Luis Gustavo (footballer, born 1989)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lopes and the second or paternal family name is Santos.
Luis Gustavo
Personal information
Full name Luis Gustavo Lopes Santos
Date of birth (1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Hercílio Luz
Youth career
1997–2007 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Videira
2009 Sendas 0 (0)
2009–2011 Campo Grande
2012 Castelo Branco
2013–2014 Ceres 26 (1)
2014–2015 Bežanija 21 (2)
2015 Bonsucesso 0 (0)
2016–2019 Volta Redonda 78 (5)
2018 → Sampaio Corrêa (loan) 13 (0)
2020–2021 Portuguesa-RJ 27 (0)
2020 → Sampaio Corrêa (loan) 36 (2)
2021 São Bernardo 3 (0)
2021 Sampaio Corrêa 22 (1)
2022 ABC 17 (0)
2022 Portuguesa-RJ 12 (0)
2023 Brasil de Pelotas 8 (1)
2023 Portuguesa 0 (0)
2023– Hercílio Luz 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023

Luis Gustavo Lopes Santos (born 5 July 1989), known as Luis Gustavo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a right back for Hercílio Luz.

Club career

Luis Gustavo was born in Rio de Janeiro, and was a Flamengo youth graduate. After making his senior debut with Videira in the 2008 Campeonato Catarinense Série C, he returned to his native state and represented Sendas, Campo Grande, Castelo Branco and Ceres.

In 2014, Luis Gustavo moved abroad and signed for Serbian First League side Bežanija. He returned to Brazil in the following year with Bonsucesso, before agreeing to a contract with Volta Redonda.

On 8 August 2018, Luis Gustavo was loaned to Série B side Sampaio Corrêa until the end of the year.[1] Back to Voltaço for the 2019 season, he featured regularly before moving to Portuguesa-RJ on 1 November of that year.[2]

Luis Gustavo returned to Sampaio in July 2020, again on loan.[3] He started the 2021 campaign back at Lusa Carioca, and had a short period at São Bernardo before rejoining Sampaio on 5 June 2021, now in a permanent contract.[4]

On 6 December 2021, Luis Gustavo signed for ABC.[5] Despite being a regular starter in the club's 2022 Campeonato Potiguar winning campaign, he left on 18 March 2022,[6] and returned to Portuguesa-RJ on 23 April.[7]

In November 2022, Luis Gustavo agreed to a deal with Brasil de Pelotas for the upcoming season.[8] On 2 May 2023, he signed a short-term deal with Portuguesa.[9]

Career statistics

As of 1 November 2023[10]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ceres 2013 Carioca Série B — 13 1 — — 7[a] 1 20 2
2014 — 13 0 — — — 13 0
Total — 26 1 — — 7 1 33 2
Bežanija 2014–15 Serbian First League 21 2 — 1 0 — — 22 2
Bonsucesso 2015 Carioca — 0 0 — — 10[a] 0 10 0
Volta Redonda 2016 Série D 12 2 13 1 — — — 25 3
2017 Série C 18 0 12 0 1 0 — — 31 0
2018 13 1 10 0 — — — 23 1
2019 10 1 10 0 — — — 20 1
Total 53 4 45 1 1 0 — — 99 5
Sampaio Corrêa (loan) 2018 Série B 13 0 — — — — 13 0
Portuguesa-RJ 2020 Série D 0 0 14 0 — — — 14 0
2021 Carioca — 13 0 — — — 13 0
Total 0 0 27 0 — — — 27 0
Sampaio Corrêa (loan) 2020 Série B 30 1 6 1 — — — 36 2
São Bernardo 2021 Paulista — 3 0 — — — 3 0
Sampaio Corrêa 2021 Série B 22 1 — — — — 22 1
ABC 2022 Série D 0 0 17 0 2 0 — — 19 0
Portuguesa-RJ 2022 Série D 12 0 — — — 2[a] 0 14 0
Brasil de Pelotas 2023 Série D 0 0 8 1 4 0 — — 12 1
Portuguesa 2023 Paulista — 0 0 — — 8[b] 1 8 1
Career total 25 0 92 3 0 0 0 0 70 2 187 5
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Copa Rio
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista

Honours

Volta Redonda

Sampaio Corrêa

São Bernardo

ABC

References

  1. ^ "Lateral direito do Voltaço, Luís Gustavo é emprestado ao Sampaio Corrêa-MA" [Voltaço right back, Luís Gustavo is loaned to Sampaio Corrêa-MA] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Valdir e Luis Gustavo reforçam a lateral-direita da Portuguesa para 2020" [Valdir and Luis Gustavo bolster the right-back of Portuguesa for 2020] (in Brazilian Portuguese). AA Portuguesa. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ^ "#EntrevistaVAVEL: lateral Luis Gustavo fala sobre novos desafios no Sampaio Corrêa" [#VAVELInterview: full-back Luis Gustavo talks about new challenges at Sampaio Corrêa] (in Brazilian Portuguese). VAVEL. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Mercado da bola do Sampaio: Luís Gustavo de volta e Gustavo Ramos fora" [Sampaio's transfer market: Luís Gustavo back and Gustavo Ramos out] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Mais Querido contrata o lateral Luís Gustavo" [Mais Querido sign full-back Luís Gustavo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ABC FC. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Lateral-direito Luís Gustavo deixa o ABC" [Right-back Luís Gustavo leaves ABC] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Tribuna do Norte. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ "ELE ESTÁ DE VOLTA! Titular na campanha do @cariocao 2021 quando alcançamos a melhor colocação da história, o lateral-direito Luis Gustavo está de volta após passagem pelo ABC-RN. Bem-vindo, Luis, a casa é sua!" [HE IS BACK! Starter in the 2021 @cariocao campaign when we reached the best place in history, the right-back Luis Gustavo is back after a stint at ABC-RN. Welcome, Luis, it is your house!]. AA Portuguesa (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instagram. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ ""Eu já tinha vontade de jogar no Brasil", diz o lateral Luís Gustavo" ["I already wanted to play at Brasil", says full-back Luís Gustavo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Popular. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Lusa acerta com o lateral-direito Luis Gustavo para a Copa Paulista" [Lusa sign with right-back Luis Gustavo for the Copa Paulista] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Associação Portuguesa de Desportos. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. ^ Luis Gustavo at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 May 2023.