Lourenço (footballer)

João Paulo Ferreira Lourenço (born 7 September 1997), simply known as Lourenço is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ceará, as a winger.

Lourenço
Personal information
Full name João Paulo Ferreira Lourenço[1]
Date of birth (1997-09-07) 7 September 1997 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil[1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger[1]
Team information
Current team
Ceará
Number 97
Youth career
Avaí
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Avaí 151 (9)
2020–2021Santa Cruz (loan) 17 (4)
2022 CSA 32 (2)
2023 Vila Nova 43 (4)
2024– Ceará 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2023

Club career edit

Born in Belo Horizonte, Lourenço graduated from the youth academy of Avaí. On 19 March 2017, he made his first team debut in a 4–1 defeat against Metropolitano.[2] On 20 November, he scored his first professional goal for the club in a 2–1 league victory against Palmeiras.[3]

On 17 March 2018, Lourenço scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory against Fluminense in Copa do Brasil.[4]

Club statistics edit

As of 26 November 2019
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Avaí 2017[1] Série A 10 1 8 0 0 0 1[a] 0 19 1
2018[1] Série B 5 0 12 0 2 1 19 1
2019[1] Série A 24 0 12 0 3 0 39 0
Career total 39 1 32 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 77 2
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga

Honours edit

Avaí

Ceará

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Lourenço at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Avaí goleia o Metropolitano por 4 a 1 e mostra força na briga pelo returno [Avaí thrashes the Metropolitan by 4 to 1 and shows strength in the fight for the return]" (in Portuguese). DC. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Lourenço vibra com 1º gol e aposta no potencial do Avaí para escapar da queda [Lourenço vibrates with first goal and bet on Avaí's potential to escape the fall]" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Autor de gol contra o Flu, Lourenço define Avaí: "Grupo que transborda vontade de vencer" [Author of goal against Flu, Lourenço defines Avaí: "Group that overflows will to win"]" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

External links edit