Guilherme Santos da Silva (born 13 May 2001), known as Guilherme Santos, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for São José-SP, on loan from Portuguesa.
Football career Born in Serra, Espírito Santo, Guilherme Santos played for the youth categories of local sides , Rio Branco-ES, and Porto Vitória before signing with Atlético Mineiro in 2017. In July 2020, he was loaned to Coimbra for the remaining stages of the 2020 Campeonato Mineiro, and made his senior debut in a 2–1 Campeonato Mineiro loss to Tombense on 27 July, starting the match and scoring his side's only goal.
Back to Galo after only that appearance, Guilherme Santos renewed his contract with the club until 2023 on 12 November 2020, but returned to Coimbra again on loan the following 11 March. After again featuring rarely, he returned to his parent club in April 2021, but was announced at Vitória also in a temporary deal on 8 May of that year.
On 27 January 2022, Guilherme Santos was loaned to Red Bull Bragantino, being initially a member of reserve team Red Bull Brasil. After being the top scorer of the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, he was promoted to the main squad in March, and made his Série A debut on 17 October, coming on as a second-half substitute for Helinho in a 2–0 home loss to Santos.
On 10 January 2023, still owned by Atlético, Guilherme Santos joined Avaí until the end of the year. Rarely used, he moved to Villa Nova roughly one year later, on loan for the 2024 Campeonato Mineiro.
On 16 May 2024, FC Cincinnati 2 announced the signing of Guilherme Santos on a MLS Next Pro contract, although his rights were still linked to Atlético Mineiro. In December, he returned to his home country after signing a permanent deal with Botafogo-PB, where he soon became a key unit under head coach João Burse.
On 18 July 2025, Guilherme Santos returned to Avaí, again on loan. Back to Belo in October after just six matches, but was unable to repeat the same success in the 2026 season, and departed the club on 12 March of that year.
On 20 March 2026, Portuguesa announced the signing of Guilherme Santos until the end of 2027. On 28 August, however, he joined São José-SP on loan for the Copa Paulista knockout rounds.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCoimbra2020Mineiro—11———11Coimbra2021Mineiro—40———40Vitória2021Série B140—41——181Red Bull Brasil2022Paulista A2—126———126Red Bull Bragantino2022Série A20—00——20Avaí2023Série B001000—91101Villa Nova2024Mineiro—7220——92FC Cincinnati 22024MLS Next Pro122————122Botafogo-PB2025Série C9112441—002562026009210——102Total9121651—00358Avaí (loan)2025Série B60————60Portuguesa2026Série D120————120São José-SP (loan)2026Paulista A2————0000Career total5534615112009112121
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