Guilherme Ferreira Pinto (born 7 April 1992), known as Guilherme Negueba or simply Negueba, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a winger or an

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for Thai club Lamphun Warriors

Career

Youth

Negueba came very young to

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

as a

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player. The young

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had brief passages in Jacarepaguá Tênis Clube and the Jequiá da Ilha before reaching

's youth team as a prospect for the future.

Professional

The young Negueba went through all the categories of the youth divisions of Flamengo, and got his first opportunity at the professional team in 2010, with

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as the team manager. At that time, Negueba, who was only 18 years old incomplete, won a vote of confidence not only of the veteran manager, but the entire squad represented by team captain Leonardo Moura. On November 7, 2010, he had his début, starting in a 0–1 loss against

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in a

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match at

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. After the end of 2010 Brazilian Série A,

announced Negueba had his contract renewed for another 5 years. After consecutive poor matches and repeated mistakes, Negueba lost prestige with the squad. After a loss to Santos, arguably caused by two individual errors by Negueba, the player was not included in any further match day squad of the team. Negueba protested a possible move to

Avaí FC Avaí Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on 1 September 1923. Their home stadium is Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva, also known as Ressacada, with a capacity of 17,800. They play in b ...

, proposed by the club's managers, but accepted a move to another club. On September 20, 2012,

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confirmed Negueba as a member of its 2013 squad. As part of the loan deal, Cléber Santana went in exchange to

. Negueba had previously refused a move to

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's Sporting, as he was seen as an important part of the squad by

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, and also as being too young for an international move. On January 5, 2013, one day after his presentation in

, Negueba went through surgery due to a knee injury. He remained sidelined for six months. On September 1, almost eight months after his arrival to the club, Negueba finally made his debut for

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, coming from the bench at 82 minutes in a 0–0 draw against

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, for the

. According to the winger, "it was a happy moment. I could début for

, at

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, where greats already played, and I felt good." Two days later, Negueba made his second game wearing the shirt of Tricolor Paulista, this time in a 1–0 victory against Náutico, again coming from the bench in the second half. Applauded by the fans, Negueba praised them, saying: "I am going to do my best to help the team." However, two months before the end of his contract with

, Negueba, not being a part of

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's plans, was dismissed by the club, returning to

. On the June 6, 2016 it was involved In a change changes player Edinho, in the which Negueba will act for Grêmio.

Career Statistics

Honours

Club

;Flamengo *

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 ...

: 2011 *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Taça Rio Taça Rio ( English: Rio Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. It has had ...

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara ( English: Guanabara Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to the Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Fe ...

; Grêmio

Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil () is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and it is the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, ...

: 2016 ;Londrina *

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 ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

International

;Brazil U20 *

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members' men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when i ...

References

External links

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@ Flapédia (in Portuguese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Negueba 1992 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players K League 1 players K League 2 players CR Flamengo footballers São Paulo FC players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Grêmio FBPA players Atlético Clube Goianiense players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Londrina Esporte Clube players Gyeongnam FC players Incheon United FC players Thai League 1 players Negueba Negueba Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen