Lourenço (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lourenço

| image =

| fullname = João Paulo Ferreira Lourenço{{Soccerway|joao-paulo-ferreira-lourenco/478727}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|9|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Belo Horizonte, Brazil

| height = 1.69m

| position = Winger

| currentclub = Ceará

| clubnumber = 97

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Avaí

| years1 = 2017–2022 | clubs1 = Avaí | caps1 = 151 | goals1 = 9

| years2 = 2020–2021 | clubs2 = → Santa Cruz (loan) | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2022 | clubs3 = CSA | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2023 | clubs4 = Vila Nova | caps4 = 43 | goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2024– | clubs5 = Ceará | caps5 = 38 | goals5 = 6

| club-update = 24 November 2024

}}

João Paulo Ferreira Lourenço (born 7 September 1997), simply known as Lourenço is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ceará, as a winger.

Club career

Born in Belo Horizonte, Lourenço graduated from the youth academy of Avaí. On 19 March 2017, he made his first team debut in a 4–1 defeat against Metropolitano.{{cite web|title=Avaí goleia o Metropolitano por 4 a 1 e mostra força na briga pelo returno [Avaí thrashes the Metropolitan by 4 to 1 and shows strength in the fight for the return]|url=http://dc.clicrbs.com.br/sc/esportes/avai/noticia/2017/03/avai-goleia-o-metropolitano-por-4-a-1-e-mostra-forca-na-briga-pelo-returno-9751726.html|publisher=DC|accessdate=9 May 2018|language=Portuguese|date=19 March 2017}} On 20 November, he scored his first professional goal for the club in a 2–1 league victory against Palmeiras.{{cite web|title=Lourenço vibra com 1º gol e aposta no potencial do Avaí para escapar da queda [Lourenço vibrates with first goal and bet on Avaí's potential to escape the fall]|url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/sc/futebol/times/avai/noticia/lourenco-vibra-com-1-gol-e-aposta-no-potencial-do-avai-para-escapar-da-queda.ghtml|publisher=Globo Esporte|accessdate=9 May 2018|language=Portuguese|date=22 November 2018}}

On 17 March 2018, Lourenço scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory against Fluminense in Copa do Brasil.{{cite web|title=Autor de gol contra o Flu, Lourenço define Avaí: "Grupo que transborda vontade de vencer" [Author of goal against Flu, Lourenço defines Avaí: "Group that overflows will to win"]|url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/sc/futebol/times/avai/noticia/autor-de-gol-contra-o-flu-lourenco-define-avai-grupo-que-transborda-vontade-de-vencer.ghtml|publisher=Globo Esporte|accessdate=9 May 2018|language=Portuguese|date=17 March 2018}}

Club statistics

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
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Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="3"\|Avaí \|2017 \|Série A \|10	1	8	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	1Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga	0	19	1
2018 \|Série B \|5	0	12	0	2	1	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	19	1
2019 \|Série A \|24	0	12	0	3	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	39	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !39	1	32	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	77	2