Personal information | |||
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Full name | João Pedro Sousa Silva [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 13 November 1996||
Place of birth | Ponta Delgada, Portugal [1] | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Panetolikos | ||
Number | 45 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2013 | Micaelense | ||
2013–2015 | Santa Clara | ||
2015 | Gil Vicente | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2013–2015 | Santa Clara | 23 | (1) |
2015–2018 | Gil Vicente | 44 | (4) |
2018–2019 | Trofense | 44 | (16) |
2019–2020 | Vitória Guimarães | 10 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Vitória Guimarães B | 14 | (10) |
2020–2022 | Paços Ferreira | 42 | (5) |
2022 | Bursaspor | 13 | (5) |
2022– | Panetolikos | 58 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Portugal U20 | 7 | (1) |
2023– | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:50, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:01, 29 December 2023 (UTC) |
João Pedro Sousa Silva (born 13 November 1996), known as João Pedro, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Panetolikos.
Born in Portugal, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Born in Ponta Delgada in the Azores, João Pedro was a junior at hometown club C.D. Santa Clara when he made his professional debut in Segunda Liga on 23 November 2013, as a half-time substitute for Tiago Leonço in a 1–0 home loss against S.C. Braga B. [2] The following 25 January, he scored his only goal for the team in a 3–1 away defeat to S.C. Farense. [3]
After two seasons with Gil Vicente F.C. in the second division and as many with C.D. Trofense in the third, João Pedro signed a one-year contract with Primeira Liga side Vitória S.C. on 5 July 2019, with the option of two more. [4] He made his debut on 1 August in a 4–0 home win (5–0 aggregate) over AS Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, playing the last seven minutes in place of Alexandre Guedes. [5] Thirteen days later, again from the bench and at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, he scored his first goal in a 6–0 demolition of Latvia's FK Ventspils. [6]
João Pedro scored twice from ten league appearances in his first season in Guimarães, starting with the only goal of a home win against former club Santa Clara on 18 January 2020, again as a substitute. [7] On 1 July, he agreed to a new deal of two years with the option of as many more. [8]
However, on 20 August 2020, João Pedro joined F.C. Paços de Ferreira on a three-year contract. Vitória retained a percentage of his economic rights, and a buyback option. [9]
João Pedro represented Portugal at under-20 level, appearing in the 2016 Toulon Tournament. [10] [11] [12] He switched his allegiance to Guinea-Bissau in 2023, [13] [14] earning his first cap on 13 October that year in a 1–0 friendly loss to Guinea in Setúbal. [15]