China (footballer, born 1982)

This article is about the Portuguese footballer. For other people, see China (disambiguation).

China
Personal information
China on the ball for Metalurh Donetsk (2011)
Full name	João Pedro dos Santos Gonçalves
Date of birth	(1982-04-15) 15 April 1982
Place of birth	Beja, Portugal
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current team	Nea Salamina
Number	82
Youth career
1991–1992	Boavista Pinheiros
1992–2000	Sporting CP
2000–2001	Farense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2002	Desportivo Beja
2002–2003	Sporting Pombal	30	(0)
2003–2004	Fátima	28	(1)
2004–2005	Maia	31	(0)
2005–2008	Naval	85	(0)
2008–2009	Belenenses	10	(0)
2009–2013	Metalurh Donetsk	53	(2)
2013–2015	Ermis	57	(2)
2015–	Nea Salamina	28	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 25 April 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

João Pedro dos Santos Gonçalves (born 15 April 1982 in Beja), known as China, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club Nea Salamis Famagusta FC as a left back.

Club statistics

As of 18 November 2015

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fátima	2003–04^[1]	Portuguese Second Division	29	1	2	0	—		31	1
Maia	2004–05^[1]	Segunda Liga	31	0	3	0	—		34	0
Naval	2005–06^[1]	Primeira Liga	30	0	1	0	—		31	0
	2006–07^[1]	Primeira Liga	27	0	3	0	—		30	0
	2007–08^[1]	Primeira Liga	28	0	5	0	—		33	0
	Total		85	0	9	0	—		94	0
Belenenses	2008–09^[1]	Primeira Liga	10	0	7	0	—		17	0
Metalurh Donetsk	2008–09^[2]	Ukrainian Premier League	10	0			—		10	0
	2009–10^[2]	Ukrainian Premier League	10	1	3	0	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	16	1
	2010–11^[2]	Ukrainian Premier League	21	1	1	0	—		22	1
	2011–12^[2]	Ukrainian Premier League	13	0	4	0	—		17	0
	2012–13^[2]	Ukrainian Premier League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		54	2	8	0	3	0	65	2
Ermis	2013–14^[2]	Cypriot First Division	33	0	6	0	—		39	0
	2014–15^[2]	Cypriot First Division	23	2	5	0	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	30	2
	2015–16^[2]	Cypriot First Division	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		57	2	11	0	2	0	70	2
Nea Salamis	2015–16^[2]	Cypriot First Division	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
Career total			274	5	40	0	5	0	319	5

1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "China". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "China". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

External links

China at footballzz.co.uk
China profile at ForaDeJogo

Nea Salamis – current squad

1 Šteinbors 2 Andić 4 Žarković 5 Vasileiou 6 Bemba 7 Pedrito 8 Ćurjurić 9 Makriev 10 Adorno 11 Pavlou 12 Kyriacou 13 Kousoulos 16 Lemesios 17 Constantinou 19 Michael 20 Skopelitis 21 Kezos 22 Gomes 23 S. Colina 25 Liliu 26 Christofi 50 Grimes 82 China 90 Cinquini 93 Michael Manager: De Jonge

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