Why does Bruno Guimarães wear No. 39?

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Bruno Guimarães wears the iconic number 39 because his father drove a Rio taxi bearing the license number 039, which funded his upbringing and career, before a kit man unexpectedly handed him the exact same number while on loan at Athletico Paranaense, making it a sacred tribute since “the number 39 gave me everything in life.”