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Joao Pedro: via Italia number 10, Cagliari

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The career of the rossoblù striker takes a new direction. The call to the internship of the national team is a well-deserved award

CAGLIARI. The rossoblù ds Stefano Capozucca broke all caution and on Wednesday evening on TV announced the safe call in blue of Joao Pedro for the end-of-month internship wanted by Roberto Mancini in view of the March play-offs for the World Cup. Italy will find Macedonia first away and, overcoming the round, Portugal. Apart from the ds at Cagliari, mouths sewn on the subject, from the person directly interested in the technical cadres up to the president Giulini. Pending the official call-up, the Brazilian paws and is ready for this turning point in his career. «I owe everything to Italy – he declared at the time on the subject – and I am already happy that they thought of me. If that happened I’d be really happy ». For Joao Pedro there is no problem either from FIFA, which has given the authorization, or for nationality, since he has been an Italian citizen for 5 years.

Mancini’s choices. Problems in scoring and painful forfeit by Federico Chiesa. These are the two main reasons that would push Mancini to bet also on Joao Pedro, expanding the number of Brazilian natives in his squad after Jorginho, Emerson and Toloi.

Cagliari and national team. If he were to play an official match with the blue shirt, Joao Pedro would be the 21st Cagliari player to play for the national team. The last ever was the goalkeeper Alessio Cragno in the friendly played in May last year in Cagliari between Italy and San Marino. Joao, however, would be the first Cagliari native to join the blue.

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Joao from Brazil to Italy. Joao Pedro Geraldino dos Santos Galvão will turn 30 in March. Born in Ipatinga in the state of Minas Gerais, he began his career with Atletico Mineiro. To bring him to Italy in 2010 was the president of Palermo Zamparini. “I don’t remember the name – he said announcing the purchase – but it cost me a lot of money.” To be exact, 5 million euros, for an eighteen-year-old practically unknown. The adventure did not go well (only one match in the first team, coincidentally with Cagliari who won 3-1). The only happy note to have found love: he married the Sicilian Alessandra with whom he had two children: Andrè Felipe and Elisabetta.

The arrival at Cagliari. After Palermo, a move to Portugal at Vitoria Guimaraes, then a season in Uruguay at Penarol, then Santos, with Neymar, Portugal again with Estoril Praia. In 2014, Giulini’s first year as president, Zeman’s arrival in Sardinia. A good choice both for the club and for the player who has so far scored 80 goals with the rossoblù shirt in 237 games. Of these goals, 67 were scored in Serie A.

The Brazilian national team. Joao Pedro wore the green and gold national team shirt both in the under 17 category, also winning the South American championship, and in the under 20 where he arrived with the then Santos teammate, Neymar. A comparison that must be made in the light of what happened later: Neymar has become the star of Brazil, Joao has never been called up with the 5-time world champion national team. And this despite the fact that in the last three seasons he has been by far the best Brazilian scorer in the 5 most important leagues in Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Spain and England). Just think, precisely that Joao has scored 50 goals in three and a half seasons, while the great Neymar is in second place at 40.

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