Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Gabriel joined Paulínia's youth setup in 2006, aged 14, and being known as Gabriel. Substitute |substitute in a 3–0 home win On 30 January 2011, he made his senior debut, coming on as a second-half against Juventus for the Campeonato Paulista Série A3 championship. In the 2011 summer Gabriel moved to Botafogo, returning to youth football, but being promoted to the main squad in the following year by manager Oswaldo de Oliveira. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 20 May 2012, replacing Vitor Júnior in a 4–2 home win against São Paulo. In the 2013 season, Botafogo won the "Carioca Championship" with 0 losses, with Gabriel being the best championship midfielder. During the same season, Botafogo qualified for Copa Libertadores after 16 years of absence in the tournament and Gabriel was one of the highlighted players, with names such as Clarence Seedorf and Jefferson among others. Gabriel renewed his link with Bota on 26 September, signing until 2015. He scored his first professional goal on 27 October, netting the third in a 4–0 home routing over Atlético Goianiense. On 18 March 2013 Botafogo bought the remaining 30% of Gabriel's rights belonging to Paulínia, with the player being an undisputed starter. On December 2014 Gabriel left Botafogo before signing with Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras for 2 years.
On 30 December 2014 Gabriel signed a two-year contract with Palmeiras, and subsequently reuniting with his former Botafogo manager Oswaldo de Oliveira. During 2015, Gabriel was elected the best Campeonato Paulista defensive midfielder and "Brasileirão" first round best player. Besides the individual achieved goals, in 2015 Gabriel won the Copa do Brasil championship with Palmeiras. After that, in 2016, Gabriel was again champion, but this time in Brasileirão championship. http://globoesporte.globo.com/sp/futebol/campeonato-paulista/noticia/2015/04/finalistas-santos-e-palmeiras-dominam-selecao-do-paulistao.html https://www.lance.com.br/palmeiras/melhor-turno-gabriel-agradece-torcida-verdao-quer-allianz.html
Corinthians
In the following year, Gabriel signed with Corinthians. The rumored fee was R$7 million for 50% of economic rights. In his first championship for Corinthians, and being a starter in every match, besides one of the best players, Gabriel was Campeonato Paulista champion. Playing for Corinthians, Gabriel won again the Brasileirão championship, for 2 years in a role, being the best defensive midfielder according to Mesa Redonda Trophy. Some interesting facts about this achievement: https://www.gazetaesportiva.com/bastidores/veja-os-vencedores-da-edicao-2017-do-trofeu-mesa-redonda/ - during the championship first round Corinthians had 14 wins and 5 ties; - during the whole season, Corinthians had 34 matches without losing, which is one of the best marks of Brazilian football In 2018 and 2019 Gabriel won again Campeonato Paulista, in a sequence of 3 consecutive titles.
