Guilherme

Guilherme Costa Marques (born 21 May 1991), known simply as Guilherme, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou City.

Club Career

SC Braga

Born in Tres Rios, Brazil, Guilherme began playing futsal and trained at a football school. As he grew older, began to take football seriously. Guilherme then started out his career at Paraiba do Sul before moving to Portugal, where he joined Braga in 2009 at age sixteen. Immediately after joining the club, Guilherme was assigned to the youth team.

It wasn't until on 24 January 2010 when he made his SC Braga first team debut, starting the whole game, in a 4–1 win over Leiria. He also appeared as an unused substitute in a league match against Vitoria on 6 March 2010. For the remaining part of the 2009–10 season, Guilherme appeared in a number of matches as an unused substitute, as he made one appearance for the side.

Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Guilherme was promoted to Braga's senior squad. His first appearance of the season came on 21 August 2010, where he came on as a second–half substitute, in a 0–0 draw against Vitoria. It wasn't until on 22 January 2011 when Guilherme scored his first goal of the season, in a 2–2 draw against Vitoria. Eight days later, on 30 January 2011, he scored again in the third round of Taca da Liga, in a 4–0 win over Arouca. At the end of the 2010–11 season, Guilherme went on to make eight appearances and scoring once in all competitions. During the season, he was linked a move away from SC Braga, as Juventus, Manchester City and FC Barcelona were interested in signing him.

The start of 2011–12 season saw Guilherme making one appearance, which came on 25 August 2011, where he set up a goal for Lima in a 2–2 draw against BSC Young Boys in the second leg of the UEFA Qualification Play–Off and saw the club go through to the Group Stage, thanks to away goal.

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