Joao Pedro Cavaco Cancelo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the Portugal national team. He is on loan from Premier League club Manchester City to Barcelona. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s top fullbacks.

Cancelo began playing for Benfica’s reserve team in 2012 after graduating from the club’s development academy and was promoted to the senior squad two years later. He was then loaned to La Liga club Valencia for the 2014-15 season before being made permanent in 2015.

Cancelo spent the 2017-18 season on loan with Inter Milan, where he was named to the Serie A Team of the Year. Cancelo’s performances piqued the eye of Juventus, who signed him for a reported sum of €40.4 million in 2018. Cancelo won the league and the Supercoppa Italiana in his first and only season with Juventus.

Cancelo was signed by Premier League team Manchester City in 2019. With the club, he has won three Premier League titles, the EFL Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. He was instrumental in Manchester City achieving their first-ever UEFA Champions League final in the 2020-21 season.

Cancelo made his senior debut for Portugal in 2016 after previously being capped by the country’s junior teams at all levels, winning 75 caps and scoring three goals. He was also a member of Portugal’s under-21 team, which reached the UEFA European Championship Final in 2015. He was named to Portugal’s team for the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals on home soil after his country won the inaugural edition of the competition.