14 Facts About Guilherme Finkler

Guilherme Finkler was born on 24 September 1985 and is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Guilherme Finkler is known as Guilherme in Brazil and Gui Finkler in Australia and New Zealand.

Guilherme Finkler played for Brazilian side Juventude, scoring four times in 15 appearances in the 2006 season.

Guilherme Finkler's loan was cut short in January 2007 by mutual consent.

Guilherme Finkler made his debut for the Victory in round 1 against crosstown rivals Melbourne Heart.

Guilherme Finkler scored against Western Sydney Wanderers with a free kick taken at the end of the match to save the game for the Victory.

Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat and Western Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic both praised the goal, which was taken from close to the same spot that Guilherme Finkler had used an earlier free kick from to cross the ball in.

Guilherme Finkler decided not to curve the ball into the smaller Victory forward line to be again cleared by the WSW defense, and took Ante Covic the WSW keeper, as well as many teammates and the opposition defense by surprise by having a shot and scoring a memorable goal to draw the match, ending a pattern of home defeats by WSW.

On Saturday 4 January 2014, Guilherme Finkler was named in the Melbourne Victory starting XI for the first time since his knee injury sustained exactly one year and one day prior.

On 14 January 2014, Guilherme Finkler appeared as a substitute for Andrew Nabbout after 19 minutes in a game against Western Sydney.

Guilherme Finkler scored his club's first penalty of the season against Perth on New Year's Eve, 2013, in the absence of the previous season's penalty taker Mark Milligan.

However Guilherme Finkler scored a dramatic late goal to get a result.

However at the time the team list was submitted to the ACL, Guilherme Finkler was being slowly integrated back into the side as he recovered from his injury.

On 24 March 2016, Guilherme Finkler advised the Victory that he would leave them at the end of the season to join Wellington Phoenix FC.