter side the following 11 February, netting his team's first in a 3–2

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away win against Bragantino; ten days later he added a further goal, scoring in a 2–2 home draw against São Bento.

Breakthrough

After featuring regularly, Scarpa returned to ''Flu'' in May 2015. He started to feature more regularly for the first team, which was managed by

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, often appearing as a

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. He scored his first Série A goal on 9 July, netting the game's only in a home success over Cruzeiro. On 28 September 2015, Scarpa renewed his contract until 2019, and finished the year as an undisputed starter. A mainstay in Fluminense's starting eleven during the 2016 campaign, he scored eight goals in the year's ''Brasileirão''; highlights included a double in a 2–2 away draw against

. Scarpa started the 2017 season with four goals in six appearances, netting consecutive goals against Resende (1–0 home win), Portuguesa-RJ (3–0 away win), Bangu (4–0 home win) and

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(5–2 away win); the latter came from the halfway line. On 25 February, in a 0–0 home draw against Madureira, he was replaced by

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at half-time after suffering an

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injury; it was later revealed that he would be out for two months. In the meantime, he further extended his contract until 2020. In 2017, Scarpa went to

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to request that his contract with Fluminense be cancelled for delayed payments on Fluminense's part. After a protracted, public battle, the court ruled with Scarpa, and his contract with Fluminense was deemed null and void on 11 January 2018.

Palmeiras

Four days after the cancelation of his contract with Fluminense, Gustavo Scarpa signed a five-year contract with

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on 15 January 2018. He enjoyed great success with the '' Verdão,'' with more than 200 appearances and eight trophies over four years, including two leagues, the

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, and two

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titles. On 10 July 2022, TNT Sports Brazil reported that Scarpa had signed a pre-contract for three-and-a-half years with

on a free transfer, linking up with the recently promoted English club in January 2023.

Nottingham Forest

On 4 December 2022, it was officially announced that Scarpa would join

on 1 January 2023 on a deal until June 2026. Scarpa made his

debut for Forest on 4 January, coming on as a substitute in a 0-1 win against

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International career

On 19 January 2017, Scarpa was called up by Tite for a friendly against Colombia. He made his full international debut six days later, replacing Lucas Lima in the 1–0 win at the Engenhão.

Personal life

Scarpa is well-known for his hobbies, including skateboarding,

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, Rubik's cubes,

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and reading novels, all of which have received extensive attention thanks to his posts on

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and goal celebrations. Among his favourite pre-game songs are Dire Straits's "

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" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "

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'',"'' and his favourite books include Franz Kafka's ''The'' ''Metamorphosis'' and Fyodor Dostoevsky's ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2018,

posted a video on social media of Scarpa playing the club's anthem on

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to celebrate

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. In 2022, after Scarpa's love of Rubik's cubes went viral on social media, Palmeiras began to sell personalised Rubik's cubes in their club shop in his honour. In March 2023, it was reported that Scarpa had lost a million pounds in a

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scam and returned to Brazil before the end of the Premier League season in order to try to recover the funds.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Fluminense *

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: 2016 ;Palmeiras *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

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Individual *

Best Player: 2016 *

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Best Player: 2016 *

Team of the Year: 2016 *

top assist provider: 2016 (10 assists),

(13 assists) and

(12 assists) *

Player of the Month: June 2022, June 2022, October 2022 *

Team of the Tournament:

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Bola de Ouro The ''Bola de Ouro'' (Golden Ball) is an annual award given each year, since 1973, by Brazilian sports magazine '' Placar'' to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro. A group of sports journalists watch every match of the competition and ra ...

: 2022 * Craque do Brasileirão: 2022 * Bola de Prata: 2022 *

Team of the Year: 2022 * South American Team of the Year: 2022

References

External links

Profile
at the Nottingham Forest F.C. website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarpa, Gustavo 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Campinas Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Fluminense FC players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players Red Bull Bragantino II players Copa Libertadores-winning players Brazil international footballers Nottingham Forest F.C. players Premier League players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England