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João Mário
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Portuguese association football player
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João Mário Naval da Costa Eduardo is a Portuguese and Angolan association football player born in Porto on January 19, 1993. He plays as a midfielder and wears the number 18. His career began in 2011, and he has represented clubs including Vitória F.C., Sporting CP, Sporting CP B, and Beşiktaş. He has also played for the Portugal national under-16 football team.
Mário has competed in the Premier League and participated in major international tournaments, including UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He represents Portugal in international competition. His sibling is Wilson Eduardo. He speaks Portuguese and is known by the name João Mário in his native language.
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Key facts
- 2014
- → Vitória Setúbal (loan)
- 2018
- → West Ham United (loan)
- 2025
- Beşiktaş
- Full name
- João Mário Naval da Costa Eduardo
- Date of birth
- ( 1993-01-19 ) 19 January 1993 (age 33)
- Place of birth
- Porto , Portugal
- Height
- 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Current team
- AEK Athens , (on loan from Beşiktaş )
- 2002 2004
- Porto
- 2004 2012
- Sporting CP
- Years
- Team
- 2011 2016
- Sporting CP
- 2012 2013
- Sporting CP B
- 2016 2021
- Inter Milan
- 2019 2020
- → Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)
- 2020 2021
- → Sporting CP (loan)
- 2021 2025
- Benfica
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Beşiktaş
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Angola
- Place of birth
- Porto
- Sibling
- Wilson Eduardo
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- AEK Athens F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Mass
- 67
- Image
- Loco-SportLis (5).jpg
- Height
- 173
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- Commons category
- João Mário
- date of birth
- 1993-01-19
- sport number
- 18
- birth name
- João Mário Naval da Costa Eduardo
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- name in native language
- João Mário
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 March 2023
João Mário Naval da Costa Eduardo ComM (born 19 January 1993), known as João Mário ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ˈmaɾju, ˈʒwɐ̃w -]), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League Greece club AEK Athens, on loan from Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.
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