João Mário Eduardo

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João Mário Eduardo
Personal information
Full name:	João Mário Naval da Costa Eduardo
Date of birth:	19 January 1993 (1993-01-19)
Place of birth:	Porto, Portugal
Height:	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position:	Midfielder (Central)
Club information
Current club	Benfica
Number:	20
Youth clubs
2002–2004 2004–2012	Porto Sporting CP
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2011–2016 2012–2013 2014 2016–2021 2018 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021–	Sporting CP Sporting B → Vitória Setúbal (loan) Inter Milan → West Ham United (loan) → Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) → Sporting CP (loan) Benfica	065 0(11) 044 00(2) 015 00(0) 064 00(4) 013 00(2) 018 00(1) 028 00(2) 028 00(3)
National team
2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2010–2012 2012–2013 2013–2015 2014–	Portugal U15 Portugal U16 Portugal U17 Portugal U18 Portugal U19 Portugal U20 Portugal U21 Portugal	003 00(0) 009 00(3) 017 00(4) 009 00(1) 017 00(2) 014 00(1) 013 00(3) 0050 00(2)

João Mário Naval da Costa Eduardo (19 January 1993 in Porto), short-form João Mário, is a Portuguese football player, who currently playa for Benfica. He serves as a central midfielder, although he played in his youth as right winger. João Mário is known for his solid passing ability, combined with a keen eye to tackle at the right time. One of his weaknesses are aerial duels.

João Mário went through several u-nationalteams and is, since 2014, regurlaly appointed for the first Portugal national football team.

Career

In Club

João Mário was in the youth in his hometown Porto, before joining the acadamy of Sporting Clube de Portugal. On the 14th December 2011, he made his professional debut in the group stage of Europa League as a substitute, in a 0-2-loss to Lazio. Throughout the 2012-13 season, he mainly played in the second team Sporting B. However on 10 February 2013 the club used him for the first time in a Primeira Liga-Match. Because he never gained attention in the first half of the 2013-14 season, he signed on loan for league-rival Vitória S.C.. There he was able to fight for a first squad position and graduated 15 appearances. He returned to Sporting at the start of the 2014-15-Season. Since 2016 he's one of the most important defenders in Sportings team.

External links

• Stats and biography at Wiki Sporting (Portuguese)
• João Mário Eduardo at National-Football-Teams.com
• João Mário Eduardo – UEFA competition record

Portugal – UEFA Euro 2016 – Winners

1. Patrício 2. B. Alves 3. Pepe 4. Fonte 5. Guerreiro 6. Carvalho 7. C. Ronaldo 8. Moutinho 9. Éder 10. J. Mário 11. Vieirinha 12. Lopes 13. Danilo 14. William 15. Gomes 16. Sanches 17. Nani 18. Rafa 19. Eliseu 20. Quaresma 21. Cédric 22. Eduardo 23. Adrien Manager:   Fernando Santos

Portugal – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Patrício 2. Alves 3. Pepe 4. M. Fernandes 5. Guerreiro 6. Fonte 7. Ronaldo 8. Moutinho 9. A. Silva 10. João Mário 11. B. Silva 12. Lopes 13. Dias 14. William 15. Ricardo 16. B. Fernandes 17. Guedes 18. Gelson 19. Rui 20. Quaresma 21. Cédric 22. Beto 23. Adrien Manager:   Fernando Santos