Pedro Geromel

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Tonon and the second or paternal family name is Geromel.

Pedro Tonon Geromel (born 21 September 1985) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Geromel also holds an Italian passport because of his grandfather.^[3]

Pedro Geromel

Geromel in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Tonon Geromel[1]
Date of birth	(1985-09-21) 21 September 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1996–1999	Portuguesa
1999–2003	Palmeiras
2003–2004	Chaves
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Chaves	15	(0)
2005–2008	Vitória Guimarães	68	(1)
2008–2015	1. FC Köln	116	(4)
2012–2013	→ Mallorca (loan)	38	(1)
2014–2015	→ Grêmio (loan)	66	(3)
2016–2024	Grêmio	341	(12)
Total		663	(22)
International career
2016–2018	Brazil	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Early years

Born in São Paulo, Geromel moved to Portugal from Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras along with Elias.^[4] He signed with G.D. Chaves at only 18 and finished his footballing formation there, after which he made his professional debut in the 2004–05 season, with the northern team in the second division.

Vitória Guimarães

Geromel's performances there attracted the attention of Primeira Liga club Vitória SC.^[5] At Guimarães, after making his debut in a 2–0 derby home loss against S.C. Braga,^[6] he eventually became an undisputed first-choice, as the Minho side promoted from the second level and achieved qualification to the UEFA Champions League in just two seasons.

1. FC Köln

In an online voting, Geromel was considered as 2007–08's best player in the Portuguese League, beating FC Porto's Lisandro López and Lucho González. On 30 June 2008, he moved to Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln, recently promoted to the top division.

An undisputed first-choice from the beginning, Geromel impressed enough during his first two years in Germany, reportedly being courted by Real Madrid from La Liga.^[7] Eventually, nothing came of it.

On 23 August 2012, Geromel signed a four-year loan deal with RCD Mallorca in Spain.^[8] In his first season he contributed with 29 starts and one goal (2,612 minutes of action), but the Balearic Islands team were relegated from the top flight; in December 2013 he rescinded his agreement and returned to his country, to sign for two years and a half with Grêmio while still owned by Köln.^[9][10]

International career

On 27 August 2016, Geromel was called up for the Brazil national team by coach Tite, replacing the injured Rodrigo Caio.^[11] His first cap arrived the following 25 January, when he played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 friendly win over Colombia at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos.^[12][13]

In May 2018, Geromel was selected for that year's FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 February 2021^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State League		National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chaves (loan)	2004–05	Segunda Liga	15	0	—		0	0	—		0	0	15	0
Vitória Guimarães	2005–06	Primeira Liga	18	0	—		2	0	2[a]	0	0	0	22	0
	2006–07	Segunda Liga	21	0	—		0	0	—		0	0	21	0
	2007–08	Primeira Liga	29	1	—		3	0	—		2[b]	0	34	1
	Total		68	1	—		5	0	2	0	2	0	77	1
1. FC Köln	2008–09	Bundesliga	32	1	—		2	0	—		—		34	1
	2009–10		29	1	—		3	0	—		—		32	1
	2010–11		27	2	—		1	0	—		—		28	2
	2011–12		28	0	—		1	0	—		—		29	0
	Total		116	4	—		7	0	—		—		123	4
Mallorca (loan)	2012–13	La Liga	30	1	—		3	1	—		—		33	2
	2013–14	Segunda División	8	0	—		1	0	—		—		9	0
	Total		38	1	—		4	1	—		—		42	2
Grêmio (loan)	2014	Série A	24	0	4	0	0	0	3[c]	0	—		31	0
	2015		31	0	7	2	7	1	—		—		45	3
Grêmio	2016		26	3	10	2	8	0	7[c]	0	2[d]	0	53	5
	2017		20	0	10	0	4	0	10[c]	1	2[e]	0	46	1
	2018		20	2	8	0	3	0	11[c]	0	2[f]	0	44	2
	2019		20	1	7	0	6	0	10[c]	0	—		43	3
	2020		13	0	7	0	5	0	7[c]	0	—		32	0
	2021		18	0	4	0	3	0	4[g]	0	—		29	0
	Total		172	6	53	4	36	1	52	1	6	0	323	14
Career total			409	10	53	4	52	2	54	1	8	0	576	21

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
3. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
4. Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga (Brazil)
5. Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup
6. Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana
7. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

International

As of 17 June 2018^[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2017	1	0
	2018	1	1
Total		2	1

Honours

Grêmio

• Copa do Brasil: 2016
• Copa Libertadores: 2017
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2018
• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Recopa Gaúcha: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Individual

• Bola de Prata: 2015, 2016,^[17] 2017, 2018
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2016,^[18] 2017, 2018
• Best Centre-back in Brazil: 2016,^[19] 2018^[20]
• Grêmio Hall of Fame:^[21] 2019