João Paulo Silva Freitas Fajardo (born 27 October 1978) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a winger. He amassed

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totals of 132 matches and nine goals over seven seasons, mainly in representation of

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and Vitória de Guimarães (two years apiece). He also appeared in the competition for

Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Reste ...

Club career

Born in

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, Fajardo started playing professional football with modest Grupo Desportivo dos Pescadores in Costa da Caparica. He went on to have two-year stints with both

Atlético Clube de Portugal Atlético Clube de Portugal is a Portuguese club, located in the city of Lisbon, more precisely in the parish of Alcântara. It was founded on 18 September 1942 due to the merger of two clubs of Alcântara (Carcavelinhos Football Club) and Santo ...

and C.F. Os Belenenses, then played four full seasons with

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, helping the Figueira da Foz club promote to the

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with a career-best ten goals in 33 games. In 2007–08, already with Vitória de Guimarães, Fajardo scored four league goals in the first five matches as the team from Minho eventually achieved an historic qualification to the UEFA Champions League, finishing third straight out of the second division. His league totals during the campaign consisted of five goals in 27 appearances, 14 as a substitute. In late July 2009, at the age of nearly 31, Fajardo started a career abroad, moving to Greece's Panthrakikos FC. However, in late January 2010, he agreed on a return to his country, being loaned to former side Belenenses until the end of the season in an eventual relegation as last.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fajardo, Joao 1978 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese footballers Association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players C.F. Os Belenenses players Atlético Clube de Portugal players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players Vitória S.C. players C.D. Santa Clara players S.C. Farense players Super League Greece players Panthrakikos F.C. players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece