João Palhinha

João Maria Lobo Alves Palhinha Gonçalves (born 9 July 1995) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting CP as a defensive midfielder.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Palhinha and the second or paternal family name is Gonçalves.
João Palhinha
Palhinha with Braga in 2019
Personal information
Full name João Maria Lobo Alves Palhinha Gonçalves[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 6
Youth career
2008–2009 Alta de Lisboa
2009–2012 Sacavenense
2012–2014 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Sporting CP B 21 (1)
2015–2016 → Moreirense (loan) 29 (0)
2016– Sporting CP 25 (0)
2016–2017 → Belenenses (loan) 13 (1)
2018–2020 → Braga (loan) 50 (3)
National team
2011 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2013−2014 Portugal U19 14 (1)
2015 Portugal U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2021

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Palhinha joined local Sporting CP's youth system in 2012, aged 17. He played his first game as a professional with the B team, coming on as a late substitute for fellow youth graduate Iuri Medeiros in a 3−2 home win against Portimonense S.C. for the Segunda Liga, on 3 February 2014;[2] it was one of only two appearances during the season.

Still in the second level, Palhinha scored his first senior goal on 4 April 2015, his header contributing to a 3−1 home victory over Leixões SC.[3] From July 2015 to January 2017 he was loaned to Primeira Liga clubs Moreirense F.C.[4] and C.F. Os Belenenses, respectively,[5] making his debut in the competition whilst with the former in a 0−2 home loss to F.C. Arouca where he played 22 minutes from the bench,[6] and netting for the first time while at the service of the latter against Vitória de Guimarães (1−1 away draw, 90 minutes played).[7]

Subsequently, returned to the Estádio José Alvalade,[8] Palhinha made his competitive debut with the first team on 21 January 2017, starting in a 2−2 draw at C.S. Marítimo.[9] He scored his first goals for them on 12 October of the same year, netting twice in a 4–2 away win over ARC Oleiros in the Taça de Portugal.[10]

Palhinha spent the following two seasons on loan to S.C. Braga.[11] He appeared in 76 competitive matches during his spell,[12] helping to a third-place finish in 2019–20[13] and notably scoring the game's only goal against S.L. Benfica for the club's first win at that opposition in 65 years.[14]

Honours

Braga

Sporting

References
  1. "João Palhinha" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. "Sporting B-Portimonense, 3−2: Leões voltam aos triunfos" [Sporting B-Portimonense, 3−2: Lions return to winning ways]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. "Sporting B-Leixões, 3−1: Quarto triunfo seguido para os leões" [Sporting B-Leixões, 3−1: Fourth win in a row for the lions]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 April 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. "Sporting empresta Palhinha ao Moreirense" [Sporting loan Palhinha to Moreirense]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 12 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. Gomes de Andrade, Maria (9 August 2016). "Sporting: João Palhinha emprestado ao Belenenses" [Sporting: João Palhinha loaned to Belenenses] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. "Moreirense 0−2 Arouca" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  7. "Vitória de Guimarães e Belenenses dividem pontos" [Vitória de Guimarães and Belenenses share points] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  8. Miroto Simões, Luís (4 January 2017). "Palhinha: "Regresso agora a casa"" [Palhinha: «I return home now»]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  9. Calaveiras, Carlos (21 January 2017). "Leão agrava crise" [Lion worsens crisis] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  10. "Palhinha: "Defrontámos o Oleiros tal como defrontámos o Barcelona ou o FC Porto"" [Palhinha: "We played Oleiros like we played Barcelona or FC Porto"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  11. Pereira, David (7 August 2018). "Palhinha emprestado ao Sp. Braga até 2020" [Palhinha loaned to Sp. Braga until 2020]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  12. Tornesi, Duarte; Toucedo, Rafael (17 August 2020). "Sporting vai resistindo às propostas por Palhinha: confira o ponto da situação" [Sporting resist offers for Palhinha as it can: here's how it stands]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  13. Ferreira, Bruno José (25 July 2020). "Sp. Braga-FC Porto, 2–1 (crónica)" [Sp. Braga-FC Porto, 2–1 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  14. "Golo de João Palhinha quebra jejum de 65 anos frente ao Benfica" [João Palhinha goal breaks 65-year fast against Benfica]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  15. Cole, Richard (25 January 2020). "Late Ricardo Horta strike wins the Taça da Liga for Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  16. Ribeiro, Patrick (23 January 2021). "Sporting battle their way to League Cup glory with victory over Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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