Pedro Gonçalves

Pedro António Pereira Gonçalves (born 28 June 1998), also known as Pote or Pedro Mitalves, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Sporting CP.

This article is about the footballer. For the slalom canoeist, see Pedro Gonçalves da Silva.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Gonçalves.
Pedro Gonçalves
Personal information
Full name Pedro António Pereira Gonçalves
Date of birth (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998
Place of birth Chaves, Portugal
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 28
Youth career
2006–2008 Vidago
2008–2010 Chaves
2010–2015 Braga
2015–2017 Valencia
2017–2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2019–2020 Famalicão 33 (5)
2020– Sporting CP 15 (14)
National team
2016 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2018 Portugal U20 2 (0)
2020– Portugal U21 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2021

Career

Gonçalves joined English club Wolverhampton Wanderers in July 2017, initially on a one-year-deal.[1] He made his professional club debut on 28 August 2018 in a 2–0 EFL Cup second round victory at Sheffield Wednesday, coming on in the 62nd minute for Elliot Watt.[2]

On 2 July 2019, Gonçalves returned home by joining newly promoted Primeira Liga club F.C. Famalicão on a five-year deal, alongside Wolves teammate João Caiado.[3]

On 18 August 2020, Gonçalves joined Sporting CP on a five-year deal.[4] With two goals in a 4–0 win over C.D. Tondela on 1 November he reached five goals in his first six league games, second-best in the league.[5]

Career statistics
As of match played 5 February 2021.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2017–18 Championship 000000——00
2018–19 Premier League 000010——10
Total 000010——10
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 2018–19 ————3[lower-alpha 3]131
Famalicão 2019–20 Primeira Liga 3356210——407
Sporting CP 2020–21 Primeira Liga 151410301[lower-alpha 4]0—2014
Career total 4819725010316422
  1. Includes FA Cup and Taça de Portugal
  2. Includes EFL Cup and Taça da Liga
  3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Sporting CP

References
  1. "Wolves snap up two Portuguese youngsters". Express & Star. 18 July 2017.
  2. "Sheffield Wednesday v Wolves". BBC Sport. 28 August 2018.
  3. "Famalicão recruta ao Wolverhampton médios Pedro Gonçalves e João Caiado" [Famalicão recruit from Wolverhampton midfielders Pedro Gonçalves and João Caiado]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. "Pedro Gonçalves é Leão" [Pedro Gonçalves a Lion] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. "Pedro Gonçalves já é o segundo melhor marcador da Liga" [Pedro Gonçalves is now the second highest scorer in the Liga] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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