Pedro Delgado (footballer, born 1997)

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Pedro Delgado
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Gomes Delgado
Date of birth (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Portimão, Portugal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Shandong Luneng
Number 19
Youth career
2010–2012 Sporting
2012–2013 Portimonense
2013–2016 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Sporting B 57 (11)
2019– Shandong Luneng 21 (5)
2020 → Aves (loan) 4 (0)
2020 → Shandong Luneng II
National team‡
2013 Portugal U16 9 (2)
2013–2014 Portugal U17 6 (1)
2014–2015 Portugal U18 3 (1)
2015–2016 Portugal U19 11 (3)
2016–2017 Portugal U20 10 (0)
2017–2018 Portugal U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:44, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2019

Pedro Miguel Gomes Delgado (born 7 April 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Shandong Luneng. Delgado formerly represented Portugal internationally, before gaining Chinese citizenship.

Football career[]

On 28 August 2016, Delgado joined Primeira Liga side Sporting from Inter Milan as part of João Mário's transfer deal.[1] On 11 September 2016, Delgado made his professional debut with Sporting B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Varzim.[2]

Delgado joined Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng in August 2018.[3] However, he failed to register for the official matches in the 2018 season due to the foreign player limit.[4]

On 1 February 2020, Delgado joined Primeira Liga club Aves on loan until the end of 2019–20 season.[5]

Personal life[]

Born and raised in Portimão, Portugal, Delgado's father Amilar Delgado was a Cape Verdean former footballer.[6] Delgado gained Chinese citizenship in 2019. He has no Chinese ancestry.[7][8][9]

Career statistics[]

As of 31 December 2020.[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting B 2016–17 LigaPro 28 5 — — — 28 5
2017–18 29 6 — — — 29 6
Total 57 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 11
Shandong Luneng 2019 Chinese Super League 7 0 1 0 — 0 0 8 0
Aves (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Career total 68 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 69 11

Honours[]

Club[]

Shandong Taishan

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "OFICIAL: Pedro Delgado no Sporting". maisfutebol. 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  2. ^ "Varzim 3-0 Sporting B". ForaDeJogo. 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  3. ^ "China: Ex-sportinguista Pedro Delgado no Shandong Luneng". Record. 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  4. ^ "曝鲁能已签21岁外援未报名 不排除未来给他报名". Sina. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  5. ^ Sportinforma / Lusa (1 February 2020). "Pedro Delgado cedido pelo Shandong Luneng ao Desportivo das Aves". desporto.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Criolos no Estrangeiro: "Talvez se não conseguir chegar à seleção nacional AA, quem sabe, poderei jogar por Cabo Verde. Agora não penso nisso." – Pedro Delgado". criolosports.com.
  7. ^ The source (in Chinese) contains a three-generation family tree of Delgado that shows he has no Chinese ancestry: "实锤德尔加多随山东鲁能登泰山祈福，曝下赛季以归化身份加盟". Sina. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. ^ Zuo, Mandy (9 July 2019). "Can China win the World Cup with a handful of naturalized players?". Inkstone. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Is Delgado first 'non-Chinese' player to naturalise?". South China Morning Post. June 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "Pedro Delgado". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 2019-02-15.

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