Joined West Ham United on a four-year contract for a Club record fee on 15 July 2018...Made his first appearance for the Hammers in a pre-season win over Aston Villa at Walsall FC on 25 July 2018...Scored his first goal in Claret and Blue in a pre-season win at Ipswich Town on 28 July 2018...Made his Premier League debut for West Ham United in a 4-0 Premier League defeat at Liverpool on 12 August 2018...Recorded his first Premier League assist for Marko Arnautovic in a 3-1 defeat at Arsenal on 25 August 2018...Grabbed another assist in the 3-1 Carabao Cup second-round win at AFC Wimbledon on 28 August 2018...Netted his first Premier League goal with the opener in a 3-1 London Stadium victory over Manchester United on 29 September 2018...Scored twice in a 4-2 Premier League win over Burnley at London Stadium on 3 November 2018...Made it three goals in two matches and four for the Premier League season with a second-half equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Huddersfield Town on 10 November 2018...Made it four goals in four Premier League matches and five for the season with the third in a 3-0 Premier League win at Newcastle United on 1 December 2018...Scored in the 3-2 home Premier League win over Crystal Palace on 8 December 2018...Assisted Robert Snodgrass's opener in the 2-0 Premier League win at Fulham on 15 December 2018...Scored his second brace for the club in a come-from-behind 2-1 Premier League win at Southampton on 27 December 2018, making it eight top-flight goals for the season...Added his ninth Premier League goal of the season with an equaliser in the 2-1 defeat at Manchester United on 13 April 2019...Ended the season with ten goals and four assists in 39 appearances in all competitions.

Born in Santa Maria in the Federal District of Brazil in April 1993...Began his career with local club CPMIND at the age of six...Joined Santos in 2007 at the age of 14, making his senior debut in October 2010, when he was just 17...Helped Santos win the Copa Libertadores – South America’s equivalent of the Champions League – in 2011...Played alongside Brazil internationals Neymar and Ganso at Lazio...Headed to Europe to link up with Italian club Lazio for a £7.5 million fee in the summer of 2013...Wasted little time in making his mark in Italy, scoring eleven goals in the 2014/15 campaign and playing a major role as Lazio reached the final of that season’s Coppa Italia...Scored 34 goals in 177 Lazio appearances, lifting the 2017 Supercoppa Italiana...Led Serie A in dribbles attempted in 2017/18, with an average of 5.4 per game...Won an Olympic Gold Medal with Brazil at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games...Made his senior Brazil debut in a friendly against Mexico in 2015.