João Cancelo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Portuguese association football player
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Place of Birth: Barreiro, Setúbal District, Portugal
About João Cancelo
- João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo (European Portuguese: [?u'?~w k?~'selu]; born 27 May 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Manchester City and the Portugal national team.
- Mainly a right back, he can also play as a right winger or a left back. After coming through Benfica's youth academy, Cancelo began playing for the club's reserve side 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, with Los Ches making the move permanent in the summer of 2015.
- Cancelo was on loan at the 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 Bianconeri, Cancelo won the league and the Supercoppa Italiana in his first and only season.
- In 2019, he was signed by English club Manchester City, in a transfer worth an initial €30 million (£27.4 million).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 latter tournament.
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