João Pedro Abreu de Oliveira (born 6 January 1996) is a Swiss professional

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who plays for Polish club

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a professional football club based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Ekstraklasa after winning the 2024–25 I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The h ...

as a winger. He also holds Portuguese

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Career

On 18 July 2015, Oliveira made his professional debut with

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in a

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match against

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. On 15 August 2017, he was loaned to

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

side

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

Career statistics

Honours

Arka Gdynia *

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

: 2024–25

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* * * 1996 births Living people People from Nyon Footballers from the canton of Vaud Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Swiss people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent Men's association football forwards FC Luzern players Lechia Gdańsk players FC Lausanne-Sport players C.D. Cova da Piedade players Leixões S.C. players Debreceni VSC players Arka Gdynia players Swiss 1. Liga (football) players Swiss Super League players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Hungary 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-footy-forward-stub