Ademilson
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File:Ademilson Gamba Osaka.png Ademilson in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ademilson Braga Bispo Junior | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Cubatão, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Operário Ferroviário | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2012 | São Paulo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | São Paulo | 81 | (11) |
| 2015 | → Yokohama F. Marinos (loan) | 33 | (8) |
| 2016 | → Gamba Osaka (loan) | 29 | (9) |
| 2017–2020 | Gamba Osaka | 92 | (25) |
| 2021–2023 | Wuhan Three Towns | 64 | (27) |
| 2023 | Machida Zelvia | 3 | (1) |
| 2024 | Avaí | 14 | (1) |
| 2025 | Água Santa | 11 | (2) |
| 2025– | Operário Ferroviário | 22 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Brazil U17 | 7 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Brazil U20 | 15 | (7) |
| 2014 | Brazil U23 | 1 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 September 2014 | |||
Ademilson Braga Bispo Junior (born 9 January 1994), known as Ademilson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Operário Ferroviário as a forward. He has previously played for São Paulo in his homeland, then Yokohama F. Marinos and Gamba Osaka in Japan as well as Wuhan Three Towns in China.[1][2]
Career
[edit | edit source]São Paulo
[edit | edit source]Ademilson made his with São Paulo debut on 2 February 2012 in a Campeonato Paulista tie against the Guarani. On 22 July 2012, he made his Campeonato Brasileiro debut, Ademilson scored a goal against Figueirense in a game at the Orlando Scarpelli Stadium.[3] His first international goal was scored on 1 August 2012, when São Paulo played against Bahia, in the 2012 Copa Sudamericana.[4]
On 23 April 2014, in the first leg of the second round of the Copa do Brasil, in a 2–1 loss against CRB, Ademilson scored a beautiful bicycle kick goal.[5]
Yokohama F. Marinos
[edit | edit source]Ademilson joined J1 League side Yokohama F. Marinos on loan for the 2015 season and scored 8 times in 33 matches to help them to 7th in the overall standings.[1]
Gamba Osaka
[edit | edit source]Ademilson was loaned to another J League side, Gamba Osaka, in 2016,[6] and debuted for them in their 3–1 loss to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 2016 Japanese Super Cup on 20 February of that year.[7] He played his first league match for the men in blue and black a week later in a 1–0 home defeat to Kashima Antlers and went on to score 9 league goals in 29 league games and 13 in 40 in all competitions in his first season in Osaka.
He was signed by Gamba permanently on 10 October 2016, for a US$3.15 million fee.[8][9] His next two years in Osaka were hit by injury as he missed much of the second half of 2017 and the first half of 2018 due to knee problems. As such he found the back of the net just four times in 22 league matches in 2017 before bagging 5 goals in 17 league games in 2018 as Gamba finished 10th and 9th respectively in the final standings.[1]
Machida Zelvia
[edit | edit source]After spending few years in China with Wuhan Three Towns, it was announced on 5 September 2023 that Ademilson signed for Machida Zelvia.[10]
Avaí
[edit | edit source]On 23 February 2024, Ademilson returned to Brazil and signed a with Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Avaí.[11]
Style of play
[edit | edit source]After showing his qualities in several Brazilian youth football competitions, according to himself, Ademilson thought of his style of play as similar to Luís Fabiano, a former colleague of his at São Paulo FC. Both of them know to use physical force, along with their ability and speed. Besides this, for Ademilson, like his idol, he also has the guts to run and fight in order to win a game. From his own words: "I know I have this quality (force) and I work a lot to improve always in everything and I try to improve my physique, to make it one of my stronger points."[12] Despite still being a teenager Ademilson attracted attention from top European football clubs . In June 2013, there was reported interest from Italian giants Milan. According to newspaper Il Sussudiario, his style of play was similar to Cameroonian international Samuel Eto'o.[13]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 23 February 2025[1]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| São Paulo | 2012 | Serie A | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2013 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 2 | — | 39 | 6 | ||||
| 2014 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 5 | ||||
| 2015 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 54 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | 15 | 3 | — | 102 | 15 | ||||
| Yokohama Marinos (loan) | 2015 | J1 League | 33 | 8 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 10 | |||
| Gamba Osaka (loan) | 2016 | J1 League | 29 | 9 | — | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 13 | |
| Gamba Osaka | 2017 | J1 League | 22 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2018 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 5 | |||||
| 2019 | 32 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 41 | 11 | |||||
| 2020 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 92 | 25 | — | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 115 | 28 | ||||
| Wuhan Three Towns | 2021 | China League One | 24 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 11 | ||||
| 2022 | Chinese Super League | 27 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 11 | |||||
| 2023 | 13 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 64 | 27 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 66 | 27 | |||||
| Machida Zelvia | 2023 | J2 League | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Avaí | 2024 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Água Santa | 2025 | Serie D | — | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | |||||
| Career total | 285 | 76 | 42 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 390 | 97 | ||
Honours
[edit | edit source]São Paulo
Wuhan Three Towns
Brazil U20
- 8 Nations International Tournament: 2012
- Toulon Tournament: 2013, 2014
References
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External links
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Copa Sudamericana–winning players
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazil men's under-20 international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Brazil men's youth international footballers
- São Paulo FC players
- Yokohama F. Marinos players
- Gamba Osaka players
- Wuhan Three Towns F.C. players
- FC Machida Zelvia players
- Avaí FC players
- Esporte Clube Água Santa players
- Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- J1 League players
- China League One players
- Chinese Super League players
- J2 League players
- Men's association football forwards
- People from Cubatão
- Footballers from São Paulo (state)
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen