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Ganso

Ganso

Midfield - Attacking Midfield  at Fluminense Football Club
Age36
CitizenshipBrazil
Height1.84 m
Footleft
BornOctober 12, 1989
at Fluminense Football Club 2,670 days · joined 2019-01-31
👕500+ Apps 50+ Goals 🎯100+ Assists Veteran
Market value €400k
Attacking Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

6
clubs played for
06/07
debut season
0.14
goals / match
Fluminense Football Club
top club · 288 apps

Career highs

€18.00m
peak value · 2011
€9.50m
top transfer fee · 16/17
13
best season · 2010
16 / 1
int'l caps / goals
702Appearances
96Goals
115Assists
128Yellow cards
3Red cards
224Full matches (90′)
Full nameGanso
Name in home countryPaulo Henrique Chagas de Lima
Date of birth1989-10-12 (36 yrs)
Place of birthAnanindeua, Brazil
CitizenshipBrazil
PositionMidfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footleft
Height184.00 m
Current clubFluminense Football Club
Joined2019-01-31
Contract expires2025-12-31
AgentFWD Team
Jul 2025
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2025
2025 — Fluminense Football Club
22 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2025
Injury: unknown
19 games missed
Jul 2024
2024 — Fluminense Football Club
53 matches · 4 G · 10 A · across 7 competitions
Jul 2023
2023 — Fluminense Football Club
54 matches · 4 G · 10 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2022
2022 — Fluminense Football Club
57 matches · 9 G · 9 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2021
2021 — Fluminense Football Club
23 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2020
2020 — Fluminense Football Club
32 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2019
2019 — Fluminense Football Club
47 matches · 5 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2019
Transfer: Sevilla FC → Fluminense
18/19 · Transfer
Jan 2019
Transfer: Amiens SC → Sevilla FC
18/19 · Return from loan
Aug 2018
Transfer: Sevilla FC → Amiens SC
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
18/19 — Amiens SC, Sevilla FC
14 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Sevilla FC
11 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
May 2017
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Mar 2017
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2016
Transfer: São Paulo → Sevilla FC
16/17 · Transfer · €9.50m
Jul 2016
16/17 — Sevilla FC
16 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
2016 — São Paulo Futebol Clube
32 matches · 7 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
2015 — São Paulo Futebol Clube
53 matches · 3 G · 13 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
2014 — São Paulo Futebol Clube
61 matches · 9 G · 14 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
2013 — São Paulo Futebol Clube
63 matches · 5 G · 10 A · across 7 competitions
Sep 2012
Transfer: Santos → São Paulo
12/13 · Transfer · €9.00m
Jul 2012
2012 — Santos FC, São Paulo Futebol Clube
41 matches · 8 G · 9 A · across 7 competitions
Jul 2011
2011 — Santos FC
29 matches · 5 G · 6 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 2010
Injury: unknown
47 games missed
Jul 2010
2010 — Santos FC
43 matches · 13 G · 6 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2009
2009 — Santos FC
41 matches · 10 G · 6 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
2008 — Santos FC
7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2008
Transfer: Santos U20 → Santos
07/08 · Transfer
Jul 2006
06/07 — Santos FC U20
3 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €18.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 235 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 2025. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.51/90
81
Assists1 total · 0.51/90
83
G+A2 total · 1.03/90
86
Yellow cards1 total · 0.51/90
23
20,165 min
Minutes played by club
Fluminense Football Club 32.2%
São Paulo Futebol Clube 39.7%
Santos FC 23.2%
Sevilla FC 4.7%
Amiens SC 0.0%
Santos FC U20 0.2%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Fluminense Football Club 7 2019 2025 288 27 35 6,496
São Paulo Futebol Clube 5 2012 2016 214 24 46 8,001
Santos FC 5 2008 2012 156 36 25 4,685
Sevilla FC 3 16/17 18/19 28 7 6 941
Amiens SC 1 18/19 18/19 13 0 3 0
Santos FC U20 1 06/07 06/07 3 2 0 42

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

6€2.5M12€5M17€7.5M23€10M06/07 — 2 goals (Santos FC U20)206/0716/17 — 3 goals (Sevilla FC)16/17 — 3 assists616/1717/18 — 4 goals (Sevilla FC)17/18 — 3 assists717/1818/19 — 3 assists318/192009 — 10 goals (Santos FC)2009 — 6 assists1620092010 — 13 goals (Santos FC)2010 — 6 assists1920102011 — 5 goals (Santos FC)2011 — 6 assists1120112012 — 8 goals (Santos FC)2012 — 9 assists1720122013 — 5 goals (São Paulo Futebol Clube)2013 — 10 assists1520132014 — 9 goals (São Paulo Futebol Clube)2014 — 14 assists2320142015 — 3 goals (São Paulo Futebol Clube)2015 — 13 assists1620152016 — 7 goals (São Paulo Futebol Clube)2016 — 7 assists1420162019 — 5 goals (Fluminense Football Club)2019 — 1 assists620192020 — 1 goals (Fluminense Football Club)2020 — 2 assists320202021 — 3 goals (Fluminense Football Club)2021 — 2 assists520212022 — 9 goals (Fluminense Football Club)2022 — 9 assists1820222023 — 4 goals (Fluminense Football Club)2023 — 10 assists1420232024 — 4 goals (Fluminense Football Club)2024 — 10 assists1420242025 — 1 goals (Fluminense Football Club)2025 — 1 assists2202516/17 — €10M17/18 — €7.5M18/19 — €2MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

06/07: 2206/0716/17: 3316/1717/18: 4417/1818/19: 0018/192008: 0020082009: 101020092010: 131320102011: 5520112012: 8820122013: 5520132014: 9920142015: 3320152016: 7720162019: 5520192020: 1120202021: 3320212022: 9920222023: 4420232024: 4420242025: 112025

Assists by season

06/07: 0006/0716/17: 3316/1717/18: 3317/1818/19: 3318/192008: 0020082009: 6620092010: 6620102011: 6620112012: 9920122013: 101020132014: 141420142015: 131320152016: 7720162019: 1120192020: 2220202021: 2220212022: 9920222023: 101020232024: 101020242025: 112025
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2025 Club World Cup Fluminense Football Club 1 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Copa do Brasil Fluminense Football Club 4 1 1 0 0 175
2025 Copa Sudamericana Fluminense Football Club 4 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Série A Fluminense Football Club 13 0 0 1 0 0
2024 Campeonato Carioca Fluminense Football Club 4 0 0 1 0 0
2024 Campeonato Carioca - Final Fluminense Football Club 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Club World Cup Fluminense Football Club 2 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Copa do Brasil Fluminense Football Club 3 0 2 0 0 0
2024 Libertadores Fluminense Football Club 9 1 1 4 0 698
2024 Recopa Sudamericana Fluminense Football Club 2 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Série A Fluminense Football Club 32 3 7 12 1 756
2023 Campeonato Carioca Fluminense Football Club 8 1 0 1 0 578
2023 Campeonato Carioca - Final Fluminense Football Club 4 0 2 2 0 0
2023 Copa do Brasil Fluminense Football Club 3 0 0 1 0 0
2023 Libertadores Fluminense Football Club 12 0 1 1 0 0
2023 Série A Fluminense Football Club 27 3 7 5 0 580
2022 Campeonato Carioca Fluminense Football Club 5 0 3 0 0 0
2022 Campeonato Carioca - Final Fluminense Football Club 4 0 0 1 0 0
2022 Copa do Brasil Fluminense Football Club 7 3 1 2 0 176
2022 Copa Sudamericana Fluminense Football Club 5 1 0 1 0 380
2022 Libertadores Fluminense Football Club 3 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Série A Fluminense Football Club 33 5 5 6 0 501
2021 Campeonato Carioca Fluminense Football Club 6 3 1 0 0 92
2021 Campeonato Carioca - Final Fluminense Football Club 2 0 1 0 0 0
2021 Copa do Brasil Fluminense Football Club 3 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Libertadores Fluminense Football Club 2 0 0 1 0 0
2021 Série A Fluminense Football Club 10 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Campeonato Carioca Fluminense Football Club 2 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Campeonato Carioca - Final Fluminense Football Club 1 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Carioca - Taça Rio Fluminense Football Club 4 0 0 1 0 0
2020 Copa do Brasil Fluminense Football Club 6 0 0 1 0 0
2020 Copa Sudamericana Fluminense Football Club 1 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Série A Fluminense Football Club 18 1 2 4 0 561
2019 Carioca - Taça Rio Fluminense Football Club 7 1 1 0 1 615
2019 Copa do Brasil Fluminense Football Club 6 2 0 1 0 256
2019 Copa Sudamericana Fluminense Football Club 6 0 0 2 0 0
2019 Série A Fluminense Football Club 28 2 0 7 0 1,128
2016 Campeonato Paulista São Paulo Futebol Clube 13 4 2 4 0 225
2016 Libertadores São Paulo Futebol Clube 11 2 5 2 0 456
2016 Paulistão A1 - Fase Final São Paulo Futebol Clube 1 0 0 0 0 0
2016 Série A São Paulo Futebol Clube 7 1 0 2 0 512
2015 Campeonato Paulista São Paulo Futebol Clube 6 0 2 3 0 0
2015 Copa do Brasil São Paulo Futebol Clube 6 0 0 0 0 0
2015 Libertadores São Paulo Futebol Clube 8 0 0 2 0 0
2015 Paulistão A1 - Fase Final São Paulo Futebol Clube 2 1 1 0 0 175
2015 Série A São Paulo Futebol Clube 31 2 10 6 0 1,318
2014 Campeonato Paulista São Paulo Futebol Clube 14 1 2 2 0 1,079
2014 Copa do Brasil São Paulo Futebol Clube 6 0 2 2 0 0
2014 Copa Sudamericana São Paulo Futebol Clube 6 3 1 1 0 189
2014 Paulistão A1 - Fase Final São Paulo Futebol Clube 1 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Série A São Paulo Futebol Clube 34 5 9 9 0 596
2013 Campeonato Paulista São Paulo Futebol Clube 14 2 0 3 0 499
2013 Copa Sudamericana São Paulo Futebol Clube 4 1 3 0 1 360
2013 Libertadores São Paulo Futebol Clube 9 0 2 2 0 0
2013 Paulistão A1 - Fase Final São Paulo Futebol Clube 2 0 0 0 0 0
2013 Recopa Sudamericana São Paulo Futebol Clube 2 0 0 1 0 0
2013 Série A São Paulo Futebol Clube 31 1 4 3 0 2,502
2013 Suruga Bank Cup São Paulo Futebol Clube 1 1 1 0 0 90
2012 Campeonato Paulista Santos FC 12 3 0 1 0 359
2012 Club World Cup Santos FC 2 0 1 1 0 0
2012 Copa Sudamericana São Paulo Futebol Clube 2 0 0 0 0 0
2012 Libertadores Santos FC 12 3 4 0 0 370
2012 Paulistão A1 - Fase Final Santos FC 4 1 1 0 0 360
2012 Recopa Sudamericana Santos FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
2012 Série A São Paulo Futebol Clube 3 0 2 0 0 0
2012 Série A Santos FC 5 1 1 2 0 421
2011 Campeonato Paulista Santos FC 6 1 0 3 0 408
2011 Libertadores Santos FC 7 1 3 0 0 595
2011 Paulistão A1 - Fase Final Santos FC 3 1 0 1 0 225
2011 Série A Santos FC 13 2 3 2 0 570
2010 Campeonato Paulista Santos FC 16 10 0 6 0 141
2010 Copa do Brasil Santos FC 10 2 4 0 0 439
2010 Copa Sudamericana Santos FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
2010 Paulistão A1 - Fase Final Santos FC 4 1 0 2 0 358
2010 Série A Santos FC 11 0 2 4 0 0
2009 Campeonato Paulista Santos FC 4 2 0 0 0 117
2009 Copa do Brasil Santos FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Paulistão A1 - Fase Final Santos FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Série A Santos FC 31 8 6 6 0 322
2008 Campeonato Paulista Santos FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
2008 Série A Santos FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Coupe de la Ligue Amiens SC 1 0 1 1 0 0
18/19 Europa League Qualifying Sevilla FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Ligue 1 Amiens SC 12 0 2 0 0 0
17/18 Champions League Sevilla FC 1 1 0 0 0 31
17/18 Champions League Qu. Sevilla FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Copa del Rey Sevilla FC 2 1 3 0 0 180
17/18 LaLiga Sevilla FC 8 2 0 0 0 262
16/17 Champions League Sevilla FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Copa del Rey Sevilla FC 3 1 2 1 0 225
16/17 LaLiga Sevilla FC 10 2 1 0 0 243
16/17 Supercopa Sevilla FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Viareggio Cup Santos FC U20 3 2 0 0 0 42
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
07/08 2008-01-01 Santos U20 Santos Transfer 0
12/13 2012-09-21 Santos São Paulo Transfer 18000000 €9.00m
16/17 2016-07-22 São Paulo Sevilla FC Transfer 10000000 €9.50m
18/19 2018-08-31 Sevilla FC Amiens SC Loan 2000000
18/19 2019-01-30 Amiens SC Sevilla FC Return from loan 2000000
18/19 2019-01-31 Sevilla FC Fluminense Transfer 2000000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
10/11 Cruciate ligament tear 2010-08-27 2011-02-27 185 47
16/17 Adductor pain 2017-03-13 2017-03-30 18 2
16/17 Knock 2017-05-06 2017-05-20 15 2
24/25 heart problems 2025-01-01 2025-04-05 95 19
25/26 Hamstring injury 2025-07-15 2025-07-22 8 2
Current€400k
Peak€18.00m
Low€400k
Δ since start−€600k
€400k€4.80m€9.20m€13.60m€18.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €11.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #53818 #16 1 0 former national player
Team #7658 7 1 former national player
Team #3439 #7 8 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Nino 2 2 0
Jhon Arias 2 7 0
Neymar 2 18 0
André 2 2 0
Alan Kardec 2 8 0
Osvaldo 1 2 0
Rafael Tolói 2 0 0
Reinaldo 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
2010 Campeonato Paulista Santos FC 10 16
2009 Série A Santos FC 8 31
2014 Série A São Paulo Futebol Clube 5 34

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
2015 Série A São Paulo Futebol Clube 10 31
2014 Série A São Paulo Futebol Clube 9 34
2023 Série A Fluminense Football Club 7 27

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
18/19 2019-01-30 Amiens SC Sevilla FC Return from loan €2.00m
18/19 2018-08-31 Sevilla FC Amiens SC Loan €2.00m

Teams faced most often by Ganso's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
SD Eibar 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 50%
Leicester City 4 2 0 2 4 6 -2 50%
Bayern München 4 0 2 2 2 4 -2 0%
CD Leganés 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 50%
RC Celta 4 3 0 1 7 6 +1 75%
CD Alavés 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 50%
Real Betis 4 2 1 1 8 8 0 50%
Málaga CF 4 3 0 1 9 5 +4 75%
Deportivo La Coruña 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5 75%
Athletic Club 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 50%
Villarreal CF 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 25%
Espanyol Barcelona 4 2 1 1 11 8 +3 50%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
06/07 Senior debut season
06/07 First senior goal
2013 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2025 22 175 1 0 0 0.51
2024 53 1,454 17 0 1 1.11
2023 54 1,158 10 0 0 0.78
2022 57 1,057 10 0 0 0.85
2021 23 92 1 0 0 0.98
2020 32 561 6 0 0 0.96
2019 47 1,999 10 0 1 0.5
2016 32 1,193 8 0 0 0.6
2015 53 1,493 11 1 0 0.72
2014 61 1,864 14 1 0 0.72
2013 63 3,451 9 0 1 0.26
2012 41 1,510 5 0 0 0.3
2011 29 1,798 6 0 0 0.3
2010 43 938 12 0 0 1.15
2009 41 439 6 0 0 1.23
18/19 14 0 1 0 0 0
16/17 16 468 1 0 0 0.19

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Série A
330 apps
34 G
58 A
Campeonato Paulista
89 apps
23 G
6 A
Copa do Brasil
58 apps
8 G
10 A
Libertadores
73 apps
7 G
16 A
Copa Sudamericana
30 apps
5 G
4 A
Campeonato Carioca
25 apps
4 G
4 A
Paulistão A1 - Fase Final
19 apps
4 G
2 A
LaLiga
18 apps
4 G
1 A
Copa del Rey
5 apps
2 G
5 A
Viareggio Cup
3 apps
2 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Ganso

Who is Ganso?

Ganso is a Brazil professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for Fluminense Football Club.

How old is Ganso?

Ganso is 36 years old. He was born on October 12, 1989 in Ananindeua.

What position does Ganso play?

Ganso plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).

What club does Ganso play for?

Ganso currently plays for Fluminense Football Club.

How many career goals has Ganso scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Ganso has scored 96 goals in 702 appearances.

What is Ganso's market value?

Ganso's most recent reported market value is €400k.