 Scarpa playing forPalmeiras in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gustavo Henrique Furtado Scarpa | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-01-05)5 January 1994 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Hortolândia, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder,winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Guarani | |||
| Santos | |||
| Paulínia | |||
| –2012 | Desportivo Brasil | ||
| 2013 | Fluminense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Fluminense | 126 | (21) |
| 2015 | →Red Bull Brasil (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2018–2023 | Palmeiras | 181 | (27) |
| 2023–2024 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | →Olympiacos (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2024– | Atlético Mineiro | 64 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Brazil | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 January 2017 | |||
Gustavo Henrique Furtado Scarpa (born 5 January 1994) is a Brazilian professionalfootballer who plays as anattacking midfielder orwinger forCampeonato Brasileiro Série A clubAtlético Mineiro.
Scarpa was born inHortolândia,São Paulo, and played forGuarani,Santos,Paulínia andDesportivo Brasil, before joiningFluminense in 2012.[1] He made his first-team – andSérie A – debut on 1 June 2014, coming on as a latesubstitute forRafael Sóbis in a 1–1 home draw againstInternacional.[2]
Scarpa was rarely used duringthe season, and was loaned toRed Bull Brasil on 22 December 2014.[3] He scored his first senior goal for the latter side the following 11 February, netting his team's first in a 3–2Campeonato Paulista away win againstBragantino;[4] ten days later he added a further goal, scoring in a 2–2 home draw againstSão Bento.[5]
After featuring regularly, Scarpa returned toFlu in May 2015. He started to feature more regularly for the first team, which was managed byEnderson Moreira, often appearing as aleft back.[6] He scored his firstSérie A goal on 9 July, netting the game's only in a home success overCruzeiro.[7]
On 28 September 2015, Scarpa renewed his contract until 2019,[8] and finished the year as an undisputed starter. A mainstay in Fluminense's starting eleven during the2016 campaign, he scored eight goals in the year'sBrasileirão; highlights included a double in a 2–2 away draw againstInternacional.[9]
Scarpa started the2017 season with four goals in six appearances, netting consecutive goals againstResende (1–0 home win),Portuguesa-RJ (3–0 away win),Bangu (4–0 home win) andGlobo (5–2 away win); the latter came from the halfway line.[10] On 25 February, in a 0–0 home draw againstMadureira, he was replaced byRicharlison at half-time after suffering anankle injury;[11] it was later revealed that he would be out for two months.[12] In the meantime, he further extended his contract until 2020.[13]
In 2017, Scarpa went tocourt to request that his contract withFluminense be cancelled for delayed payments on Fluminense's part.[14] After a protracted, public battle, the court ruled with Scarpa, and his contract with Fluminense was deemed null and void on 11 January 2018.[15]
Four days after the cancelation of his contract withFluminense, Gustavo Scarpa signed a five-year contract withPalmeiras on 15 January 2018.[16] He enjoyed great success with theVerdão, with more than 200 appearances and eight trophies over four years, including twoleagues, theCopa do Brasil and twoLibertadores titles.
On 10 July 2022,TNT Sports Brazil reported that Scarpa had signed a pre-contract for three and a half years withNottingham Forest on a free transfer, linking up with the recently promoted English club in January 2023.[17]
On 4 December 2022, it was officially announced that Scarpa would joinNottingham Forest on 1 January 2023 on a deal until June 2026.[18] Scarpa made hisPremier League debut for Forest on 4 January, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 win atSouthampton.[19]
Scarpa joinedOlympiacos on loan for the2023–24 season, on a season-long loan.[20] However, his loan was terminated in January 2024 so he could secure a permanent transfer away from Nottingham Forest.
Following the termination of his loan at Olympiacos, Scarpa left Nottingham Forest and returned to Brazil, signing a four-year contract with Série A clubAtlético Minero in January 2024,[21] for a transfer fee reported to be around €5 million.[22]
On 19 January 2017, Scarpa was called up byTite for afriendly againstColombia.[23] He made his full international debut six days later, replacingLucas Lima in the 1–0 win at theEngenhão.[24]
Scarpa is well known for his hobbies, includingskateboarding,[25][26]rock music,Rubik's cubes,wakeboarding andreading novels, all of which have received extensive attention thanks to his posts onsocial media andgoal celebrations.[27] Among his favourite pre-game songs areDire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" andLynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird",[28] and his favourite books includeFranz Kafka'sThe Metamorphosis andFyodor Dostoevsky'sCrime and Punishment andThe Brothers Karamazov.[29] In 2018,Palmeiras posted a video on social media of Scarpa playing the club's anthem onelectric guitar to celebrateWorld Rock Day.[30] In 2022, after Scarpa's love of Rubik's cubes went viral on social media, Palmeiras began to sell personalised Rubik's cubes in their club shop in his honour.[31]
In March 2023, it was reported that Scarpa had lost a million pounds in acryptocurrency scam and returned to Brazil before the end of the Premier League season in order to try to recover the funds.[32]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fluminense | 2014 | Série A | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | 28 | 5 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 34 | 6 | ||||||
| 2016 | 34 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 4[a] | 1 | 60 | 14 | ||||
| 2017 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 5[b] | 1 | — | 51 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 106 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 4 | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 151 | 27 | |||
| Red Bull Brasil (loan) | 2015 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Palmeiras | 2018 | Série A | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 22 | 4 | ||
| 2019 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[c] | 6 | — | 47 | 13 | ||||
| 2020 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 6[c] | 1 | 2[d] | 0 | 47 | 4 | |||
| 2021 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[c] | 1 | 4[e] | 1 | 57 | 8 | |||
| 2022 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 8[c] | 4 | — | 58 | 13 | ||||
| Total | 131 | 18 | 50 | 9 | 13 | 2 | — | 31 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 231 | 42 | |||
| Nottingham Forest | 2022–23 | Premier League | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Olympiacos (loan) | 2023–24 | SLG | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4[f] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Atlético Mineiro | 2024 | Série A | 32 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 12[c] | 3 | — | 65 | 9 | ||
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 5[b] | 1 | — | 30 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | 17 | 4 | — | 95 | 10 | ||||
| Career total | 294 | 37 | 91 | 11 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 499 | 80 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
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