João Oliveira (Swiss footballer)

João Pedro Abreu de Oliveira (born 6 January 1996) is a Swiss footballer who plays for Portuguese club Leixões as a winger.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Abreu and the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira.
João Oliveira
Personal information
Full name João Pedro Abreu de Oliveira
Date of birth (1996-01-06) 6 January 1996
Place of birth Nyon, Switzerland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Leixões
Number 37
Youth career
FC Gingins
Nyon
0000–2013 FC Basel
2013–2014 FC Luzern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Luzern II 41 (16)
2015–2018 Luzern 32 (2)
2017–2018 → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) 19 (3)
2018–2020 Lausanne-Sport 62 (4)
2020–2021 Cova da Piedade 25 (4)
2021– Leixões 2 (0)
National team
2011 Switzerland U-15 4 (2)
2011–2012 Switzerland U-16 8 (0)
2012–2013 Switzerland U-17 7 (0)
2014 Switzerland U-18 3 (0)
2014–2015 Switzerland U-19 6 (1)
2015–2017 Switzerland U-20 11 (5)
2016–2018 Switzerland U-21 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2021

He also holds Portuguese citizenship.

Football career

On 18 July 2015, de Oliveira made his professional debut with FC Luzern in a 2015–16 Swiss Super League match against FC Sion.[1]

On 15 August 2017 he was loaned to Ekstraklasa side Lechia Gdańsk.[2]

References
  1. "Luzern 2-2 FC Sion". ZeroZero. 2015-07-18.
  2. "João Oliveira w Lechii" (in Polish). 90minut. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.


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