Luiz Gustavo
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Luiz Gustavo with Brazil in 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Luiz Gustavo Dias | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 July 1987 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pindamonhangaba, Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Athletico Paranaense | |||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | CRB | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Ipanema | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | Universal-AL | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Corinthians Alagoano | 21 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | → CRB (loan) | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → TSG Hoffenheim (loan) | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | TSG Hoffenheim | 72 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Bayern Munich | 64 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | VfL Wolfsburg | 109 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Marseille | 67 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Fenerbahçe | 84 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Nassr | 29 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | São Paulo | 46 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2026– | Athletico Paranaense | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Brazil | 41 | (2) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:57, 8 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:37, 7 August 2021 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Luiz Gustavo Dias (born 23 July 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Athletico Paranaense.
From 2007 to 2017 Luiz Gustavo played in Germany, where he represented TSG Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg, making 245 Bundesliga appearances and scoring 15 goals. He won six trophies in his time in the country, including the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League with Bayern.
A full international with over 40 caps since his debut in 2011, Luiz Gustavo represented Brazil as they won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and came fourth at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, both on home soil.