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João Carlos Teixeira

1993 - Today

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João Carlos Vilaça Teixeira (born 18 January 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua. After developing at Braga and Sporting CP he joined Liverpool for £800,000 in January 2012. He made eight total appearances for Liverpool, scoring once, and had loans at Brentford in League One and Brighton & Hove Albion in the Championship, winning Player of the Year at the latter. He returned to Portugal in 2016, and made over 70 Primeira Liga appearances for Braga, Porto, Vitória de Guimarães and Famalicão. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. João Carlos Teixeira is the 13,862nd most popular soccer player (up from 15,934th in 2024), the 594th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 615th in 2019) and the 188th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, João Carlos Teixeira ranks 13,862 out of 21,273. Before him are Gonzalo Colsa, Dininho, Igors Stepanovs, Alexander Søderlund, Stefan Maierhofer, and Nicolas Isimat-Mirin. After him are Joel Sánchez, Tatsuomi Koishi, Habib Mohamed, Adrian Cristea, Magnus Pehrsson, and Horațiu Moldovan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, João Carlos Teixeira ranks 519. Before him are Luka Cindrić, Tyrone Mings, Tarik Tissoudali, Manuel Lazzari, Luguelín Santos, and Alberto Rosende. After him are Laura Loomer, María Ólafsdóttir, Khouma Babacar, Emi Takei, Nicola Leali, and Marcel Tisserand.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, João Carlos Teixeira ranks 594 out of 633. Before him are Bruno Vale (1983), Filomena Cautela (1984), André Santos (1989), Flávio Paixão (1984), Rui Pedro (1988), and Gonçalo Inácio (2001). After him are Anabela Braz Pires (1976), Diogo Leite (1999), Ana Dulce Félix (1982), Alexandrina Cabral (1986), Ivo Oliveira (1996), and Rui Machado (1984).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, João Carlos Teixeira ranks 188. Before him are Zeca (1988), Bruno Vale (1983), André Santos (1989), Flávio Paixão (1984), Rui Pedro (1988), and Gonçalo Inácio (2001). After him are Diogo Leite (1999), Tonel (1980), José Nunes (1977), Bruno Varela (1994), Luís Leal (1987), and André Castro (1988).

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