Luís Gustavo Ledes


Luís Gustavo Ledes Evangelista dos Santos, known as Luís Gustavo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Spanish club CD Numancia as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Braga, Portugal to Marcílio Santos, a Brazilian who played ten years in the country with five clubs, Luís Gustavo joined FC Barcelona's youth academy in 2006 at nearly 14. He was promoted to the B-team five years later.
Luís Gustavo made his official debut for the side on 29 October 2011, in a 1–0 home win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona for the Segunda División. On 3 June 2012, in the season's last round, he scored his first professional goal, starting and contributing to a 6–0 away routing of Xerez CD.
On 30 May 2013, Luís Gustavo's contract expired and he was told by the Catalans that he would be released. He returned to Portugal on 11 July, signing a four-year deal with Rio Ave FC.
On 22 December 2015, after failing to appear in any competitive games in the first part of the campaign, Luís Gustavo joined RC Celta de Vigo, being assigned to the reserves. On 10 July 2017, he returned to the second division after agreeing to a contract with CF Reus Deportiu.
Halfway through 2018–19, Luís Gustavo and the rest of the squad left after it was expelled by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional. On 30 January 2019, he joined CD Numancia until June 2021.

International career

Luís Gustavo won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level on 14 November 2012, playing the second half in the 3–2 friendly victory over Scotland in Setúbal.

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