Josué with Porto in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Josué Filipe Soares Pesqueira | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Ermesinde, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Galatasaray (loan from Porto) | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2009 | Porto | ||
2005–2006 | → Padroense (loan) | ||
2007 | → Candal (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2011 | Porto | 0 | (0) |
2009 | → Covilhã (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2010 | → Penafiel (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2010–2011 | → VVV (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Paços Ferreira | 42 | (0) |
2013– | Porto | 20 | (4) |
2014–2016 | → Bursaspor (loan) | 44 | (7) |
2016 | → Braga (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2016– | → Galatasaray (loan) | 8 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | Portugal U19 | 3 | (0) |
2009 | Portugal U20 | 3 | (2) |
2010–2012 | Portugal U21 | 17 | (3) |
2013– | Portugal | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2014 |
Josué Filipe Soares Pesqueira (born 17 September 1990), known simply as Josué, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Galatasaray S.K. on loan from FC Porto as an attacking midfielder.
Born in Ermesinde, Porto District, Josué joined FC Porto's youth system at the age of nine. He spent his first two seasons as a senior on loan, both in Portugal and abroad, representing successively S.C. Covilhã,F.C. Penafiel (both in the Segunda Liga) and VVV-Venlo (Netherlands).
In the 2011 summer, Josué was released by Porto with only two official appearances to his credit, both in the Taça da Liga, and signed with F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 17 September, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against C.D. Nacional; in his second year he contributed with 23 league appearances – 18 starts – as the club finished a best-ever third and qualified to the UEFA Champions League, and was chosen as Best Young Player in the competition in the process.
Josué agreed on a return to former side Porto on 29 May 2013, penning a four-year contract and moving alongside manager Paulo Fonseca. On 10 August he won his first club honour, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 win over Vitória de Guimarães in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, and scored his first goal for his new team a week later starting and netting through a penalty kick in a 3–1 win at Vitória de Setúbal.