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Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [ɡabɾiˈɛw maɾˈtʃĩnɛli]; born 18 June 2001) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Arsenal. Martinelli is known for his speed, positional awareness, and goalscoring ability. Born and raised in Guarulhos, Martinelli initially featured as a futsal player for Corinthians, before beginning his football career with Série D club Ituano in 2015. After featuring and scoring for Ituano in the league and Campeonato Paulista, Martinelli signed for English club Arsenal in 2019. At international level, Martinelli represents the Brazil under-23s, but is eligible to play for Italy through his father. Martinelli scored his first senior goal on 8 September 2018, netting the second in a 4–1 win over Taboão da Serra, for the year's Copa Paulista. Definitively promoted to the first team for the 2019 Campeonato Paulista, he scored six goals during the competition, being the club's top goalscorer as they reached the quarterfinals; highlights included a brace in a 3–0 away win against Bragantino on 15 March. Martinelli made his Premier League debut on 11 August 2019 in a 1–0 win against Newcastle United, coming on in the 84th minute as a substitute for Henrikh Mkhitaryan. On 24 September, Martinelli scored a brace on his first competitive start for the club in a 5–0 victory over Championship side Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup. Martinelli made his second start for Arsenal in a 4–0 home win over Standard Liege in the UEFA Europa League, in which he scored another brace. After the appointment of interim head coach Freddie Ljungberg, Martinelli started his first Premier League game and scored Arsenal's equaliser in an eventual 1–3 win over West Ham United. He scored his second league goal, and first after the appointment of permanent head coach Mikel Arteta, in a 1–1 draw with Sheffield United on 11 January. In the following game, Martinelli scored in a 2–2 away draw at Chelsea; his goal involved a 67-yard direct sprint across the field to net Arsenal's first equaliser. Shortly thereafter, Martinelli was ruled out until the end of 2020, after undergoing surgery to repair a lesion in the cartilage of his knee following an injury sustained in training on June 21. He started his first game back from injury on 22 December, assisting Alexandre Lacazette's equalizer in an eventual 4–1 home defeat to Manchester City.

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