Gabriel Martinelli
Gabriel Martinelli was born in Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil on June 18th, 2001 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 22, Gabriel Martinelli biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva (born 18 June 2001), commonly known as Gabriel Martinelli (Brazilian Portuguese: [gab?i'?w ma?'t?in?li]) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Arsenal.
Club career
Martinelli, who was born in Guarulhos, S.o., began his career in 2010 and spent for Corinthians' futsal team. He moved to Ituano in 2015 after making the breakthrough in football fields and having subsequent trials at Manchester United and Barcelona.
Martinelli signed his first professional deal until October 2022 on November 4, 2017. In a 2–1 Campeonato Paulista away victory over S. Bento, he made his professional debut on March 17th, winning as a late replacement for goalscorer Claudinho; he was the youngest player to play for the team in the century at the age of 16 years and nine months.
Martinelli scored his first senior goal in a 4–1 win over Tabo da Serra in the year's Copa Paulista. Definitively signed to the first team for the 2019 Campeonato Paulista, scoring six goals during the tournament, making him the club's top goalscorer when the club advanced to the quarterfinals; highlights include a brace against Bragantino on March 15, 2019.
Martinelli had been linked to a number of clubs, but he signed a long-term deal with Arsenal in July 2019, despite a reported fee of £6 million (R$46.9 million). Martinelli, who held an Italian passport, was not subjected to the rigorous criteria that was not mandated for English clubs to recruit South American players. He joined the Arsenal first team for their pre-season tour in the United States. In a 3–0 pre-season victory over Colorado Rapids on July 16, he scored on his non-competitive debut. Martinelli's original intention was for him to play for the reserve squad and academy in his first season, and then be seamlessly integrated from Hale End to the first-team setup later in his career. However, Martinelli's stellar pre-season and high success in training aided Arsenal that he is set to join Arsenal as soon as first-team integration is ready.
Martinelli scored 1–0 over Newcastle United in August 9, 2019 in his first Premier League appearance, a replacement for Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the 84th minute. Martinelli scored a brace in his first competitive appearance for the club in a 5–0 win over Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup on September 24. "He's eager to have the opportunity to help us," head coach Unai Emery said, "he's eager to have the opportunity to help us." He fights for our cause. I told him to have some patience for his chance to do what he was doing. He did it. He deserved it."
Martinelli made his second appearance for Arsenal in a 4–0 home victory over Standard Liège in the UEFA Europa League on October 4th, in which he scored another brace. Martinelli maintained his goal scoring form by netting the equalizer in a 3–2 home win over Vitória Guimares on October 24th with another header. Martinelli scored another brace in a 5–5 draw with Liverpool on October 30th, as well as his penalty in the penalty shootout, which Arsenal then lost. As a result, he became the first player to score four times in his first four starts since Ian Wright. Martinelli's results were lauded by Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp, who described him as "the greatest" talent of the century.
Martinelli's performances culminated in him being named 'Player of the Month' for October, receiving 75% of the total vote cast, beating out Mattéo Guendouzi and Nicolas Pépé. Martinelli started his first Premier League game after being named interim head coach Freddie Ljungberg, scoring Arsenal's equalizer in an eventual 1–3 victory over West Ham United on December 9th. Martinelli scored in a 2–2 away draw at Chelsea on January 21, making him the first youth to reach double figures in a season for Arsenal since Nicolas Anelka. Arsenal's supporters named the goal as Arsenal's Goal of the Season later this season.
Martinelli signed a new four-year deal on July 3rd, with a team option for an additional year until 2025. Martinelli was ruled out before the end of 2020 and underwent surgery to repair a lesion in his knee cartilage following an injury in preparation on June 21. In a 2–1 away loss to Everton, he made his return on December 19th, coming off the bench to play 19 minutes. He sustained a minor ankle injury during the FA Cup warmup match against Newcastle United on January 9th, 2021, and Reiss Nelson was recalled in the squad. Martinelli returned to European competition on Sunday, making a 13-minute cameo appearance off the bench in a 1–1 draw against Benfica. In a 3–0 away victory over Sheffield United on April 11, he scored his first goal of the season.
On November 27, Martinelli scored his first goal (a volley with his second touch of the game) of the 2021–22 season against Newcastle United. Eventually, this goal of his was ranked third in the official Goal of the Season poll released by the club at the end of the season.
He scored twice against Leeds United three days later on December 18th, his first Premier League brace, scoring Arsenal's 7,000th goals in top-division English football. Martinelli was sent off for two yellow cards against Wolves on February 10th. It was his first red card in his career. In one passage of play, the red card sparked some controversy because he was given two yellow cards.
Martinelli scored for Arsenal in their 2–0 away victory at Crystal Palace on August 5, becoming the first Brazilian to score a season-opening goal in a Premier League season.
International career
Martinelli was born in Brazil and of Italian descent through his father; he holds dual Brazilian-Italian citizenship. Martinelli was called up by Brazil's national team manager Tite to complete preparations for the 2019 Copa América on May 20. Martinelli appeared on Brazil's under-23 side at the United International Football Festival in Spain in November 2019.
Martinelli was named in the Brazil squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 2nd, 2021. Martinelli scored Brazil's second penalty to help defeat Mexico in the Olympic semi-finals on August 3rd, before becoming a gold medalist after Brazil defeated Spain in the final four days.
He was selected in the 25-man senior Brazil squad against Chile and Bolivia on March 11, 2022. Martinelli made his international debut when he came off the bench for Vincius Jnior's victory over Chile 4-1 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio del Maracana Stadium.