Gustavo França

Gustavo França
	Gustavo França with ABC in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo França Amadio
Date of birth	24 April 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Persija Jakarta
Number	10
Youth career
2013–2015	Corinthians
2015	Nacional
2017–2019	Juventus da Mooca
2019	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	Floriana
2017	→ Kerċem Ajax (loan)
2018	Juventus da Mooca
2020	Metropolitano
2021	America-RJ
2021	Metropolitano
2021	Paraná
2022	Portuguesa
2022	→ ABC (loan)
2023	Figueirense
2023–2024	Guarani
2024–2025	Londrina
2025–	Persija Jakarta
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 September 2025

Gustavo França Amadio (born 24 April 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Indonesian Super League club Persija Jakarta.

Club career

Born in São Paulo, Gustavo França played for Corinthians and Nacional-SP as a youth, before moving to Malta in 2016 with Floriana. After featuring sparingly, he was loaned to Kerċem Ajax in January 2017, until June.^[1]

Gustavo França returned to his home country shortly after, joining Juventus-SP and returning to the youth setup. He appeared with the first team in the 2018 Copa Paulista, but moved to Internacional in January 2019,^[2] being initially assigned to the under-23 team.

In October 2020, Gustavo França was included in Metropolitano's squad for the year's Campeonato Catarinense Série B.^[3] On 26 December, he moved to America-RJ for the upcoming season,^[4] but returned to Metropolitano shortly after.

On 2 May 2021, Gustavo França was announced at Série C side Paraná.^[5] On 6 December, he agreed to a deal with Portuguesa.^[6]

On 28 April 2022, after helping Lusa in their Campeonato Paulista Série A2 winning campaign, Gustavo França was loaned to ABC in the third division.^[7] On 22 December, he moved to fellow league team Figueirense on a two-year contract.^[8]

On 21 July 2025, Gustavo França joined Persija Jakarta of the Indonesian Super League.^[9] Gustavo França made his Persija debut in a pre-season friendly against Arema on 26 July 2025, also scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win at Jakarta International Stadium.^[10]

Career statistics

As of 28 September 2025^[11]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Floriana	2016–17	Maltese Premier League	6	0	—		1	0	—		—		7	0
Juventus-SP	2018	Paulista A2	—		0	0	—		—		6^[a]	0	6	0
Metropolitano	2020	Catarinense Série B	—		8	5	—		—		—		8	5
America-RJ	2021	Carioca	—		8	3	—		—		—		8	3
Metropolitano	2021	Catarinense	—		9	1	—		—		—		9	1
Paraná	2021	Série C	17	2	7	0	—		—		—		8	0
Portuguesa	2022	Paulista A2	—		20	4	—		—		—		20	4
ABC (loan)	2022	Série C	22	2	—		—		—		—		22	2
Figueirense	2023	Série C	18	5	13^[b]	2	—		—		—		31	7
Guarani	2023	Série B	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Guarani	2024	Série B	4	0	5^[c]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Londrina	2024	Série C	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	2
Londrina	2025	Série C	10	1	15^[d]	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	4
Persija Jakarta	2025–26	Super League	5	1	0	0	—		—		—		5	1
Career total			102	13	85	18	1	0	0	0	6	0	178	29

^ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
^ Appearances in Campeonato Catarinense
^ Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
^ Appearances in Campeonato Paranaense

Honours

Floriana

Maltese FA Trophy: 2016–17

Portuguesa

Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2022

References

^ "Reforço do Paraná, Gustavo França começou no Corinthians, passou por Malta e foi campeão no Inter" [Addition of Paraná, Gustavo França started at Corinthians, went through Malta and was a champion at Inter] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Juventus promove três atletas que disputaram a Copinha ao time profissional" [Juventus promote three athletes who played in the Copinha to the first team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). CA Juventus. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Metropolitano apresenta elenco para disputa da Série B" [Metropolitano present squad for the Série B] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ND Mais. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Mais quatro reforços para o Mecão" [Four more additions for the Mecão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). America FC. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Elenco 2021" [2021 squad] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Paraná Clube. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Atacante Gustavo França acerta com a Lusa" [Forward Gustavo França signs with Lusa] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Associação Portuguesa de Desportos. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "ABC contrata atacante Gustavo França, ex-Portuguesa e Paraná" [ABC sign forward Gustavo França, formerly of Portuguesa and Paraná] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Catarinense: Figueirense contrata atacante Gustavo França, da Portuguesa" [Catarinense: Figueirense sign forward Gustavo França, from Portuguesa] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^ "Mozaik Baru di Jantung Permainan, Selamat Bergabung Gustavo França" (in Indonesian). Persija.id. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
^ "Eksel Runtukahu dan Gustavo Franca Cetak Gol di Laga Debut, Persija Jakarta Hajar Arema FC 3-0 di JIS!". www.jawapos.com (in Indonesian). 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
^ Gustavo França at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 December 2022.