João Vitor (footballer, born 2002)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Vitor Cardoso de Souza | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Goiânia, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Portuguesa | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Goiânia | ||
| 2019–2021 | Fluminense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | Goiânia | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Monsoon | 25 | (0) |
| 2024 | → São Luiz (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Juventude (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Londrina (loan) | 35 | (0) |
| 2026– | Portuguesa | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:00, 8 December 2025 (UTC) | |||
João Vitor Cardoso de Souza (born 25 July 2002), known as João Vitor, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a right-back for Portuguesa.
Career
Born in Goiânia, Goiás, João Vitor was a Goiânia EC youth graduate, and made his senior debut at the age of 16 on 20 March 2019, starting in a 2–1 Campeonato Goiano away loss to Anapolina. In May, after one further first-team appearance, he joined Fluminense and was assigned to the under-17 squad.[1]
In 2022, after being rarely used in the under-20 team, João Vitor moved to Monsoon. On 13 November 2023, after two seasons as a starter, he was loaned to São Luiz.[2]
A regular starter for São Luiz, João Vitor joined Série A side Juventude on 9 April 2024, on loan for one year.[3] He would only feature for a "B-team" in the Copa FGF, however, and moved to Londrina on 8 January 2025.[4]
A regular starter for LEC as the club achieved promotion to the second division, João Vitor was announced at Portuguesa on a permanent two-year deal on 5 December 2025.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 8 December 2025[6]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Goiânia | 2019 | Goiano | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Monsoon | 2022 | Gaúcho Série B | — | 10 | 0 | — | — | 6[a] | 1 | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Gaúcho Série A2 | — | 15 | 0 | — | — | 9[a] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Total | — | 25 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | 40 | 1 | |||||
| São Luiz (loan) | 2024 | Gauchão | — | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Juventude (loan) | 2024 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10[a] | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Londrina | 2025 | Série C | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Portuguesa | 2026 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 21 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 100 | 2 | ||
Honours
Monsoon
São Luiz
References
- ^ "Ex-Flu se destaca no São Luiz-RS e vive expectativa por estreia na Copa do Brasil" [Former Flu man is a spotlight at São Luiz-RS and lives the expectation of Copa do Brasil debut] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ "Revelação do Goiânia, lateral-direito acerta com clube gaúcho para 2024" [Youth graduate of Goiânia, right-back signs with gaúcho team for 2024] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Mais Goiás. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ "Juventude confirma contratação do lateral-direito João Vitor" [Juventude confirm signing of right-back João Vitor] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Juventude. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ "João Vitor é o novo reforço do Tubarão" [João Vitor is the new addition of the Tubarão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Londrina EC. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ "Portuguesa oficializa acerto com o lateral direito João Vitor" [Portuguesa turn official deal with right-back João Vitor] (in Brazilian Portuguese). NetLusa. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ João Vitor at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2025.