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João António Antunes Carvalho (born 9 March 1997) is a Portuguese professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who plays as an
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for
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on loan from
Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...
.


Club career


Benfica

Born in
Castanheira de Pera Castanheira de Pera (), often erroneously written Castanheira de Pêra, is a municipality in the district of Leiria in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,191,Leiria District The District of Leiria ( pt, Distrito de Leiria ) is a district located in Centro region of Portugal, divided between the traditional provinces of Beira Litoral and Estremadura. It borders on the north with district of Coimbra, on the east with ...
, Carvalho joined
S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', Be ...
's youth system as an 8-year-old. On 11 January 2015, still a junior, he made his professional debut with their B team, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–2 home win against
FC Porto B Futebol Clube do Porto B, commonly known as Porto B, is a Portuguese professional football team, which serves as the reserve side of FC Porto. They compete in the Liga Portugal 2, the second division of Portuguese football, and play their home ...
in the Segunda Liga. On 8 January 2017, Carvalho scored twice in a 3–2 home victory over Vitória S.C. B. Late in that month, he signed with Vitória F.C. on a half-year loan deal. He made his Primeira Liga debut with the latter on 5 February, replacing João Amaral late into the second half of an eventual 2–1 away loss to F.C. Arouca. He scored his first goal in the competition on 19 March, helping to a 1–1 draw against FC Porto at the
Estádio do Dragão The Estádio do Dragão (; English: Dragon Stadium) is an All-seater stadium, all-seater Association football, football stadium in Porto, Portugal, and the home ground of FC Porto since 2003. It has a seating capacity of 50,033, making it the Lis ...
. Carvalho made his competitive debut for Benfica's first team on 14 October 2017, featuring ten minutes in a 1–0 away defeat of S.C. Olhanense in the
Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 sea ...
. His
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bow took place on 5 December, when he started the 0–2 group-stage home defeat against
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.


Nottingham Forest

On 14 June 2018, Carvalho signed a five-year contract with EFL Championship side
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for a club-record transfer fee of £13.2m (€15 million). He scored his first goal for them on 19 September in a 2–1 home win against
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, finishing his first season with a further three as well as eight assists in a final ninth position. Carvalho struggled to make an impact during his
second year Second year (also known as S2 in Scotland) is the second year of schooling in secondary schools in Scotland and in the Republic of Ireland, and is roughly equivalent to Year 9 in England and Wales and Year 10 (Third Form) in Northern Ireland. M ...
. Following a pre-season injury, he did make a bright return by scoring a goal in a 3–0 victory over arch-rivals
Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 188 ...
in the second round of the EFL Cup. However, he was largely limited to substitute appearances by
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, making only nine starts as the manager was reportedly frustrated by the player's lack of determination to improve his performances in training when he was left out of the starting eleven. On 29 September 2020, Carvalho was loaned to
UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...
, with the Spanish Segunda División club having an option to make the deal permanent.


Olympiacos

On 29 January 2022, Carvalho joined
Olympiacos F.C. Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π. ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus, Attica. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP ('' ...
for an undisclosed fee. He scored in 1–1 Super League Greece home draws against
AEK Athens F.C. AEK FC ( el, ΠΑΕ A.E.K. ; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; ''Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos'', meaning ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a Greek professional football club based in Nea Filade ...
and
PAOK FC P.A.O.K. FC ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, '' Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón'', "Pan-Thessalonian Sports club, Athlet ...
, helping his team to win their 47th national championship (third in a row). Carvalho was loaned to G.D. Estoril Praia for the 2022–23 campaign.


Career statistics


Club


Honours

Olympiacos * Super League Greece: 2021–22


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carvalho, Joao 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Leiria District Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.L. Benfica B players Vitória F.C. players S.L. Benfica footballers G.D. Estoril Praia players English Football League players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Segunda División players UD Almería players Super League Greece players Super League Greece 2 players Olympiacos F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. B players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece