Arthur kicker: Career midfielder "Barcelona"

Arthur Enrique Ramos de Oliveira Melo (more commonly known as Arthur) - Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder in the composition of the Catalan "Barcelona" and the national team of Brazil. Previously played for the club, "Gremio", which the pupil is. It has an incredible level of dribbling and technique. Experts compare it with Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Thiago. The Brazilian has great potential and it is going to fully open in the near future.

Biography footballer

Arthur was born on the twelfth August 1996 in Goiania, Brazil. He began his career at the club, "Goias" in the age of twelve. In 2010, he was spotted in a youth tournament, and he moved into the Gremio, where until 2015 spoke at the youth level.

In January 2015, after impressive performances in the youth league Brazil Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior Arthur earned promotion and moved from the youth team to the main. He became an advocate for the adult part of Gremio led by Luiz Felipe Scolari. He made his debut in the off-season friendlies. During the season, he never made in the domestic league, having limited appearances for the second composition.

Speeches for Gremio

In 2016, Arthur made his debut in the league in the last match of the season, where his club lost 1: 0 against Botafogo. In the same year, a young footballer Arthur won the Brazil Cup. In 2017, Arthur began to appear regularly in the first team, showing great game. In the same season he was often injured as a result of which missed about 40 games. After the restoration of the footballer Arthur made his debut in the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores against Club Guarani, where he managed to give an assist and become the best player of the game.

Despite his young age, many began to recognize that his style of play is similar to the style of Andres Iniesta and Thiago. Footballer showed a very high quality game filled with important transfers, feints and creating attacks. At this point, the Brazilians started hunting from European clubs, among which were the favorites Chelsea, Barcelona and Atletico de Madrid.

In May footballer Arthur has issued his first goal of his professional career at the Gates "Fluminense" as part of the Brazilian Cup. Two months later, he scored the first goal in the league, hitting the gate "Vitoria". In total in four seasons Arthur held for Gremio 70 matches in all competitions and was the author of 6 goals. It also won the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2017.

Arthur footballer career in "Barcelona"

March 11, 2018 Catalan Barcelona signed an agreement with Gremio to move Arthur. The Spaniards agreed to pay an initial fee of 31 million euros plus 9 million in potential bonuses. Arthur signed a six-year contract and was officially declared the player of "blue garnet" July 9, 2018.

July 28 Arthur scored a goal in his debut against English club Tottenham Hotspur in a pre-season friendly match. In August 2018 he won the Supercopa de España.

A career in the Brazilian national team

Midfielder Artur played for his national team at youth level at the age of seventeen to twenty years. He was part of the Brazilian national team and 17 years, chosen to participate in the South American football championship among boys under 17 years old.

September 15, 2017 Arthur got his first major challenge of the Brazilian national team to meet with Bolivia and Chile to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. In May 2018 he was included in the reserve list of the Brazilian national team at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.