Martinelli and the second or paternal family name is Silva. In this portuguese name, the foremost or parental family identify isand the second base or agnate family list is Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva ( have a bun in the oven 18 June 2001 ) is a brazilian professional football player who plays as a forward for Premier League club Arsenal. [ 4 ] Martinelli began his senior club career play for Ituano, anterior to signing for English club Arsenal in July 2019, aged 18, and won the FA Cup in his introduction season.
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At external horizontal surface, Martinelli represents the Brazil under-23s. He helped Brazil win an Olympic Gold in men ‘s football at the 2020 Summer Olympics .
Club career [edit ]
Ituano [edit ]
Born in Guarulhos, São Paulo, Martinelli started his career in 2010, playing for Corinthians ‘ futsal team. [ 5 ] After making the breakthrough in football fields, he moved to Ituano in 2015, having subsequent trials at Manchester United and Barcelona. [ 6 ] On 4 November 2017, Martinelli signed his foremost professional condense until October 2022. [ 7 ] He made his professional debut the following 17 March, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer Claudinho in a 2–1 Campeonato Paulista away win against São Bento ; at the age of 16 years and nine months, he became the youngest player to debut for the golf club in the hundred. [ 8 ] Martinelli scored his first senior goal on 8 September 2018, netting the moment in a 4–1 winnings over Taboão da Serra, for the year ‘s Copa Paulista. [ 9 ] Definitively promoted to the beginning team for the 2019 Campeonato Paulista, he scored six goals during the contest, being the baseball club ‘s circus tent goalscorer as they reached the quarterfinals ; highlights included a brace in a 3–0 away win against Bragantino on 15 March 2019 .
armory [edit ]
Martinelli was reportedly discipline to matter to from a number of clubs, but signed a hanker terminus contract with Premier League club Arsenal on 2 July 2019, for a report fee of £6 million ( R $ 46.9 million ). [ 10 ] Holding an italian passport, Martinelli was not subject to the scrutinzed criteria required for english clubs to sign south american players. [ 11 ] He scored a goal on his non-competitive debut, in a 3–0 pre-season acquire against Colorado Rapids on 16 July. [ 12 ]
2019–21 : debut season and breakthrough [edit ]
“ Martinelli did amazing. He ‘s like a Duracell battery, he keeps going. ”
—Arsenal ‘s then-interim head coach Freddie Ljungberg on Martinelli ‘s Premier League debut. [ 13 ]
Martinelli made his Premier League debut on 11 August 2019 in a 1–0 win against Newcastle United, coming on in the 84th hour as a substitute for Henrikh Mkhitaryan. [ 14 ] On 24 September, Martinelli scored a brace in his beginning competitive get down for the club in a 5–0 victory over Championship slope Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup. Martinelli opened and closed the score : first with a near-post header, and second with a long-range feat. Both were assisted by Calum Chambers. His performance received praise from headway coach Unai Emery, who said : “ He ‘s hungry to have that opportunity to help us, he is very humble, he fights. I told him to have some patience for his opportunity to do like he was doing. He did that. He deserved it ”. [ 15 ] Martinelli made his second start for Arsenal in a 4–0 home plate succeed over Standard Liège in the UEFA Europa League on 4 October, in which he scored another brace. His first goal came in the thirteenth hour following a crossbreed from Kieran Tierney. He added his second three minutes late by cutting in on his right foot in the punishment area and shooting into the far corner. Martinelli besides created his beginning help of the season by setting up Arsenal ‘s one-fourth goal, scored by Dani Ceballos. [ 16 ] Martinelli kept up his goal scoring form, netting the equalizer in a 3–2 home succeed over Vitória Guimarães on 24 October, with another header. [ 17 ] In the League Cup fourthly round on 30 October, Martinelli registered another brace in a 5–5 draw with Liverpool. Martinelli besides scored his penalty in the punishment gunfight, which Arsenal finally lost. [ 18 ] As a consequence, Martinelli became the highest-scoring adolescent for a top-five european league club, netting seven goals in seven appearances in all competitions. He besides became the first player to score four times in his first four starts since Ian Wright. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Martinelli ‘s performance received praise from Liverpool director Jürgen Klopp, who labelled him “ [ the ] endowment of the hundred ”. [ 21 ]
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“ He ‘s an 18-year-old kid with all the exuberance. Brave [ adequate ] to threaten the adversary every time. The way he went about every single action is impressive. ”
—Arsenal ‘s lead bus Mikel Arteta on Martinelli ‘s performances. [ 22 ]
Martinelli ‘s performances led to him being awarded the Arsenal ‘Player of the Month ‘ award for October, receiving 75 % of the total votes cast, beating out Mattéo Guendouzi and Nicolas Pépé. [ 23 ] After the appointment of interim head passenger car Freddie Ljungberg, Martinelli started his first Premier League game and scored Arsenal ‘s counterweight in an eventual 1–3 acquire over West Ham United on 9 December. He scored his second league goal, and first after the appointment of permanent wave head passenger car Mikel Arteta, in a 1–1 draw with Sheffield United on 11 January. [ 24 ] In the follow bet on, Martinelli scored in a 2–2 away absorb at Chelsea on 21 January ; his goal involved a 67-yard conduct dash across the field to net Arsenal ‘s first equalizer, and made Martinelli the inaugural adolescent to reach double figures in a temper for Arsenal since Nicolas Anelka. [ 25 ] The finish was late voted as Arsenal ‘s Goal of the Season by the club ‘s fans. [ 26 ] On 3 July, Martinelli signed a new contract with the club, thought to be a be a four-year deal, with a team option for an extra class, until 2025. [ 27 ] shortly after, Martinelli was ruled out until the end of 2020, undergoing operation to repair a wound in the cartilage of his knee following an wound in training on 21 June. [ 28 ] Martinelli made his competitive fall from injury on 19 December 2020, coming off the terrace to play 19 minutes in a 2–1 off kill to Everton. [ 29 ] He started his first game back from wound on 22 December, assisting Alexandre Lacazette ‘s equalizer in an eventual 4–1 home defeat to Manchester City in the EFL Cup. [ 30 ] Martinelli then started his first Premier League game of the temper in a 3–1 home victory against Chelsea four days by and by. [ 31 ] During the warmup against Newcastle United in the FA Cup on 9 January 2021, he sustained a child ankle injury and was replaced in the lineup by Reiss Nelson. [ 32 ] Martinelli returned to playing in european competition on 18 February, making a 13 moment cameo appearance off the bench in a 1–1 draw against Benfica. [ 33 ] He scored his first goal of the temper ( in his first league begin since January ), in a 3–0 away victory against Sheffield United on 11 April. [ 34 ] It was besides his first goal since scoring against Chelsea a year anterior. [ 35 ] On 2 May, he was named Man of the Match after providing an serve to Arsenal ‘s second goal in a 2–0 away win against Newcastle United. [ 36 ] 17 days belated, Martinelli came off the terrace against Crystal Palace and put Arsenal into the lead in the 91st moment of an eventual 3–1 win. [ 37 ] Martinelli scored his beginning finish ( a volley with his second refer of the game ) of the 2021–22 season against Newcastle United on 27 November. [ 38 ] He started the following league game on 2 December, registering an help in a 3-2 aside loss to Manchester United. [ 39 ]
International career [edit ]
Martinelli was born in Brazil, and is of italian descent through his beget ; [ 40 ] he holds double Brazilian-Italian citizenship. [ 11 ] On 20 May 2019, Martinelli was called up by Brazil national team coach Tite to complete preparatory train for the 2019 Copa América. [ 41 ] In November 2019, Martinelli appeared for Brazil ‘s under-23 side at the United International Football Festival in Spain. [ 42 ] On 2 July 2021, Martinelli was named in the Brazil police squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [ 43 ] On 3 August, Martinelli scored Brazil ‘s second penalty to help defeat Mexico in the Olympic semi-final, before becoming a amber medalist after Brazil defeated Spain in the final four days late. [ 44 ]
career statistics [edit ]
- As of match played 2 December 2021[45]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
State League[a]
National Cup[b]
League Cup[c]
Continental
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Ituano
2018
Paulista
—
3
0
—
—
—
17[d]
4
20
4
2019
Série D
0
0
14
6
—
—
—
—
14
6
Total
0
0
17
6
—
—
—
17
4
34
10
Arsenal
2019–20[46]
Premier League
14
3
—
3
0
2
4
7[e]
3
—
26
10
2020–21[47]
Premier League
14
2
—
1
0
1
0
6[e]
0
0
0
22
2
2021–22[48]
Premier League
7
1
—
0
0
3
0
—
—
10
1
Total
35
6
—
4
0
6
4
13
3
0
0
58
13
Arsenal U21
2020–21[47]
—
—
—
—
—
—
1[f]
0
1
0
Career total
35
6
17
6
4
0
6
4
13
3
18
4
93
23
Honours [edit ]
Arsenal [ 45 ]
Brazil U23
Individual
- Campeonato Paulista Best Newcomer: 2019[49]
- Arsenal Player of the Month: October 2019,[50] January 2020[51]
References [edit ]
- Profile at the Arsenal F.C. website
- Profile at the Premier League website
- Gabriel Martinelli at Soccerway
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