Arthur Melo

Arthur
Arthur with Grêmio in 2017
Personal information
Full name Arthur Henrique Ramos de Oliveira Melo
Date of birth (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996
Place of birth Goiânia, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 8
Youth career
2008–2010 Goiás
2010–2015 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Grêmio 35 (2)
2018– Barcelona 4 (0)
National team‡
2013 Brazil U17
2014–2015 Brazil U20
2018– Brazil 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:30, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:32, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Arthur Henrique Ramos de Oliveira Melo (born 12 August 1996), commonly known as Arthur, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Barcelona and the Brazilian national team.

Born in Goiânia, he began his career at Grêmio before joining Barcelona for an initial fee of €31 million in 2018.

Arthur made his senior debut for Brazil in 2018 after previously being capped by Brazil youth teams at under-17 and under-20 levels.

Club career

Grêmio

Arthur began his career with his hometown club Goiás at age of 12. In 2010, after being spotted in a youth tournament, he moved to Grêmio.[2]

In January 2015, following his impressive performances at the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, Arthur was promoted from Grêmio's youth team under first-team manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. He unexpectedly started in his first team debut, against Aimoré for the Campeonato Gaúcho. However, he was substituted at half-time by Argentine full-back Matías Rodríguez and made no more senior appearances that season. In 2016, Arthur made his league debut in the last match of the season, a 1–0 home loss against Botafogo, replacing Kaio in the second half.

In 2017, Arthur become a first-team regular after a string of good performances in Primeira Liga and Campeonato Gaúcho. In his Copa Libertadores debut, a 1–1 away draw against Club Guaraní, he was named man-of-the-match after completing 40 passes, with an impressive 100% rate success. His playing style and build earned drawn comparisons with Spanish midfielders Andrés Iniesta and Thiago,[3] and attracted interest from European clubs such as Chelsea,[4] Barcelona and Atlético Madrid.[5] In May, Arthur scored his first professional goal, the opener in a 3–1 victory against Fluminense for the Copa do Brasil. In July, he scored his first league goal, the second in a 3–1 away victory against Vitória. In November, was elected by Conmebol the man of match in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final against Lanús, despite playing only 50 minutes due to an injury.[6]

Barcelona

On 11 March 2018, Barcelona reached an agreement with Grêmio for the transfer of Arthur. The Spaniards agreed to pay an initial fee of €31 million plus €9 million in added variables.[7] Arthur signed a six-year contract and was officially announced as a Barça player on 9 July 2018.[8] On 28 July, Arthur scored a goal on his debut against Tottenham Hotspur in a pre-season friendly match.[9]

International career

Arthur has represented Brazil in under-17 and under-20 levels. He was part of the Brazil under-17 squad selected to play in the 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship.[10] On 15 September 2017, Arthur received his first senior call-up to the Brazil squad to face Bolivia and Chile for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. In May 2018, he was named in the standby list for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 October 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grêmio 2015[12] Série A 0000—1[lower-alpha 2]010
2016[12] Série A 1000—0010
2017[12] Série A 2715112[lower-alpha 3]06[lower-alpha 4]0502
2018[12] Série A 71103[lower-alpha 3]07[lower-alpha 2]3184
Total 35261150143706
Barcelona 2018–19[13] La Liga 4000201[lower-alpha 5]070
Career total 39261170153776
  1. ↑ Appearances in Copa do Brasil and Copa del Rey
  2. 1 2 Appearances in Campeonato Gaúcho
  3. 1 2 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  4. ↑ Four appearances in Campeonato Gaúcho, two appearances in Primeira Liga
  5. ↑ Appearances in Supercopa de España

International

As of match played 12 September 2018[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil
201830
Total30

Honours

Club

Grêmio[1]

Barcelona[1]

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Arthur". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Criação da base: conheça trajetória de Arthur, volante goiano que conquista torcida gremista". Vavel. September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Para Ricardo Rocha, Arthur cairia como uma luva no Barça: "Lembra o Iniesta"". Sportv. June 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Grêmio recusa proposta de mais de R$ 40 milhões por Arthur". 90Min.com. June 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Atlético de Madrid envia olheiro para observar Arthur, do Grêmio". Zero Hora. May 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Sport (2017-11-30). "Arthur se doctora ante Robert Fernández". sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  7. ↑ "Barça and Gremio reach agreement on option for Arthur transfer". FC Barcelona. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Agreement for the transfer of Arthur". FC Barcelona. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Espectacular estreno de Arthur: golazo y partidazo". Mundo Deportivo. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Volante Arthur é convocado para a Seleção Brasileira Sub-17". Portal Oficial do Grêmio. February 2013. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "Lista de 35 de Tite para a Copa tem três novatos: Dedé, Maicon e Paquetá" [Tite's 35-man list for the Cup has three new players: Dedé, Maicon and Paquetá]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Arthur Melo at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "Arthur: Arthur Henrique Ramos de Oliveira Melo 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "Arthur". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Corinthians domina seleção do Brasileiro e tem quatro jogadores entre os melhores" [Corinthians dominate Brasileiro's Team of the Year and have four players amongst the best] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "Luan es el nuevo Rey de América" [Luan is the new King of America] (in Spanish). El Pais. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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