Name
João Pedro

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Born
2001 (22 years old)

Birth Place
Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Position
Centre-Forward

Status
Active

Ethnicity


Team Number
9

Height
182 cm

Weight
70 kg

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Kit

adidas Predator 19.1

Side
Right

Agent
Proeleven Gestão Desportiva

Market Value
£30m

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Sport
Soccer

Team
Brighton

2nd Team


League
English Premier League

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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.
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.

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. 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. 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. A month later on 29 April, he made his league debut as a late substitute in the 1–0 loss to Goiás. 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.

On 30 October 2019, it was announced that he had received his UK work permit and would sign for Watford in January 2020. He scored his first goal for Watford in a 1–0 win over Luton Town on 26 September 2020, 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.


Season Stats
16 appearances in the current 2023-2024 Season
14 goals scored in the current 2023-2024 Season


Career Honours


Career Milestones


Premier League Player Of The Match
2023-11-25


Former Youth Teams


Former Senior Teams

2019-2020

2020-2023


Former Club Staff


Contracts

2020-2022

2023-2028


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