João Félix

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Félix and the second is Sequeira.
João Félix
Félix with Atlético Madrid in 2019
Personal information
Full name João Félix Sequeira[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Viseu, Portugal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward / Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
(on loan from Atlético Madrid)
Number 14
Youth career
2007–2008 Os Pestinhas
2008–2015 Porto
2014–2015 → Padroense (loan)
2015–2018 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Benfica B 30 (7)
2018–2019 Benfica 26 (15)
2019– Atlético Madrid 96 (25)
2023 → Chelsea (loan) 16 (4)
2023– → Barcelona (loan) 8 (1)
National team‡
2017 Portugal U18 2 (2)
2018 Portugal U19 2 (0)
2017– Portugal U21 10 (4)
2019–2024 Portugal 34 (7)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA Nations League
Winner 2019 Portugal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:56, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:20, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

João Félix Sequeira (born 10 November 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer/soccer player. He plays as a forward for La liga club athletico Madrid and the Portugal national team. At 18, he became the youngest ever player to score a hat-trick in the UEFA Europa League.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2016–17[4] LigaPro 13 3 — — — — 13 3
2017–18[4] LigaPro 17 4 — — — — 17 4
Total 30 7 — — — — 30 7
Benfica 2018–19[4][5] Primeira Liga 26 15 6 1 2 1 9[c] 3 — 43 20
Atlético Madrid 2019–20[4] La Liga 27 6 1 0 — 6[d] 3 2[e] 0 36 9
2020–21[4] La Liga 31 7 1 0 — 8[d] 3 — 40 10
2021–22[4] La Liga 24 8 2 1 — 8[d] 1 1[e] 0 35 10
2022–23[4] La Liga 14 4 1 1 — 5[d] 0 — 20 5
Total 96 25 5 2 — 27 7 3 0 131 34
Chelsea (loan) 2022–23[6] Premier League 16 4 — — 4[d] 0 — 20 4
Barcelona (loan) 2023–24[7] La Liga 8 1 0 0 — 3[d] 2 0 0 11 3
Career total 176 52 11 3 2 1 43 12 3 0 235 68
  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, Copa del Rey
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

International

As of match played 16 October 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2019 5 0
2020 8 3
2021 7 0
2022 8 1
2023 6 3
Total 34 7
As of match played 16 October 2023
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Félix goal.[8]
List of international goals scored by João Félix
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 5 September 2020 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal 6  Croatia 3–0 4–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A [9]
2 11 November 2020 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 11  Andorra 7–0 7–0 Friendly [10]
3 17 November 2020 Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia 13  Croatia 2–1 3–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A [11]
4 24 November 2022 Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar 25  Ghana 2–1 3–2 2022 FIFA World Cup [12]
5 26 March 2023 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 30  Luxembourg 2–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [13]
6 11 September 2023 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal 32  Luxembourg 9–0 9–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [14]
7 16 October 2023 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 34  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [15]

Honours

Benfica

Atletico Madrid

Portugal

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 01 de marzo de 2020, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 1 March 2020, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "João Félix". ESPN. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "João Félix". Atlético Madrid. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "João Félix: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ↑ For Taça de Portugal third round: "Sertanense-Benfica, 0–3". Record (in Portuguese). 18 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Joao Felix in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Joao Felix in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "João Félix". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Portugal vs. Croatia 4–1: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Portugal vs. Andorra 7–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Croatia vs. Portugal 2–3: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Portugal vs. Ghana 3–2: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Luxembourg vs. Portugal 0–6: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  14. ↑ Reis, Diogo Lagos (11 September 2023). "João Félix marca fantástico golo e Portugal vence por 9-0" [João Félix scores fantastic goal and Portugal wins by 9-0]. Bola na Rede (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "Com dois de Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal atropela Bósnia pelas Eliminatórias da Eurocopa" [With two goals by Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal runs over Bosnia in the Euro Qualifiers]. Gazeta Esportiva (in Portuguese). 16 October 2023. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "Joao Felix: I'm still an Atletico Madrid player and I'm happy". Marca. Madrid. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  17. ↑ "João Félix eleito jogador do mes no atletico" [João Félix elected Atletico player of the Month of December]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  18. ↑ "Melhores de janeiro: João Félix e Pedro Henrique em destaque" [Best of January: João Félix and Pedro Henrique in evidence] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. 12 February 2019. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  19. ↑ "Sindicato também distingue João Félix" [Syndicate also distinguish João Félix]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 14 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  20. ↑ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2018/19 Season". UEFA. 30 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  21. ↑ "Bruno Fernandes eleito futebolista da I Liga pelos associados do CNID" [Bruno Fernandes voted footballer of I League by CNID members]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  22. ↑ "João Félix eleito Jogador Jovem do Ano de 2018/2019" [João Félix elected 2018–19 Young Player of the Year]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  23. ↑ "Os Globos de Ouro foram para..." [The Golden Globes went to...] (in Portuguese). SIC Notícias. 30 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  24. ↑ A Bola TV. Entrevista a João Félix- Jogador do ano para o jornal A BOLA. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via YouTube.
  25. ↑ "Il profilo del Golden Boy João Félix: il predestinato" [The profile of the Golden Boy João Félix: the predestined] (in Italian). Tuttosport. 27 November 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  26. ↑ "Cristiano Ronaldo e João Félix ganham Globe Soccer Awards". Jornal de Notícias. 29 December 2019. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  27. ↑ "Joao Felix named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for November". La Liga. 3 December 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  28. ↑ "João Felix named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for March". La Liga. 8 April 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2020.