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| João Mário Eduardo | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | João Mário Naval da Costa Eduardo | |
| Date of birth | 19 January 1993 | |
| Place of birth | Porto,  Portugal
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 101⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder (Central) | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Benfica
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| Number | 20 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2002–2004 2004–2012 |
Porto Sporting CP
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| 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
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65 (11) 44 (2) 15 (0) 64 (4) 13 (2) 18 (1) 28 (2) 28 (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
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3 (0) 9 (3) 17 (4) 9 (1) 17 (2) 14 (1) 13 (3) 50 (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
| S.L. Benfica squad - 2023–24 |
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2 Gilberto • 3 Grimaldo • 4 Veríssimo • 6 Bah • 7 Neres • 8 Aursnes • 13 Fernández • 20 J. Mário • 22 Chiquinho • 23 Ristić • 24 Soares • 25 Brooks • 27 Rafa • 30 Otamendi (c) • 31 Dias • 33 Musa • 34 Almeida • 38 J. Victor • 39 Araújo • 55 Bernardo • 61 Florentino • 66 A. Silva • 77 Leite • 87 Neves • 88 Ramos • 91 Morato • 93 Draxler • 96 Moreira • 99 Vlachodimos • Manager: Roger Schmidt |
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| Portugal – UEFA Euro 2016 – Winners |
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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: |
| Portugal – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16 |
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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
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