Arthur (soccer player, 1996)

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Arthur
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Arthur (2019)
Personnel
Surname Arthur Henrique
Ramos de Oliveira Melo
birthday August 12, 1996
place of birth Goiânia ,  Brazil
size 171 cm
position Central midfield
Juniors
Years station
2008-2010 Goiás EC
2010-2016 Gremio Porto Alegre
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2015-2018 Gremio Porto Alegre 47 (5)
2018-2020 FC Barcelona 48 (3)
2020– Juventus Turin 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2013 Brazil U17 4 (0)
2018– Brazil 20 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 17, 2020

2 As of November 19, 2019

Arthur (born August 12, 1996 in Goiânia ; full name Arthur Henrique Ramos de Oliveira Melo ) is a Brazilian soccer player who has been under contract with the Italian first division club Juventus Turin since the 2020/21 season .

Club career

Arthur as a player for Gremio Porto Alegre, 2017

Arthur started playing football at Goiás EC in 2008 and stayed in his youth for two years. In 2010 he moved to Grêmio Porto Alegre's . On February 4, 2015 Arthur made his first team debut in the State Championship of Rio Grande do Sul . On December 11, 2016, he finally made his debut in the Série A in the 0-1 loss to Botafogo FR with a substitution in the 54th minute. In the 2017 season , Arthur earned a regular place on his team. After making four appearances in the national championship between February and March 2017 (no goal), he was used in 27 of a possible 38 games in Série A and scored his first professional goal on July 19 of that year against EC Vitória .

In the 2017 Copa Libertadores , Arthur was involved in all of his club's games from the third game of the group stage. He contributed with a template during the competition to the final victory of his team over the CA Lanús .

In July 2018 Arthur moved to the Spanish Primera División for FC Barcelona for a transfer fee of 31 million euros, which can increase by nine million euros . He signed a contract with a term until June 30, 2024, with a release clause of 400 million euros. In March 2018, FC Barcelona had already secured a corresponding purchase option.

For the 2020/21 season Arthur moved to the Italian Serie A at Juventus Turin for a transfer fee of 72 million euros, which can be increased by bonus payments by a maximum of 10 million euros . He signed a contract with a term until June 30, 2025. In return, Miralem Pjanić from Turin moved to FC Barcelona for a transfer fee of 60 million euros, which can be increased by a maximum of 5 million euros.

National team

Arthur was in October 2017 two games of the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Bolivia and against Chile in the squad of the senior team nominated, but did not come in these are used.

Arthur received his second appointment through national coach Tite on August 27, 2018 for the squad for the friendly games against the United States on September 7 and four days later against El Salvador in the USA . In the game against the United States, Arthur came on for Fred in the 60th minute . Also during the 2019 Copa América Arthur was in the squad of the team. With this he was able to win the title. He was in the starting line-up in five games.

successes

Arthur (center) with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro (right) after winning the 2019 Copa América

Gremio Porto Alegre

National team

Awards

Web links

Commons : Arthur  - collection of images
  • Arthur in the soccerway.com database
  • Arthur in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Match report Aimoré against Grêmio Porto Alegre on February 4, 2015 ; soccerway.de, accessed on March 15, 2018
  2. ^ Match report Grêmio Porto Alegre against Botafogo FR on December 11, 2016 ; transfermarkt.de, accessed on February 20, 2018
  3. ↑ a b Arthur's performance record during the 2017 season ; transfermarkt.de, accessed on February 20, 2018
  4. ^ Agreement for the transfer of Arthur , fcbarcelona.com, July 9, 2018, accessed July 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ Barça and Gremio reach agreement on option for Arthur transfer , fcbarcelona.com, English, March 11, 2018, accessed July 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ Agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Arthur , fcbarcelona.com, June 29, 2020, accessed June 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ FC Barcelona sign Miralem Pjanić , fcbarcelona.com, June 29, 2020, accessed on June 29, 2020.
  8. ↑ OFFICIAL | ARTHUR & PJANIC, AGREEMENTS WITH FC BARCELONA , juventus.com, June 29, 2020, accessed on June 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ Arthur's performance record for the Brazilian national team ; transfermarkt.de, accessed on February 20, 2018
  10. ↑ Call for friendlies in September 2018, accessed on August 20, 2018
  11. ↑ First A international match , match report on scoresway.com, accessed on September 8, 2018
  12. ↑ Copa América 2019 Team of the Tournament, report on copaamerica.com, page in Spanish, accessed on July 18, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ramos de Oliveira Melo, Arthur Henrique (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Goiânia , Brazil