UNCOVERED: The special reason why Bruno Guimaraes will wear No39 for Newcastle

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·31 January 2022

Newcastle United signing Bruno Guimaraes will wear the No39 shirt with his new club.

The Brazilian wore No39 at his former club Lyon, and will do the same at Newcastle in tribute to his taxi-driver father.

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His dad, Dick, is a cab driver in Rio de Janeiro, and his car number is 39.

So midfield playmaker Guimaraes sports the same number as his father's taxi in a tip of the cap to the man who raised him.

The 23-year-old re-watches all of his games with his father and mother, Marcia, reports The Times.

And while his dad drives taxis, his mother is also in the transport business, but of the two-wheeled variety, with Marcia a bicycle saleswoman.

His shirt number is a nod to the humble begins in Brazil that helped him to become a footballer, something which he does not take for granted.