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João Cancelo
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Portuguese association football player
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João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo, known as João Cancelo, is a Portuguese association football player born on 27 May 1994 in Barreiro. He plays as a full-back, specifically at right-back, and represents Portugal in international competition. His career began in 2012.
Throughout his professional career, Cancelo has been a member of several sports teams, including S.L. Benfica, S.L. Benfica B, Valencia CF, and the Portugal national under-16 football team. He is also associated with Al-Hilal. Standing 182 centimeters tall and weighing 66 kilograms, he speaks Portuguese as his native language.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Al-Hilal
- Position
- Right-Back
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pedro
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Barreiro
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- FC Barcelona
- Position played
- full-back
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Mass
- 66
- Image
- João Cancelo USMNT v Portugal Mar 31 2026-30 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 182
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1994-05-27
- Commons category
- João Cancelo
- sport number
- 20
- birth name
- João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
- name in native language
- João Cancelo
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:08, 23 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:17, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo (born 27 May 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back for La Liga club Barcelona, on loan from Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal, and the Portugal national team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “João Cancelo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.