Top Facts about Joao Felix

is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish La Liga club

and the Portugal national team.

Felix started playing football at Os Pestinhas in 2007 before joining the youth ranks of FC Porto a year later, aged eight. He faced some challenges such as extensive schedules, and he nearly quit football due to missing his parents.

The first

fact about Joao Felix

is that in 2015, he joined

, where he made his name. In 2019, Félix signed a seven-year contract with Atlético Madrid for a transfer fee of €126 million (£113 million), the third highest ever paid in football. The wonderkid has now been called the most exciting player since

!

Felix is known for his speed, finishing, technique, and his dribbling and he can also play as a winger or an attacking midfielder. He is also often referred to as Menino de Ouro (The Golden Boy) by the Portuguese and Spanish sports media.

The followings are some lesser-known facts about Joao Felix:

Who is Joao Felix?

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If you are not an Atlético Madrid or the Portugal national team supporter, your best chance of seeing Felix in your ranks could be reading this article. 

Joao Felix quick biography

• Full Name: 

  Joao Felix Sequeira

• Date of Birth:

   November 10, 1999

• Place of Birth:

   Viseu, Portugal

• Position: 

  Attacking midfielder

• Team:

  Portugal National Football Team, Atletico Madrid

• Height:

  181 cm

• Weight:

  70 kg

• Age (2020):

  20 Years

Joao Felix was born on 10 November 1999 with the birth name of Joao Felix Sequeira. He was the second child born to his parents.

While growing up, Felix began playing with the ball as soon as he learnt to walk, and his mother even termed his affection for football as ‘addiction to the ball’.

Among amazing 

facts about Joao Felix

 is that as a young boy, he spent most of his time either playing football inside his house or would spend time watching the youngsters train in different sports at Pestinhas School in Tondel, Portugal.

In 2007, he was enrolled in the school’s football team, from where he started to receive his initial training, determined to become a successful player he took admission at the Porto academy where he spends five years in proper training, polishing, and learning skills.

The teenager has played as a central striker but like

he is adaptable and has made three of his starts on the left of a three-man attack. In the youth side he was more of an attacking midfielder.

About Joao Felix's Father, Carlos Felix is Joao's dad. He is a onetime soccer player who worked as a teacher during

Joao's childhood

.

The supportive father who also worked as a physical trainer is credited for introducing Joao to professional football as well as driving him to training at FC Porto academy, a weekly journey which was more than a thousand miles away.

Joao Felix club career

Born in Viseu, Portugal, Felix began his career with FC Porto’s youth system in 2008 as a nine-year old. In 2015, he joined rival Benfica’s youth academy to complete the later part of his development.

After impressing the authorities, the teenage sensation was promoted to Benfica’s first-team; he made his debut on 18 August 2018 in a 2-0 win over Boavista.

A week later he scored in the Lisbon derby, thus becoming the youngest player to achieve the feat. On 11 April 2019, he announced himself on the European stage with a hat-trick in the UEFA Europa League against Eintracht Frankfurt.

His maiden season with Benfica was an incredible success story; the Portuguese forward had featured in 43 competitive games, finding the back of the net on 20 occasions, in addition to providing 11 assists for his teammates; the season concluded with Benfica being crowned Primeira Liga champions for the 37th time.

Technique and incredible vision are Felix's key strengths and the Benfica man has all the traits to transform any team in real life or in the virtual world.

He made his competitive debut for Los Rojiblancos on 19 August, as the club ran out 1-0 winners against Getafe. The youngster scored his first La Liga goal the following month, netting in a 3-1 win against Eibar

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Joao Felix international career

On the International stage Felix represented Portugal on 3 occasions as the country was victorious in the inaugural UEFA Nations League. On 3 January 2019, Spanish powerhouse Atlético Madrid splurged an incredible €126 million (the third highest ever paid for a footballer) to secure the mercurial talents of the Portuguese wonderkid.

Regarding

Felix international career

, he has represented the Portuguese national team at Portugal U18 team in 2017 and scored 2 goals, in Portugal U19 team in 2018. He has been representing Portugal U21 team since 2017.

He represented Portugal on 3 occasions as the country was victorious in the inaugural UEFA Nations League.

Félix made his international debut against Switzerland on 5 June 2019, playing for Portugal's national football team.

He has performed brilliantly while playing for Portugal. Felix considers Brazilian football player Kaka his idol. The similarities between the two are clear, both in playing style and appearance.

Be wary, however, some of his trainers warn that he can be a selfish player and this must be trained out of him before he makes the leap to becoming a worldwide star.

The young Felix has spoken of watching YouTube video after YouTube video of the former World Player of the Year.

Joao Felix girlfriend

Margarida Corceiro,

Joao Felix girlfriend

once made an X-rated blunder on her Instagram account, sharing an explicit image of a man to her 743,000 followers. Margarida apologized and attempted to explain how an image which revealed way too much information ended up on her Instagram story.

Believe it or not (we don't quite believe it ourselves), the teenage sensation is now single! However, by his own admission, girls are all over him after his recent affair with superstardom!

Regarding

Joao Felix

personal life

, Joao Felix is not married yet and he is still to get married. He is assumed to be single as no rumors of his affair have surfaced yet. He is a young and aspiring player and focused on his football career. He is living a happy personal life being single.

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Joao Felix and Cristiano Ronaldo

A noticeable fact about Joao Felix is that he is named the ‘new Cristiano Ronaldo’ because of his style of play. He plays in the attacking midfielder position. He has also been used either as a striker or a winger.

The 20-year-old has also named Portuguese legend Rui Costa among his other inspirations while growing up.

Cristiano Ronaldo is among the players to be impressed with Joao Felix's brilliant game. Cristiano Ronaldo likes him very much.

Felix is currently rated just 74 on FIFA 19, his potential soars as high as 88, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Christian Eriksen and Paul Pogba.

According to reports, Diego Costa has taken him under his wing. From the start of pre-season, Joao and Diego Costa have forged a strong relationship.

Costa is known to be a leader in the Atlético de Madrid dressing room and he quickly took the new arrival from Benfica under his wing, spending a lot of time with him and partnering with him in various drills.

Both players are native Portuguese speakers, and this has helped the youngster settle in. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that it was Costa who assisted Joao’s first official goal for Atleti, against Eibar back in September.

Joao Felix and Messi

Among astonishing facts about Joao Felix is that he was involved in a heated altercation with

as Atletico Madrid secured a sensational 3-2 victory in the Spanish Super Cup clash.

The 20-year-old Portuguese wonderkid, who was snapped up from Benfica, squared up with Barcelona captain Messi before half-time with the score 0-0.

The two La Liga stars seemingly took issue with one another before

 defender

rushed in to separate the pair.

And only moments later other Barcelona players swamped Felix as tensions continued to rise.

Later, fans flocked to social media and accused Barcelona players of 'ganging up' on Felix

Joao Felix achievements

Felix’s fine run saw Atletico Madrid break the record for him to replace Antoine Griezmann, paying € 12,600 Million for the Portuguese. He is now among the most expensive players in the World.

In 2019, Félix signed a seven-year contract with Spanish club Atlético Madrid for a transfer fee of €126 million (£113 million), the fourth highest sum ever paid in football, which was also Benfica's biggest transfer and Atletico's most expensive signing ever.

He is known for having played as a midfielder on several Portuguese youth national teams including the under 18, 19, and 21 squads. 

He received his initial training at Porto’s youth academy before moving to rivals Benfica in 2015. He has played his youth football for Os Pestinhas, Porto and Padroense and more.

He is famous for being the youngest player ever to score a hat-trick in UEFA Europa League and for being the youngest player to score in the Lisbon derby.

In April 2019, Joao hit the headlines across Europe with a stunning performance for Benfica in a Europa League match against Eintracht Frankfurt. By scoring three times in a 4-2 victory, he became the youngest ever player to score a hat-trick in the Europa League, doing so at the age of just 19 years and 152 days. That broke the previous record set by Marko Pjaca in 2014. 

Felix made his club debut at the age of 18 in 2018, and helped the club to win the league title in his very first season.

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Felix emerged as the top goal scorer of the season for which he was awarded as the league’s best Young Player of the Year.

had also entered the race to sign Benfica starlet Joao Felix and were willing to pay his 120-million-euro release clause.

He was also wanted by

and

, among others, and City did not want to be drawn into a bidding war, nor pay his release clause, which was set at €120 million (£103m/$135m).

Clubs across Europe are circling.

, West Ham, Chelsea and Liverpool have been linked over the past few months and Record report Barcelona were showing interest along with United.

Joao Felix is a terrific prospect – but there is only a small sample size in the first team to go on.

Felix is one of the hottest names in Europe at the moment - with Man Utd and

named as primary candidates to sign him.

 “In training, we had to put him with older players,” explained Pestinhas president Carlos Pedro Rodrigues. “And at under-9 he would play with the under-10s, yet wherever he went, everyone talked about him. He always took everything very seriously but was still humble.”

The city of Viseu was also the birthplace of European great Paulo Sousa, who won consecutive Champions League titles with Juventus and

in the 90s. 

He too was a central midfielder and Felix will be hoping to follow in his compatriot's footsteps on Europe's grandest stage.

He also made 53 appearances for the Portuguese national team, one of which came in the Euro 2000 Quarter-final, where he played 45 minutes of his side's 2-0 win over Turkey.

Some quick facts about Joao Felix

On 11 April 2019, he announced himself on the European stage with a hat-trick in the UEFA Europa League against Eintracht Frankfurt.

In 2015, he joined rival Benfica’s youth academy to complete the later part of his development. After impressing for Benfica reserves, the teenage sensation was promoted to Benfica’s first-team.

Felix is considered by Benfica as one of the most comprising players from their youth ranks. He has been compared with former Benfica player Rui Costa.

He holds Portuguese nationality and his ethnicity is White.

He began his career with FC Porto’s youth system in 2008 as a nine-year old.

His birth sign is Sagittarius and his religion is Christian.

At present, his age is 19 but his age will be 20 on his upcoming birthday in November as of 2019. 

Felix’s father Carlos and mother Carla both were teachers.

Carlos and Carla,

Joao Felix’s parents

, are both physical education teachers and he credits them with keeping him centred growing up.

He has explained in interviews that his father would give him pep talks before matches and helped him stay focused during his teenage years.

The Portuguese national of white ethnicity with European roots was raised by both parents in his hometown at Viseu where he grew up alongside a younger brother, Hugo Felix. 

Joao Felix and Kaka

Joao Felix’s football idols: growing up, Felix’s idols were star midfielders Ricardo kaka and Rui Costa. He doesn’t drink or smoke, and doesn’t even have tattoos on his body. Although, he’s not a religious person.

Like most football geniuses, Joao began playing the sport as soon as he learnt how to walk and developed what his mother termed “an addiction to the ball".

Joao Felix’s childhood

is full of interesting facts. The funny fact about Joao Felix is that he converted his parents’ living room to a football pitch when he was a toddler and later his younger brother Hugo joined him as he shared his passion for football and made their parents cautious about placing breakable items in the room.

At the age of just 13 years he moved away from home to FC Porto’s academy, before later making the move to the capital with Benfica.

After Joao moved from his parents' house to live near FC Porto's Dragon Stadium he became homesick and would sometimes call on his parents to spend time with him. He soon found his feet on Porto grounds and became captain of his division.

He has a younger brother Hugo, who is also a football player. Hugo is also a highly rated prospect.

Joao was even able to celebrate goals with his brother last season, as Hugo was a ball boy at the Estádio da Luz on some matchdays. One particular goal that he scored against Vitória Setúbal ended with an emotional embrace between the siblings.

Joao Felix body measurements

Joao Felix is a very young and handsome footballer. He stands at a height of 1.8 m tall. He has an athletic body build. Other

Joao Felix

body measurements

are currently unavailable.

He has dark brown eyes and his hair color is black. His balanced weight is 64 Kg. He has a very charming smile. 

On 15 March 2019, manager Fernando Santos called up Felix to the senior team for the first time, ahead of the opening UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches. During training with the national squad, Felix injured his foot and thus missed Portugal's match against Serbia on 25 March.

On 19 October, Félix suffered an ankle injury against Valencia, after a rash challenge by Dani Parejo, leaving his team with only ten men on the pitch, as his coach Diego Simeone had already made the maximum number of allowed substitutions.

Joao Felix quick professional career facts

Joao began his career by joining Os Pestinhas and there, he spent seven years.

Felix will become the third most expensive player in football history, sitting between the supreme talents of Kylian Mbappe and Philippe Coutinho.

Later, he was released because of his slight frame and moved on to rivals S.L. Benfica in Lisbon and made his debut game on 17 September 2016 at the age of 16. 

After that, he made his professional senior debut for Benfica's reserve team in LigaPro in September 2016. He was 16 years old at the time. 

He scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 home win over Fmalicao in January 2018.

In his 2018-2019 season, he was promoted to Benfica's first team, making his debut in a 2-0 Primeira Liga win at Boavista on 18 August.

He scored his first Primeira Liga goal. Due to this, he became the youngest player to score in the Lisbon derby. 

He scored a hat-trick in a 4-2 UEFA Europa League win over Eintracht Frankfurt on 11th April 2019.

He finished the season with 20 goals which also include the goal he netted on the final day of the league against Santa Clara.

Across Europe’s seven best leagues he ranked second teenagers leaving behind Kai Havertz and Jadon Sancho.

After he signed a seven-year contract with Spanish club Atletico Madrid for 126 million Euros which made him the third-highest ever paid footballer after Kilian Mbappe.

In the team, he was given the jersey number 7 which was previously worn by the legendary player Antoine Griezmann.

On 19th August he made his first competitive debut in a match against Getafe that his team won by 1-0, he netted his first La Liga goal on 1st September 2019 in a 3-2 victory against Eibar. 

He became the youngest ever player at the age of 19 years and 152 days to score a hat-trick in the competition.

The youngster scored his first La Liga goal the following month, netting in a 3-1 win against Eibar.

Felix debuted for the Benfica’s reserve team in Liga Pro at the 83rd minute replacing Aurelio Buta against Freamunde. In the season he played 13 matches and scored three goals.

He played the UEFA Youth League in which under his assistance the team reached to the finals, but unfortunately lost to Red Bull Salzburg by 2-1, in the tournament he netted three goals. Due to his performances, he was promoted to Benfica’s first team selected for the 2018-19 season.

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Joao Felix social media

Joao Felix social media

accounts are very active. He has accumulated over 525k followers on his Instagram. 

Previously of Portuguese super-club Benfica, the teenager signed for Atlético Madrid for a whopping €126 million in the summer of 2019, thus making the Spanish capital his new home! He informed his huge fans through his social media accounts.

He first started his youth career playing for the Os Pestinhas club in 2007. He then moved to Porto the following year and Benfica in 2015. His senior career started with the Benfica B team in 2016 and he joined their first senior squad in 2018. 

Several young players break into a first team and look ready for senior football. They have the physique required to go up against even the most powerful of centre-backs.

Félix doesn't. He is lightweight, whispy. And the fact he has braces does give an impression of a boy among men.

Of course, in time, he will develop further, so it isn't a weakness per se. And his natural ability means defenders do find it hard to use their greater baulk against him as he can nip past them in an instant.

However, if he was to leave the confines of Benfica for a club in the Premier League, he may find it difficult. It's why staying another season or two with Benfica would be beneficial.

Joao Felix future

It is clear Felix is a special talent and there is no doubt that the interest in him is growing quickly.

However, Atletico Madrid have an impressive clutch of young and exciting players in their first-team squad and the club are making an effort to keep that group together for the foreseeable future.

Naturally, a time will come when the youngster will want to depart for bigger clubs but that isn't just yet and reports suggest he is going to stay with his current club for a while.

It's the smart decision. While Félix has talent in abundance he needs regular, top-level game time and at several of the sides who are monitoring him – think Chesea, Manchester City and Manchester United – that simply isn't going to happen.

An interesting

fact about Joao Felix

is that he believes his 16-year-old brother Hugo is capable of doing things he was unable to do at the same age.

Joao Felix's net worth and salary

Joao Felix's net worth

and salary is presently under review, but he has a market value of €35,00 million. The origin of his little known net worth stems from his football endeavors and endorsements while not much is known about his investments outside the sport.

In July 2019, the striker signed a contract with Atlético Madrid that nets him a whopping salary of 14.5 Million Euro (12.8 Million Pound) per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns €71,882 (£63,689) per day and €2,995 (£2,654) per hour!

The Portuguese wonderkid caught the attention of the world during his spell with native club Benfica. In the summer of 2019, he signed a 7-year contract with Spanish powerhouse Atlético Madrid, bringing his net worth up to a staggering €105 million (£93 million).

One of the most sought after talent in the globe, his market value fetches well over €100 million (£88.2 million). In July 2019 the second striker signed a contract with Atlético Madrid that nets him a whopping salary of 14.5 Million Euro (12.8 Million Pound) per year.

We have crunched the numbers; this means he earns €71,882 (£63,689) per day and €2,995 (£2,654) per hour! In the summer of 2019, he signed a 7-year contract with Spanish powerhouse Atlético Madrid, bringing his net worth up to a staggering €105 million (£93 million). One of the most sought after talent in the globe, his market value fetches well over €100 million (£88.2 million).

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