João Aniceto Grandela Nunes (born 19 November 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Casa Pia A.C. as a central defender.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | João Aniceto Grandela Nunes[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-11-19) 19 November 1995 (age 26)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal[1] | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Casa Pia | |||||||||||||||
Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | GDR 1º Maio | |||||||||||||||
2005–2014 | Benfica | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Benfica B | 52 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Lechia Gdańsk | 76 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Panathinaikos | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Puskás Akadémia | 45 | (5) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Casa Pia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
2011 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2012 | Portugal U17 | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2013 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Portugal U19 | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Portugal U20 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 16 August 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Setúbal, Nunes began his career with S.L. Benfica, joining the club's youth academy at the age of 9. On 6 January 2013, while still a junior,[2] he played his first Segunda Liga match with the reserves, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 away draw against C.D. Santa Clara.[3]
On 27 March 2014, Nunes renewed his contract until 2019.[2] He scored his first goal in the second division on 20 September 2015, in a 1–0 home victory over Gil Vicente FC.[4]
On 29 August 2016, Nunes signed a three-year deal with Lechia Gdańsk of the Polish Ekstraklasa.[5][6] He made his league debut on 9 September, playing the entire 1–0 win at KS Cracovia alongside compatriots Flávio Paixão and Marco Paixão.[7]
On 2 May 2019, Nunes also started in the Polish Cup final, as the club won the tournament for the second time in its history after beating Jagiellonia Białystok.[8]
On 23 July 2019, free agent Nunes joined Panathinaikos F.C. of the Super League Greece on a three-year contract.[9] During his only season, he made 15 competitive appearances.
Nunes moved to Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Puskás Akadémia FC on 1 July 2020.[10]
Nunes represented Portugal at the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[11] In 2015, he appeared in all the games as vice-captain[12] as the under-20 team were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup by eventual finalists Brazil.[13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lechia Gdańsk | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
Total | 76 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 82 | 0 | ||||
Panathinaikos | 2019–20 | Super League | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
Puskás Akadémia | 2020–21 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||
Total | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||||
Career total | 109 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 3 |
Benfica Youth
Lechia Gdańsk
Individual