Luiz Gustavo

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Luiz Gustavo
FC Salzburg versus Olympique Marseille (May 3, 2018) 05.jpg
in a game for Olympique Marseille (2018)
Personnel
Surname Luiz Gustavo Dias
birthday July 23, 1987
place of birth Pindamonhangaba ,  Brazil
size 187 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
0000-2006 Universal FC Rio Largo
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2007 SC Corinthians Alagoano 21 (2)
2007 →  Clube de Regatas Brasil  (loan) 14 (1)
2007-2010 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 99 (2)
2011-2013 FC Bayern Munich 64 (6)
2013-2017 VfL Wolfsburg 109 (7)
2017-2019 Olympique Marseille 67 (7)
2019– Fenerbahçe Istanbul 27 (3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2011– Brazil 41 (2)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: July 7, 2020

2 As of December 23, 2017

Luiz Gustavo , with full name Luiz Gustavo Dias (born July 23, 1987 in Pindamonhangaba ), is a Brazilian soccer player who has also had German citizenship since 2016 . He has been under contract with Fenerbahçe Istanbul since September 2019 . He prefers to play in defensive midfield , but due to his flexibility he can also be used as a left defender and central defender .

Career

societies

In his youth, Luiz Gustavo played at Universal FC Rio Largo until he moved in January 2007 to SC Corinthians Alagoano , a lower-class club from Maceió , the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Alagoas . In May 2007 he was loaned to the Brazilian second division club Clube de Regatas Brasil for two months .

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

Immediately after the loan period expired, Luiz Gustavo was loaned to the German second division TSG 1899 Hoffenheim at the beginning of the 2007/08 season . He made his debut for TSG on matchday five in a home win against VfL Osnabrück . On April 1, 2008, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim took up a purchase option included in the loan agreement, whereupon Luiz Gustavo received a three-year contract.

After his first season in Germany, he was promoted to second place in the Bundesliga with the team . Luiz Gustavo set a negative record when he - across seasons with the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons  - received four dismissals (including three yellow-red cards ) and 15 yellow cards . His first goal (with which he became the 3,000th goalscorer in Bundesliga history) he scored on September 18, 2010 (4th matchday) in a 2-2 draw in the away game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern . His transfer to FC Bayern Munich in January 2011 received a lot of attention because it took place without the knowledge of Hoffenheim's coach Ralf Rangnick . Rangnick and the club separated within a few days after the transfer became known.

FC Bayern Munich

On January 15, 2011 (18th matchday), Luiz Gustavo made his debut for Bayern Munich in a 1-1 draw in the away game against VfL Wolfsburg . In the 2012/13 season he won the German championship and the Champions League for the first time. The DFB Cup final could he denied that he at the same time the commitment of the Brazilian federation , the secondment for the senior team during the Confederations Cup meet, had to.

VfL Wolfsburg

For the 2013/14 season , Luiz Gustavo moved to league rivals VfL Wolfsburg and signed a contract that was valid until June 30, 2018. For the club he came on August 17, 2013 (2nd matchday) in a 4-0 home win against FC Schalke 04 . After the successful debut, Luiz Gustavo experienced a setback; he was sent two red cards . On August 24, 2013 (3rd match day) Luiz Gustavo saw the yellow-red card for a tactical foul on Mainz striker Nicolai Müller . After he had served his suspension, he received a yellow-red penalty on matchday five. He scored his first Bundesliga goal for VfL Wolfsburg on October 20, 2013 with a 2-1 winning goal in the away game against FC Augsburg .

Luiz Gustavo in the jersey of the national team (2014)

Olympique Marseille

On July 4, 2017, Gustavo's move to the French club Olympique Marseille was announced. After ten years in Germany, he went to the season 2017/18 in the Ligue 1 .

Fenerbahçe

On September 2, 2019, Gustavo moved to Turkey to Fenerbahçe Istanbul .

National team

Luiz Gustavo made his debut for the "Seleção" on August 10, 2011 , when he came on for Ramires in the 86th minute of the 2: 3 defeat in the international test against Germany . He scored his first international goal on September 7, 2013 in Brasília in a 6-0 win in the friendly against Australia, scoring the final score in the 83rd minute.

On May 8, 2014, he was appointed to the World Cup squad by Brazilian national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari . Here Luiz Gustavo was a regular player and formed the double six with Paulinho and Fernandinho . Brazil finished fourth in this tournament. On the other hand, Luiz Gustavo missed the 2015 Copa América due to a tear in the outer meniscus. He was not appointed to the squad of the Copa América Centenario 2016 .

successes

societies

National team

Others

In addition to his Brazilian citizenship , Gustavo also acquired German citizenship in June 2016 .

Web links

Commons : Luiz Gustavo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ First name: Luiz Gustavo ; Last name: Dias .
  2. ^ A b VfL: New citizenship for Luiz Gustavo. www.news38.de, June 29, 2016, accessed on August 28, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Rüpel, rowdy, record-breaking kickers - the slightly different Brazilian. (No longer available online.) Www.rp-online.de, February 19, 2010, archived from the original on February 24, 2010 ; Retrieved February 22, 2010 .
  4. ↑ New addition: Luiz Gustavo. www.vfl-wolfsburg.de, August 16, 2013, accessed on August 16, 2013 .
  5. ^ Farewell - Luiz Gustavo moves to Wolfsburg. www.fcbayern.de, August 16, 2013, accessed on August 16, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Luiz Gustavo inspires Wolfsburg football dreams. www.wolfsburger-nachrichten.de, August 18, 2013, accessed on February 26, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Luiz Gustavo flies from the square. www.kicker.de, August 24, 2013, accessed on February 26, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Wolfsburg's Gustavo sees red again. Www.welt.de, September 14, 2013, accessed on February 26, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Message ( memento of September 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on the Olympique Marseille website, accessed on July 4, 2017 (French)
  10. ↑ Report on the VfL Wolfsburg website, accessed on July 4, 2017
  11. ↑ Gustavo Fenerbahçemizde on the Fenerbahçe website from September 2, 2019, accessed on September 3, 2019 (Turkish)
  12. ↑ Bundesliga stars of the 2014 World Cup - Part 2: Brazil without Kaka, Ronaldinho and Rafinha fussballnationalmannschaft.net, accessed on May 12, 2014.
  13. ↑ No Copa America - Luiz Gustavo is operated on , kicker online, June 2, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Luiz Gustavo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dias, Luiz Gustavo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Pindamonhangaba , Sao Paulo , Brazil