João Pedro (born 2001)

General

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João Pedro
Personal information
Full name:	João Pedro Junqueira de Jesus
Date of birth:	26 September 2001 (2001-09-26)
Place of birth:	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position:	Forward
Club information
Current club	Brighton & Hove Albion
Number:	9
Youth clubs
2011–2019	Fluminense
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2019 2020–2023 2023–	Fluminense Watford Brighton & Hove Albion	029 00(5) 104 0(23) 034 0(11)
National team
2023– 2023–	Brazil U23 Brazil	001 00(0) 001 00(0)

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 and the Brazil national team.

Career

On 19 October 2018, before he had even made his senior debut, Premier League club Watford agreed a deal to sign Pedro in January 2020 on a five-year contract. On 28 March 2019, 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 the Copa Sudamericana. On 30 October 2019 it was announced that he had received his UK work permit and would sign for Watford in January 2020.

External links

• João Pedro at Soccerway

• João Pedro profile at Transfermarkt