Pedro Bortoluzo

Pedro Gomes Bortoluzo (born 17 July 1996), better known as Pedro or Bortoluzo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série D club Santa Cruz Futebol Clube. Bortoluzo is known for his finishing, aerial ability and eye for goal.

São Paulo
Born in Florianópolis, Bortoluzo joined the youth setup of São Paulo in 2009. He went on to win 2015 Copa do Brasil Sub-20 and 2016 U-20 Copa Libertadores with the youth side. Ahead of the 2016 season, he was promoted to the senior team.

On 3 July 2016, Bortoluzo made his first team debut, scoring a goal against Ituano in a 2–1 defeat, in Copa Paulista. On 24 July, he made his Série A debut, in a 1–0 defeat against Grêmio.

On 24 November 2018, Bortoluzo won the Campeonato Brasileiro de Aspirantes with the under-23 side, and scored a goal in the second leg of the final match against Internacional.

Loan to Paraná
On 21 March 2017, Bortoluzo was loaned out to Paraná. After featuring rarely, he left the side on 29 June.

Guarani
On 28 December 2017, Bortoluzo was loaned out to Guarani for the upcoming season. On 13 April, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 defeat against Fortaleza. He rescinded the deal and returned to his parent club on 11 June 2018.

Criciúma
On 8 January 2019, he was loaned out to Criciúma.

Oliveirense
In 2020, Bortoluzo joined Liga Portugal 2 club, Oliveirense. He couldn't helped the club as they fall off at the bottom of the table thus getting them relegated to the 2021–22 Liga 3.

Hougang United
After 5 months without a club, Bortoluzo signed for Hougang United for the 2022 Singapore Premier League season On 27 February 2022, he scored his first goal for the club on his club debut against the 2021 league champions, Lion City Sailors but injured his thigh in Hougang's second game of the season against Tanjong Pagar United and was ruled out for a few weeks. He returned from a month injury and featured in his club league match against Young Lions on 10 April 2022. He had a slow start after that but burst into life during Hougang's 2022 AFC Cup campaign in June where he netted four goals in three games helping the club to win against Cambodian side, Phnom Penh Crown and Laos side, Young Elephants in which the final game was crucial facing Vietnamese side, Viettel and netting twice but it wasn't enough to put them as league leaders as the club bowed out from the AFC Cup as runners-up in the group. Bortoluzo continued his fine form where on 13 July 2023, he scored his first career hat-trick in league match against Tampines Rovers. He goes on to scored in the next two consecutive game against Tanjong Pagar United and Geylang International in a matter of 9 days apart. On 5 August 2022, Bortoluzo scored a brace against Albirex Niigata Singapore which ended in a 3–3 draw. Bortoluzo then goes on to scored another three consecutive goals in late August/early September. On 15 October 2022, he scored his second hat-trick of the season against Young Lions in a 5–3 away win. Bortoluzo guided Hougang United to win the 2022 Singapore Cup which was their first ever piece of silverware in the club history.

Portuguesa
On 3 January 2023, Bortoluzo returned to home to joined Campeonato Paulista club, Portuguesa playing in the São Paulo's top professional football league. On 14 January 2023, he make his debut for the club against Botafogo-SP.

Bortoluzo suffered an injury on his debut, and played only one further match before missing out the entire Paulistão. Back to the 2023 Copa Paulista, he scored twice in five matches during the competition before leaving the club on 30 November, as his contract expired.

Honours
Hougang United
 * Singapore Cup: 2022