João Pedro (footballer, born 1999)
{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = João Pedro Mendes Santos
| image = João Pedro Mendes Santos Footballer.jpg
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|9|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Diadema, Brazil
| height = 1.85m
| currentclub = Kyoto Sanga
(on loan from Vitória)
| clubnumber = 6
| position = Defensive midfielder
| youthyears1 = 2009–2014 | youthclubs1 = São Paulo
| youthyears2 = 2014–2015 | youthclubs2 = Red Bull Brasil
| youthyears3 = 2016 | youthclubs3 = Água Santa
| youthyears4 = 2017–2019 | youthclubs4 = Santo André
| years1 = 2019–2020 | clubs1 = Santo André | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2020–2021 | clubs2 = Portuguesa Santista | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021 | clubs3 = → Vitória (loan) | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2022– | clubs4 = Vitória | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2023 | clubs5 = → Brusque (loan) | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2023 | clubs6 = → Tombense (loan) | caps6 = 28 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2024 | clubs7 = → CRB (loan) | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2025– | clubs8 = → Kyoto Sanga (loan) | caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 1
| club-update = 12:34, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
}}
João Pedro Mendes Santos (born 3 September 1999), known as João Pedro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Kyoto Sanga, on loan from Vitória. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a central defender.
Club career
Born in Diadema, São Paulo, João Pedro began his career with São Paulo in 2009, aged ten. Five years later, he moved to Red Bull Brasil, and subsequently represented Água Santa and Santo André as a youth.
João Pedro made his senior debut with Santo André on 13 September 2019, starting in a 2–0 Copa Paulista home win over Inter de Limeira. In June 2020, he moved to Portuguesa Santista,{{cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/sp/santos-e-regiao/noticia/volante-joao-pedro-projeta-estreia-da-portuguesa-santista-na-copa-paulista-vamos-chegar-fortes.ghtml|title=Volante João Pedro projeta estreia da Portuguesa Santista na Copa Paulista: "Vamos chegar fortes"|trans-title=Defensive midfielder João Pedro projects debut of Portuguesa Santista in the Copa Paulista: "We will be there strong"|publisher=ge|language=pt-BR|date=7 October 2020|accessdate=3 December 2021}} and scored his first goal on 11 November of that year by netting the opener in a 1–2 loss at São Bernardo.
On 15 February 2021, João Pedro was loaned to Série B side Vitória, with a buyout clause.{{cite web|url=https://ecvitoria.com.br/contratado-7/|title=Contratado|trans-title=Signed|publisher=EC Vitória|language=pt-BR|date=15 February 2021|accessdate=3 December 2021}} He made his club debut two days later, starting in a 3–3 Campeonato Baiano away draw against UNIRB.{{cite web|url=https://atarde.uol.com.br/esportes/vitoria/noticias/2158282-em-duelo-de-seis-gols-vitoria-empata-com-o-unirb-na-estreia-do-baianao|title=Em duelo de seis gols, Vitória empata com o Unirb na estreia do Baianão|trans-title=In a six-goal match, Vitória draw with Unirb in the debut of the Baianão|publisher=Jornal A Tarde|language=pt-BR|date=17 February 2021|accessdate=3 December 2021|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203220715/https://atarde.uol.com.br/esportes/vitoria/noticias/2158282-em-duelo-de-seis-gols-vitoria-empata-com-o-unirb-na-estreia-do-baianao|url-status=dead}}
On 2 December 2021, despite suffering team relegation, Vitória exercised the buyout clause on João Pedro's contract, and he signed a contract with the club until 2024.{{cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/ba/futebol/times/vitoria/noticia/joao-pedro-tem-novo-contrato-com-o-vitoria-publicado-no-bid-e-fica-ate-fim-de-2024.ghtml|title=João Pedro tem novo contrato com o Vitória publicado no BID e fica até fim de 2024|trans-title=João Pedro has new contract with Vitória published at the BID and stays until the end of 2024|publisher=ge|language=pt-BR|date=2 December 2021|accessdate=3 December 2021}}
On 27 November 2024, Vitória loaned the player to a Japanese team Kyoto Sanga, with a buyout clause, for playing the year of 2025.{{cite web|url=https://atarde.com.br/esportes/ecvitoria/volante-do-vitoria-e-especulado-no-futebol-internacional-1297282|title=Volante do Vitória é especulado no futebol internacional|trans-title=Vitória midfielder linked with a move abroad|publisher=atarde|language=pt-BR|date=27 November 2024|accessdate=27 November 2024}}
Career statistics
{{updated|27 February 2024}}{{Soccerway|joao-pedro-mendes-santos/615464|João Pedro|accessdate=3 December 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|State League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| valign="center"|Santo André
|2019 |colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| valign="center"|Portuguesa Santista
|2020 |Paulista A2 |colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| rowspan="4" valign="center"|Vitória
|2021 |21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2022
|16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2023
|Série B |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!37 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | 74 | 0 | ||
| valign="center"|Brusque (loan)
|2023 |Série C |0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 0 | |||
| valign="center"|Tombense (loan)
|2023 |Série B |28 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 1 | |||||
| valign="center"|CRB (loan)
|2024 |Série B |0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| valign="center"|Kyoto Sanga (loan) | 2025
|J-League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!65 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 137 | 3 |
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References
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{{Clube de Regatas Brasil squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Diadema
Category:Brazilian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
Category:Esporte Clube Santo André players
Category:Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players
Category:Esporte Clube Vitória players
Category:Brusque Futebol Clube players
Category:Tombense Futebol Clube players