João Pedro (footballer, born 2001)

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João Pedro
Personal information
Full name João Pedro Junqueira Jesus[1]
Date of birth (2001-09-26) 26 September 2001 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 9
Youth career
2011–2019 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Fluminense 29 (5)
2020–2023 Watford 104 (23)
2023– Brighton & Hove Albion 8 (2)
International career
2023– Brazil U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:05, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

João Pedro Junqueira Jesus (born 26 September 2001), known as João Pedro, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

Early and personal life

João Pedro was born in Ribeirão Preto to parents Flavia Junqueira and José João de Jesus, more commonly known as Chicão, a professional footballer for Botafogo. Chicão was jailed for sixteen years in 2002, serving eight, for being an accessory to murder. By the time of Chicão's imprisonment, he and Junqueira had separated.[3]

Club career

Fluminense

João Pedro joined the youth system of Fluminense, and his mother moved with him to Rio de Janeiro. As he moved through the club's academy he switched from being a defensive midfielder, like his father, to an attacking midfielder, and then a striker.[3] On 19 October 2018, before he had even made his senior debut, Premier League club Watford agreed a deal to sign João Pedro in January 2020 on a five-year contract.[4] On 28 March 2019, João Pedro made his senior debut for Fluminense as a stoppage-time substitute in a 2–1 loss to arch-rivals Flamengo in the Campeonato Carioca.[5] A month later on 29 April, he made his league debut as a late substitute in the 1–0 loss to Goiás.[6] He then proceeded to fire seven goals in his next four games, including a hat trick in a 4–1 Copa Sudamericana victory against Atlético Nacional.[7]

Watford

On 30 October 2019, it was announced that he had received his UK work permit and would sign for Watford in January 2020.[8] He scored his first goal for Watford in a 1–0 win over Luton Town on 26 September 2020,[9] his 19th birthday. He then scored a long-range goal on 16 October 2020 in Watford's win over Derby County.

João Pedro scored his first Premier League goal against Manchester United on 20 November 2021. He dedicated the goal to his late stepfather, Carlos Junior. On 15 January 2022, João Pedro scored the equalizer against Newcastle United in the 88th minute. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[10]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 5 May 2023, Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion confirmed the acquisition of Pedro from Watford, with the transfer fee undisclosed,[11] but reported to be in the region of a club-record £30 million fee.[12] He made his debut in the opening game of the season on 12 August, starting the match and later scoring from the spot in the 4–1 home win over Premier League newcomers Luton Town.[13] Pedro scored Brighton's first ever European goals on 21 September, netting two from the spot in the eventual 3–2 home Europa League loss against Greek champions AEK Athens.[14]

International career

On 19 August 2023, Pedro was called up for the Brazil Olympic Football Team.[15] Pedro would make his Brazil debut as an 84th minute substitute in a 1–0 loss against Morocco.

Career statistics

As of match played 8 October 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league[lower-alpha 1] National cup[lower-alpha 2] League cup[lower-alpha 3] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fluminense 2019 Série A 25 4 4 1 4 2 — 4[lower-alpha 4] 3 37 10
Watford 2019–20 Premier League 3 0 — 2 0 0 0 — 5 0
2020–21 Championship 38 9 — 1 0 1 0 — 40 9
2021–22 Premier League 28 3 — 1 1 0 0 — 29 4
2022–23 Championship 35 11 — 0 0 0 0 — 35 11
Total 104 23 — 4 1 1 0 — 109 24
Brighton & Hove Albion 2023–24 Premier League 8 2 — 0 0 1 0 2[lower-alpha 5] 3 11 5
Career total 137 29 4 1 9 3 1 0 6 6 156 39

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External links

  • João Pedro at the Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. website
  • João Pedro at Premier League
  • João Pedro at FootballDatabase.euLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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  • João Pedro at Soccerway
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  16. ↑ João Pedro at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2019.


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