João Cancelo

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This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Cavaco and the second is Cancelo.

João Cancelo
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Cancelo playing for Valencia in 2015
Personal information
Full name João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Barreiro, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Full back
Club information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2007 Barreirense
2007–2012 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Benfica B 51 (3)
2014–2015 Benfica 1 (0)
2014–2015 → Valencia (loan) 10 (0)
2015–2018 Valencia 64 (2)
2017–2018 → Inter Milan (loan) 26 (1)
2018–2019 Juventus 25 (1)
2019– Manchester City 56 (2)
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)
2014–2017 Portugal U21 11 (1)
2016– Portugal 30 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:28, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:40, 12 October 2021

João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo (born 27 May 1994) is a Portuguese football player. He plays as either a right back, left back, or right winger for Premier League club Manchester City and the Portugal national team.

Club career[change | change source]

Benfica[change | change source]

Cancelo was born in Barreiro, which is a city in the District of Setúbal. He joined SL Benfica's youth academy in 2007.

He made his debut for Benfica on July 28, 2012. The match was a friendly match against Gil Vicente.[3] Despite being registered with the reserve team, he was talked about as a possible replacement to Maxi Pereira.[4] He made his professional debut on January 25, 2014. The match was a Taça da Liga 3rd round match against Gil Vicente, where he came on as a substitute for André Almeida in the 82nd minute.[5] His only league match for Benfica was a 2-1 loss against FC Porto. [6]

Valencia[change | change source]

Cancelo joined Valencia on August 20, 2014 on a one year loan, with an option to buy for €15 million.[7] He made his La Liga debut on September 25 2014, in a 3-0 win against Córdoba.[8] He was awarded the man of the match on April 12, 2015, after a 3-0 win against Levante.[9][10] He only made 13 appearances in the 2014-15 season, as he was mainly the backup of Antonio Barragán. On May 25, Cancelo agreed a permanant contract with Valencia until June 30, 2021. The transfer fee was €15 million.[11][12][13][14]

On September 16, 2015, Cancelo made his UEFA Champions League debut. The match was a 3-2 loss against Zenit Saint Petersburg, where he scored 1 goal. The goal made him the 5th youngest Champions League scorer, aged 21 years and 107 days old. [15] On April 20, 2016, he would score his first league goal for Valenica. The match was a 4-0 win against Eibar.

Loan to Inter Milan[change | change source]

On August 22, 2017, Cancelo joined Inter Milan on a one-year loan until June 30, 2018, with an option to make the transfer permanent.[16] The deal also saw Geoffrey Kondogbia join Valencia on loan.[17] He made his Serie A debut on August 26, 2017 in a 3-1 win against AS Roma.[18] He would suffer a knee ligament injury in late August 2017, while on international duty.[19] His first game back from injury was a 3-2 win on October 15, 2018 against AC Milan.[20]He was a member of the 2017-18 Serie A Team of the Year[21][22][23] After the season, Inter Milan decided to not make the loan permanent.[24]

Juventus[change | change source]

On June 27, 2018, Juventus signed João Cancelo on a 5-year contract for €40.4 million.[25] He made his Juventus debut on August 18, in a 3-2 win against ChievoVerona.[26] He won his first trophy with Juventus on January 16, 2019, when Juventus beat AC Milan 1-0 in the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana.[27][28][29] He would play in the Scudetto-winning match, where Juventus won 2-1 against Fiorentina.[30]

Manchester City[change | change source]

On 7 August 2019, Cancelo joined English Premier League champions Manchester City. The deal was a six-year deal worth £27.4 million, with Danilo joining Juventus as part of the deal, equalling to £60 million. This made João Cancelo the most expensive right-back ever.[31][32] He made his Premier League debut on August 25, 2019 in a 3-1 win against Bournemouth, where he came on as a substitute for Kyle Walker. He scored his first goal for Manchester City on December 18, 2019, in a 3–1 win against Oxford United in the EFL Cup quarter-finals.[33]

He made his first start of the 2020-21 season on October 17, 2020 due to injury.The match was a 1–0 win against Arsenal. On November 3, 2020, Cancelo scored his first Champions League goal for Manchester City in a 3–0 win against Greek team Olympiacos.[34] His first league goal of the season happened on January 26, 2021. In that match, Cancelo scored the 2nd goal in a 5–0 win against West Bromwich Albion.[35] He was named in the 2020-21 PFA Team of the Year.[36][37]


On October 17, 2021, Cancelo scored his first goal of the season for Manchester City. The goal was scored in a 6–3 win against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League group stage.[38] On November 3rd, Cancelo provided a hat-trick of assists in a 4–1 win against Club Brugge in the Champions League group stage.[39]

International career[change | change source]

Cancelo playing for the Portugal U-19s in 2012

Cancelo represented Portugal at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship[40] and at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Lithuania.[41]

With the Portugal under-20s, Cancelo appeared at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and at the 2014 Toulon Tournament.[42]

Cancelo was part of the Portugal under-21 squad that played in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. His only appearence in the tournament was as a substitute for Raphaël Guerreiro in the semi-finals. The match was a 5-0 win against Germany.[43]

Cancelo was called up to the Portugal national team for the first time on August 26, 2016.[44] In his first mach for Portugal, he scored the 3rd goal in a 5-0 friendly win against Gibraltar.[45] In May 2018, Cancelo was included in the preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[46] but he did not make the final team.[47]

On May 20, 2021, it was confirmed that Cancelo was selected for Portugual's Euro 2020 squad.[48] However, he had to withdraw due to testing positive for COVID-19.[49]

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

As of match played 18 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2012–13[50] Segunda Liga 20 2 — — — — 20 2
2013–14[50] Segunda Liga 31 1 — — — — 31 1
Total 51 3 — — — — 51 3
Benfica 2012–13[50] Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2013–14[50] Primeira Liga 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 0
Valencia 2014–15[50] La Liga 10 0 3 0 — — — 13 0
2015–16[50] La Liga 28 1 4 1 — 7[c] 1 — 39 3
2016–17[50] La Liga 35 1 3 0 — — — 38 1
2017–18[50] La Liga 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 74 2 10 1 — 7 1 — 91 4
Inter Milan (loan) 2017–18[50] Serie A 26 1 2 0 — — — 28 1
Juventus 2018–19[50] Serie A 25 1 1 0 — 7[d] 0 1[e] 0 34 1
Manchester City 2019–20[51] Premier League 17 0 4 0 4 1 8[d] 0 0 0 33 1
2020–21[50] Premier League 28 2 3 0 3 0 9[d] 1 — 43 3
2021–22[50] Premier League 11 0 0 0 1 0 4[d] 2 1[f] 0 43 3
Total 56 2 7 0 8 1 21 3 1 0 93 6
Career total 233 9 20 1 9 1 35 4 2 0 298 15
  1. ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga, EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, one in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  6. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield

International[change | change source]

As of match played 9 June 2021.[52]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal
2016 4 3
2017 2 0
2018 6 0
2019 4 0
2020 7 1
2021 7 1
Total 27 5

International goals[change | change source]

As of match played 8 September 2020. Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Cancelo goal.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 1 September 2016 Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal  Gibraltar 3–0 5–0 Friendly
2 7 October 2016 Estádio Municipal, Aveiro, Portugal  Andorra 3–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 10 October 2016 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands 6–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 5 September 2020 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal  Croatia 1–0 4–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A [53]
5 9 June 2021 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal  Israel 3–0 4–0 Friendly [54]

Honours[change | change source]

Benfica

Juventus[50]

Manchester City

Portugal U21

Portugal

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Comunicato ufficiale N. 59" [Official press release No. 59] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 2 October 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "João Cancelo: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Gomes, José Pedro (28 July 2012). "Nélson Oliveira e Cancelo titulares" [Nélson Oliveira and Cancelo start]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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