João Cancelo
.jpg) Cancelo playing for Portugal U19 in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Barreiro, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Valencia (on loan from Benfica) | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Barreirense | ||
| 2008–2012 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2012– | Benfica B | 51 | (3) |
| 2014– | Benfica | 1 | (0) |
| 2014– | → Valencia (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Portugal U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Portugal U17 | 17 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012 | Portugal U19 | 25 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Portugal U20 | 9 | (0) |
| 2014– | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo (born 27 May 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Valencia CF, on loan from S.L. Benfica, as a right back.
Club career
Benfica
Cancelo started his football career at F.C. Barreirense. Three years later, he joined S.L. Benfica's youth system at the age of 14, and progressed through the youth teams as a first-choice right back, although also playing as a left back.
On 28 July 2012, Cancelo debuted for Benfica in a friendly against Gil Vicente F.C. where he played the full 90 minutes as a right back.[1]
Despite playing with Benfica B, he touted as a possible replacement to Maxi Pereira in the first-team.[2] While playing for the reserves, he played occasionally for the Juniors team, and on the 18th May 2013, he scored the two decisive goals in a 2-1 win against Rio Ave, that proclaimed Benfica as Portuguese Juniors Champions.[3]
In 25 January 2014, he made his debut with the main squad, in a League Cup match against Gil Vicente, coming on as a late substitute in the 1–0 home win.[4] Benfica went on to win the competition on that year.
Valencia
On 20 August 2014, he joined Valencia on a one-year loan deal.[5]
He debuted in his new team on 25 September 2014, against Córdoba at an eventual 3–0 home win.[6]
International career
He represented Portugal U19 in the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.[7]
In the following year, he represented Portugal again at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship [8] and in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup reaching the Round of 16.
He represented Portugal at the 2014 Toulon Tournament.[9]
Club statistics
- As of match played 21 April 2015.
| Club | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica B | 2012–13 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| 2013–14 | 31 | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 3 | — | — | — | 51 | 3 | ||||
| Benfica | 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Valencia | 2014–15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 62 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3 | |
Honours
- Benfica
References
- ↑ "Nélson Oliveira e Cancelo titulares" [Nélson Oliveira and Cancelo on the starting eleven]. Jornal Noticias. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ "Vieira confirma João Cancelo para a lateral-direita" [Vieira confirms João Cancelo for right-back]. Jornal Noticias. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ "Benfica garante título nacional de juniores com "bis" de João Cancelo" [Benfica gains portuguese juniors title with a brace from João Cancelo]. Expresso. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "Benfica 1-0 Gil Vicente". Zerozero.pt. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ "Comunicado Oficial: Joao Cancelo". Valencia CF website (in Spanish). 20 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ Alcácer, Gayà y Feghouli traen el liderato; Superdeporte, 26 September 2014
- ↑ "Convocatória de Portugal" [Squad for the U19 European Championship]. Mais Futebol. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ "Sub-19: Rui Silva substitui José Costa" [Sub-19: Rui Silva replaces José Costa] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "Sub-20: Ilídio Vale convoca 20 para o Torneio de Toulon" (in Portuguese). Record. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
External links
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- Valencia CF official profile
- João Cancelo profile at ForaDeJogo
- João Cancelo career statistics at Soccerbase
- João Cancelo profile at Soccerway
- João Cancelo – UEFA competition record
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