Joao Pedro Cavaco Cancelo or famously known as Joao Cancelo, is a professional football player who plays primarily as a right-back but can also play as a winger. He has represented Portuguese in their youth levels and has played for the senior team since 2016.
The Portuguese defender is currently playing for Premier League club Manchester City. Since August 7, 2019, Cancelo has been playing for Manchester City, and before coming into his current team, Cancelo played for Juventus.
Joao is currently engaged to Daniela Machado. The couple dated for several years before getting engaged. The footballer announced his engagement with Machado in July 2021. He shared some moments of their engagement by sharing images on Instagram.
Joao Cancelo with his daughter SOURCE: Instagram @jpcancelo Besides that, Cancelo and his fiance also have a child, a daughter named Alicia born in 2019. Further, Daniela is the sister of Joao Cancelo, a former Benfica player and Portuguese international. Besides his love for football, he is quite fond of dogs as well.
Joao Cancelo gets paid £180,000 per week and £9,360,000 per year while playing for Man City. Besides, Cancelo is estimated to have a net worth of around $18 million. His current market value is in the region of €70 million. Moreover, Cancelo's deal with his current club is €65 million.
Joao Cancelo lives a lavish life SOURCE: Instagram @jpcancelo In the past, Cancelo also played for multiple teams, including Valencia FC. His annual salary in Valencia FC during the 2015-16 season was £500,000. He reportedly had a yearly salary of €2 million in a year last season. And working with Nike, Cancelo may earn a fair profit.
His primary source of income is mostly through playing football and endorsement deals with many products. He is enjoying his time in Italy and enjoying his life with his earnings and living a lavish lifestyle.
Joao Cancelo began his professional career by playing for Benfica's first team against Gil Vicente FC in late July 2012. He made his official debut for Benfica against Gil Vicente on January 25, 2014, during Taca da Liga.
Joao Cancelo was part of the successful Benfica team that went on to win Primeira Liga and the Portuguese League Cup in 2013/14.
While playing for Benfica, he was loaned to the Spanish La Liga club Valencia CF for a season in 2014 and made his debut in La Liga against Cordoba CF.
Joao Cancelo wears jersey number 7 SOURCE: Instagram @jpcancelo After being permanent, he signed a contract that will see him with the team till 2021 on May 25, 2015, for a reported transfer fee of $18.62 million and scored his first goal against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg during UEFA Champions League on September 16, 2015.
From 2015 to 2018, he played 64 games for Valencia. And he also appeared in 25 matches scoring a goal for Juventus. Since August 2019, he has been playing for Man City.
After playing for Portugal's U-16, U-17, and U-18 sides, he played in the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Also, he was featured in the U-20 team that took part in the 2013 FIFA Under-20 World Cup and Under-21 2015 European Championship.
He made his debut for the senior team in 2016 and scored his first international goal against Gibraltar in a friendly match on September 1, 2016.
Joao Cancelo after scoring a goal SOURCE: Instagram @jpcancelo Joao Cancelo is listed as the probable player, along with Anthony Lopes, Nani, and Pepe, the Portuguese international, to play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Apart from that, Cancelo is a footballer included in the national squad playing in the Qatar World Cup 2022.
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Joao Cancelo was born to his mother, Filomena Cancelo, and her father in Barreiro, Portugal, on May 27, 1994. He holds Portuguese nationality. The footballer lost his mother in 2013 in a car accident in Portugal. He was with his mother when the incident happened; he escaped with only a few minor injuries.
He joined the Portuguese youth squad of F.C. Barreirense and SL Benfica to start his football career.
