João Laranjeira

{{short description|Portuguese footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{No footnotes|date=June 2023|BLP=true}}{{Infobox football biography

|name = João Laranjeira

|fullname = João Gonçalves Laranjeira

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|09|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

|position = Centre-back

|youthyears1 = 1968–1970

|youthclubs1 = Sporting

| years1 = 1970–1979 | years2 = 1979–1982 | years3 =1982–1983

| clubs1 = Sporting | clubs2 = Benfica | clubs3 =Amora

| caps1 = 151 | goals1 = 2 | caps2 = 42 | goals2 = 2 | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 0

|totalcaps= 210 |totalgoals= 4

|nationalyears1 =1972–1980

|nationalteam1 = Portugal

|nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

João Gonçalves Laranjeira (born 28 September 1951 in Lisbon) is a former Portuguese footballer who played for Sporting, Benfica and Amora F.C. in the Portuguese Liga, as central defender.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Laranjeira gained 12 caps for the Portugal national team.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}