João Félix

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This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Félix and the second is Sequeira.
João Félix
Félix with Atlético Madrid in 2019
Personal information
Full name João Félix Sequeira[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Viseu, Portugal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward / Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chelsea
(on loan from Atlético Madrid)
Number 11
Youth career
2007–2008 Os Pestinhas
2008–2015 Porto
2014–2015 → Padroense (loan)
2015–2018 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Benfica B 30 (7)
2018–2019 Benfica 26 (15)
2019– Atlético Madrid 96 (25)
2023– → Chelsea (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2017 Portugal U18 2 (2)
2018 Portugal U19 2 (0)
2017–2018 Portugal U21 10 (4)
2019– Portugal 28 (4)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA Nations League
Winner 2019
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:03, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:25, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

João Félix Sequeira (born 10 November 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer/soccer player. He plays as a forward for Premier League club Chelsea, on loan from La Liga club Atlético Madrid, and the Portugal national team. At 18, he became the youngest ever player to score a hat-trick in the UEFA Europa League. As of January 20th, he is on suspension for recklessly tackling one of the opposing players. He will be returning on February 11th 2023.

Club[change | change source]

As of match played 3 October 2020
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 2016–17[4] LigaPro 13 3 — — — — 13 3
2017–18[4] 17 4 — — — — 17 4
Total 30 7 — — — — 30 7
Benfica 2018–19[4][5] Primeira Liga 26 15 6 1 2 1 9[c] 3 — 43 20
Atlético Madrid 2019–20[4] La Liga 27 6 1 0 — 6[d] 3 2[e] 0 36 9
2020–21[4] 3 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 3 1
Total 30 7 1 0 — 6 3 2 0 39 10
Career total 86 29 7 1 2 1 15 6 2 0 112 37
  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal and Copa del Rey
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearances in Supercopa de España

International[change | change source]

As of match played 10 December 2022[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2019 5 0
2020 8 3
2021 7 0
2022 8 1
Total 28 4
As of match played 10 December 2022
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Félix goal[6]
List of international goals scored by João Félix
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 5 September 2020 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal 6  Croatia 3–0 4–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A [7]
2 11 November 2020 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 11  Andorra 7–0 7–0 Friendly [8]
3 17 November 2020 Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia 13  Croatia 2–1 3–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A [9]
4 24 November 2022 Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar 25  Ghana 2–1 3–2 2022 FIFA World Cup [10]

Honours[change | change source]

Benfica

Atletico Madrid

Portugal

Individual

Notes[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 01 de marzo de 2020, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 1 March 2020, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "João Félix". ESPN. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "João Félix". Atlético Madrid. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "João Félix: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  5. ↑ For Taça de Portugal third round: "Sertanense-Benfica, 0–3". Record (in Portuguese). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 João Félix at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ↑ "Portugal vs. Croatia 4–1: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Portugal vs. Andorra 7–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Croatia vs. Portugal 2–3: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Portugal vs. Ghana 3–2: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Joao Felix: I'm still an Atletico Madrid player and I'm happy". Marca. Madrid. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "João Félix é eleito melhor jogador da época no At. Madrid e deixa... recado". Record. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "João Félix recebe prémio" [João Félix receives an award]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 5 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "João Félix eleito jogador do mes no atletico" [João Félix elected Atletico player of the Month of December]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "Melhores de janeiro: João Félix e Pedro Henrique em destaque" [Best of January: João Félix and Pedro Henrique in evidence] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "Sindicato também distingue João Félix" [Syndicate also distinguish João Félix]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 14 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  17. ↑ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2018/19 Season". UEFA. 30 May 2019.
  18. ↑ "Bruno Fernandes eleito futebolista da I Liga pelos associados do CNID" [Bruno Fernandes voted footballer of I League by CNID members]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 21 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  19. ↑ "João Félix eleito Jogador Jovem do Ano de 2018/2019" [João Félix elected 2018–19 Young Player of the Year]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  20. ↑ "Os Globos de Ouro foram para..." [The Golden Globes went to...] (in Portuguese). SIC Notícias. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  21. ↑ A Bola TV. Entrevista a João Félix- Jogador do ano para o jornal A BOLA. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via YouTube.
  22. ↑ "Il profilo del Golden Boy João Félix: il predestinato" [The profile of the Golden Boy João Félix: the predestined] (in Italian). Tuttosport. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  23. ↑ "Cristiano Ronaldo e João Félix ganham Globe Soccer Awards". Jornal de Notícias. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  24. ↑ "Joao Felix named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for November". La Liga. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  25. ↑ "João Felix named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for March". La Liga. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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