Pedro Delgado (footballer, born 1997)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro Miguel Gomes Delgado | ||
Date of birth | 7 April 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Portimão, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aves (on loan from Shandong Luneng) | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2012 | Sporting | ||
2012–2013 | Portimonense | ||
2013–2016 | Inter Milan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Sporting B | 57 | (11) |
2019– | Shandong Luneng | 7 | (0) |
2020 | → Aves (loan) | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Portugal U16 | 9 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Portugal U17 | 6 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Portugal U19 | 11 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Portugal U20 | 10 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Portugal U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:35, 1 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2019 |
Pedro Miguel Gomes Delgado (born 7 April 1997) is a Portuguese-born Chinese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Aves on loan from Chinese Super League club Shandong Luneng.
Football career
On 28 August 2016, Delgado joined Primeira Liga side Sporting from Inter Milan as part of João Mário's transfer deal.[1] On 11 September 2016, Delgado made his professional debut with Sporting B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Varzim.[2]
Delgado joined Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng in August 2018.[3] However, he failed to register for the official matches in the 2018 season due to the foreign player limit.[4]
On 1 February 2020, Delgado joined Primeira Liga club Aves on loan until the end of 2019–20 season.[5]
Personal life
Born and raised in Portimão, Portugal, Delgado's father Amilar Delgado was a Cape Verdean former footballer.[6] Delgado gained Chinese citizenship in 2019. He has no Chinese ancestry.[7][8][9]
Career statistics
- As of 1 March 2020.[10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting B | 2016–17 | LigaPro | 28 | 5 | — | — | — | 28 | 5 | |||
2017–18 | 29 | 6 | — | — | — | 29 | 6 | |||||
Total | 57 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 11 | ||
Shandong Luneng | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Aves (loan) | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Career total | 67 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 11 |
See also
References
- ^ "OFICIAL: Pedro Delgado no Sporting". maisfutebol. 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Varzim 3-0 Sporting B". ForaDeJogo. 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- ^ "China: Ex-sportinguista Pedro Delgado no Shandong Luneng". Record. 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "曝鲁能已签21岁外援未报名 不排除未来给他报名". Sina. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ Sportinforma / Lusa (1 February 2020). "Pedro Delgado cedido pelo Shandong Luneng ao Desportivo das Aves". desporto.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Criolos no Estrangeiro: "Talvez se não conseguir chegar à seleção nacional AA, quem sabe, poderei jogar por Cabo Verde. Agora não penso nisso." – Pedro Delgado". criolosports.com.
- ^ The source (in Chinese) contains a three-generation family tree of Delgado that shows he has no Chinese ancestry: "实锤德尔加多随山东鲁能登泰山祈福,曝下赛季以归化身份加盟". Sina. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Zuo, Mandy (9 July 2019). "Can China win the World Cup with a handful of naturalized players?". Inkstone. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Is Delgado first 'non-Chinese' player to naturalise?". South China Morning Post. June 23, 2019.
- ^ "Pedro Delgado". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
External links
- Pedro Delgado at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Pedro Delgado at Soccerway
- Stats and profile at LPFP (in Portuguese)
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Portimão
- Chinese footballers
- Portuguese footballers
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portuguese emigrants to China
- Chinese people of Portuguese descent
- Chinese people of Cape Verdean descent
- Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent
- Association football midfielders
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- LigaPro players
- Sporting CP B players
- Chinese Super League players
- Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. players
- Naturalized citizens of the People's Republic of China
- Portuguese football midfielder stubs