Gama
Midfield - Defensive Midfield
at Botafogo FC
at Botafogo FC
760 days · joined 2024-04-25
👕200+ Apps
Market value
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Rating · 2025
5.4
Average
Defensive Midfield Midfield
Career snapshot
6
clubs played for
2016
debut season
0.05
goals / match
FC Cascavel (PR)
top club · 89 apps
Position rank · 2025
#115
goals rank
#231
assists rank
11
season goals
5
season assists
Among 359 Midfield - Defensive Midfields · ≥200 mins
Career highs
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peak value
—
top transfer fee
3
best season · 2020
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int'l / penalties
Born the same day
Shares 1995-10-31 · 6 players total
215Appearances
11Goals
5Assists
27Yellow cards
0Red cards
60Full matches (90′)
| Full name | Gama |
|---|---|
| Name in home country | Marcelo Gama de Almeida |
| Date of birth | 1995-10-31 (30 yrs) |
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Citizenship |  Brazil |
| Position | Midfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield) |
| Foot | right |
| Height | 177.00 m |
| Current club | Botafogo FC |
| Joined | 2024-04-25 |
| Contract expires | — |
Jul 2025
2025 — Botafogo FC
34 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2024
2024 — Manauara EC, Botafogo FC
18 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2024
Transfer: Manauara → Botafogo-PB
23/24 · Transfer
Jan 2024
Transfer: Cascavel-PR → Manauara
23/24 · Transfer
Oct 2023
Transfer: Manaus FC → Cascavel-PR
23/24 · Return from loan
Jul 2023
Transfer: Cascavel-PR → Manaus FC
23/24 · Loan
Jul 2023
2023 — FC Cascavel (PR), Manaus Futebol Clube
35 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Nov 2022
Transfer: Volta Redonda → Cascavel-PR
22/23 · Return from loan
Aug 2022
Transfer: Cascavel-PR → Volta Redonda
22/23 · Loan
Jul 2022
2022 — FC Cascavel (PR), Volta Redonda Futebol Clube (RJ)
33 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Dec 2021
Transfer: Cabofriense → Cascavel-PR
21/22 · Transfer
Nov 2021
Transfer: Cascavel-PR → Cabofriense
21/22 · Return from loan
Jul 2021
2021 — Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ), FC Cascavel (PR)
42 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Mar 2021
Transfer: Cabofriense → Cascavel-PR
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
2020 — Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ)
23 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Nov 2019
Transfer: Brusque → Cabofriense
19/20 · Return from loan
Jul 2019
2019 — Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ)
11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2019
Transfer: Cabofriense → Brusque
18/19 · Loan
Oct 2018
Transfer: Sampaio-RJ → Cabofriense
18/19 · Return from loan
Jul 2018
2018 — Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ)
13 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2018
Transfer: Cabofriense → Sampaio-RJ
17/18 · Loan
Jul 2017
2017 — Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ)
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2016
2016 — Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ)
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Percentile rank vs 262 other Midfield - Defensive Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 2025. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).
Goals2 total · 0.12/90
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
G+A2 total · 0.12/90
Yellow cards5 total · 0.31/90
Minutes played by club
Botafogo FC
27.0%
Manauara EC
0.0%
FC Cascavel (PR)
38.6%
Manaus Futebol Clube
0.0%
Volta Redonda Futebol Clube (RJ)
0.0%
Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ)
34.5%
| Club | Seasons | First | Last | Matches | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botafogo FC | 2 | 2024 | 2025 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1,461 |
| Manauara EC | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC Cascavel (PR) | 3 | 2021 | 2023 | 89 | 5 | 1 | 2,089 |
| Manaus Futebol Clube | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Volta Redonda Futebol Clube (RJ) | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 6 | 2016 | 2021 | 63 | 4 | 4 | 1,866 |
Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value
Goals by season
Assists by season
| Season | Competition | Club | Matches | Goals | Assists | YC | RC | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Campeonato Paraibano | Botafogo FC | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1,129 |
| 2025 | Copa do Brasil | Botafogo FC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 332 |
| 2025 | Copa do Nordeste - Fase Preliminar | Botafogo FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Série C | Botafogo FC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Copa do Brasil | Manauara EC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Copa Verde | Manauara EC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Série C | Botafogo FC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Campeonato Paranaense | FC Cascavel (PR) | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1,002 |
| 2023 | Série C | Manaus Futebol Clube | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Série D | FC Cascavel (PR) | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 492 |
| 2022 | Campeonato Paranaense | FC Cascavel (PR) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Copa do Brasil | FC Cascavel (PR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Série C | Volta Redonda Futebol Clube (RJ) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Série D | FC Cascavel (PR) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Campeonato Carioca | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 878 |
| 2021 | Campeonato Paranaense | FC Cascavel (PR) | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 595 |
| 2021 | Copa do Brasil | FC Cascavel (PR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Série D | FC Cascavel (PR) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Campeonato Carioca | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Carioca - Taça Rio | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 411 |
| 2020 | Série D | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 577 |
| 2019 | Campeonato Carioca | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Carioca - Taça Rio | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Campeonato Carioca | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Carioca - Taça Rio | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Campeonato Carioca | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Campeonato Carioca | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | Date | From | To | Type | Market value | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/18 | 2018-04-03 | Cabofriense | Sampaio-RJ | Loan | 0 | — |
| 18/19 | 2018-10-09 | Sampaio-RJ | Cabofriense | Return from loan | 0 | — |
| 18/19 | 2019-04-15 | Cabofriense | Brusque | Loan | 0 | — |
| 19/20 | 2019-11-30 | Brusque | Cabofriense | Return from loan | 0 | — |
| 20/21 | 2021-03-03 | Cabofriense | Cascavel-PR | Loan | 0 | — |
| 21/22 | 2021-11-04 | Cascavel-PR | Cabofriense | Return from loan | 0 | — |
| 21/22 | 2021-12-01 | Cabofriense | Cascavel-PR | Transfer | 0 | — |
| 22/23 | 2022-08-03 | Cascavel-PR | Volta Redonda | Loan | 0 | — |
| 22/23 | 2022-11-10 | Volta Redonda | Cascavel-PR | Return from loan | 0 | — |
| 23/24 | 2023-07-14 | Cascavel-PR | Manaus FC | Loan | 0 | — |
| 23/24 | 2023-10-24 | Manaus FC | Cascavel-PR | Return from loan | 0 | — |
| 23/24 | 2024-01-12 | Cascavel-PR | Manauara | Transfer | 0 | — |
| 23/24 | 2024-04-25 | Manauara | Botafogo-PB | Transfer | 0 | — |
No recorded injuries.
No market value history.
No national team data.
| Teammate | PPG played with | Joint goals | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 2 | 0 | 719 |
| Willian Gomes | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robinho | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Libano | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Léo Itaperuna | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilian Simões | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| André Luiz | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thallyson | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Batatinha | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Oliveira | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Feitosa | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Afonso | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaká Mendes | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Natan | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Milhorim | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.
Top goalscoring seasons
| Season | Competition | Club | Goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Campeonato Paranaense | FC Cascavel (PR) | 2 | 16 |
| 2023 | Série D | FC Cascavel (PR) | 2 | 12 |
| 2020 | Série D | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 2 | 13 |
Top assist seasons
| Season | Competition | Club | Assists | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Campeonato Carioca | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 3 | 10 |
| 2023 | Campeonato Paranaense | FC Cascavel (PR) | 1 | 16 |
| 2018 | Carioca - Taça Rio | Associação Desportiva Cabofriense (RJ) | 1 | 4 |
Every loan spell across this player's career.
| Season | Date | From | To | Type | Fee | Value at transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23/24 | 2023-10-24 | Manaus FC | Cascavel-PR | Return from loan | — | — |
| 23/24 | 2023-07-14 | Cascavel-PR | Manaus FC | Loan | — | — |
| 22/23 | 2022-11-10 | Volta Redonda | Cascavel-PR | Return from loan | — | — |
| 22/23 | 2022-08-03 | Cascavel-PR | Volta Redonda | Loan | — | — |
| 21/22 | 2021-11-04 | Cascavel-PR | Cabofriense | Return from loan | — | — |
| 20/21 | 2021-03-03 | Cabofriense | Cascavel-PR | Loan | — | — |
| 19/20 | 2019-11-30 | Brusque | Cabofriense | Return from loan | — | — |
| 18/19 | 2019-04-15 | Cabofriense | Brusque | Loan | — | — |
| 18/19 | 2018-10-09 | Sampaio-RJ | Cabofriense | Return from loan | — | — |
| 17/18 | 2018-04-03 | Cabofriense | Sampaio-RJ | Loan | — | — |
Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.
| Season / Year | Milestone | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Senior debut season | |
| 2020 | First senior goal |
Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.
| Season | Matches | Mins | YC | 2nd YC | RC | Cards / 90′ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 1,461 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.31 |
| 2024 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 35 | 1,494 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | 42 | 1,473 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.37 |
| 2020 | 23 | 988 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.46 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Output by competition
Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.
Série D
55 apps
4 G
0 A
Campeonato Paranaense
43 apps
3 G
1 A
Campeonato Carioca
35 apps
1 G
3 A
Carioca - Taça Rio
15 apps
1 G
1 A
Copa do Brasil
9 apps
1 G
0 A
Campeonato Paraibano
13 apps
1 G
0 A
Série C
42 apps
0 G
0 A
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Frequently asked about Gama
Who is Gama?
Gama is a Brazil professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfield for Botafogo FC.
How old is Gama?
Gama is 30 years old. He was born on October 31, 1995 in Rio de Janeiro.
What position does Gama play?
Gama plays as a defensive midfield (Midfield - Defensive Midfield).
What club does Gama play for?
Gama currently plays for Botafogo FC.
How many career goals has Gama scored?
Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Gama has scored 11 goals in 215 appearances.