João Cancelo
(João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo)
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Born
1994 (32 years old)
Barreiro, PortugalPosition
Right-Back
Status
Active
Ethnicity
White
Team Number
20
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
73 kg (161 lb)
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Right
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Barcelona
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Portugal
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Spanish La Liga
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João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo (born 27 May 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or left-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the Portugal national team.
After coming through Benfica's youth academy, Cancelo began playing for the club's reserve team in 2012 and was promoted to the first team two years later. He was subsequently loaned to La Liga club Valencia during the 2014–15 season, before the move was made permanent in 2015. Cancelo was on loan to Serie A team Inter Milan during the 2017–18 season, in which he was included in Serie A's Team of the Year. Cancelo's performances sparked the interest of Italian rivals Juventus, who signed him in 2018 for a reported fee of €40.4 million. During his stint with Juventus, Cancelo won the league and the Supercoppa Italiana in his first and only season.
In 2019, Cancelo was signed by English club Manchester City. He went on to win three Premier League titles and the EFL Cup with the club. In the 2020–21 season, he played a significant role in Manchester City reaching their first UEFA Champions League final. Over the following seasons, Cancelo was loaned to Bayern Munich, winning a Bundesliga title, and Barcelona, before signing for Al-Hilal in 2024.
Cancelo made his senior debut for Portugal in 2016 after previously being capped by the nations's all youth team levels, winning 75 caps and scoring three goals overall. He was also part of Portugal's under-21 team that reached the 2015 UEFA European Championship final. He was chosen in Portugal's squad for the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals on home soil, winning the inaugural edition of the competition with his nation.
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 Spanish La Liga |  Barcelona | 2025-2026 | |
 English Premier League |  Manchester City | 2022-2023 | |
 German Bundesliga |  Bayern Munich | 2022-2023 | |
 FIFA FIFPro World XI | Bayern Munich | 2022 | |
| English Premier League | Manchester City | 2021-2022 | |
 English Football League Cup | Manchester City | 2020-2021 | |
| English Premier League | Manchester City | 2020-2021 | |
 Italian Serie A |  Valencia | 2018-2019 | |
 Italian Supercoppa Italiana | Valencia | 2018 | |
 Portuguese Taça da Liga |  Benfica B | 2013-2014 | |
 Portuguese Primeira Liga | Benfica B | 2013-2014 |
Milestones
 UEFA Champions League Player Of The Match | Barcelona | 2023-11-28 | |
 LaLiga Goal Of The Month | Barcelona | 2023-10-06 | |
 English Premier League Player Of The Match | Manchester City | 2022-10-08 |
Former Youth Teams
 Benfica | 2007-2012 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
 Benfica B | 2012-2014 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Benfica | 2014-2015 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Valencia | 2014-2015 | Loan | - | - | |
 Portugal U21 | 2014-2017 | International | - | - | |
| Valencia | 2015-2018 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Inter | 2017-2018 | Loan | - | - | |
 Juventus | 2018-2019 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Manchester City | 2019-2024 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Bayern Munich | 2023 | Loan | - | - | |
| Barcelona | 2023-2024 | Loan | - | - |
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Contracts
| Juventus | 2018-2023 | - |
| Manchester City | 2019-2027 | - |
| Barcelona | 2023-2024 | - |
| Manchester City | 2024-2027 | - |
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| Assists | English Premier League | 2022-2023 | 1 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2022-2023 | 2 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2022-2023 | 17 |
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| Assists | English Premier League | 2020-2021 | 4 |
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| Goals | English Premier League | 2020-2021 | 2 |
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| Appearances | English Premier League | 2020-2021 | 28 |
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