A biography for Joao Cancelohasn’t been written yet.
“Playing in Serie A has helped me a lot to improve as a player, it's helped me to improve my defending.”
“I am comfortable bringing the ball to my team-mates in the final third so that they can show their talent and score goals.”
“It's an enormous pleasure for me and all footballers to play with a great champion like Cristiano Ronaldo.”
“I like to dribble, make assists, play technical and attractive football.”
“Prandelli is a humble coach, who is willing to work hard and that is transmitted to the team.”
“Today I can have everything I want and everything my mother and I always dreamt of. I have it all but I do not have her. It is a missing part of me and an emptiness within and there isn't anything I can do to change it.”
“I'm a passionate player, I was robbed one day and the next I was playing against Arsenal, it seems that some people forget that and give the idea that I wanted to forcefully leave City.”
“I see my start at Bayern as positive.”
“I always want to play with the Barca shirt and show the fans and the people who believed in me how difficult it was to get to Barca.”
“I feel a significant level of responsibility in light of the amount that Juve paid for me, but through hard work and by following the advice of Allegri, I'm eager to demonstrate that I'm worth the price tag.”
“Everyone and everything at FC Bayern is focused on absolute success. Here you work really hard in every single training session - I really like this mentality.”
“I like new opportunities and have nothing against Manchester City.”
“It's a dream club, all my friends know it, all my idols played for Barca.”
“When I lost my mother, I felt like I was at the bottom of a well. I felt like a robot that had to do its job, then go home, then another day - day in, day out. When I lost my mother, I didn't enjoy my football; I was playing because I had to.”
“Italy was very important for my career, Inter and Juve, two huge clubs.”
“I'm originally a right-back, but I can also play the role of left-back, because in Benfica I've played many times as a left-back and this made easier for me to play on both sides.”
“As a player I like new challenges.”
“My mum is always the base of my life. When I lost her I was determined to make my dream come true.”
“A competitive player, like me, who aspires to win titles, just wants to play.”
“Besides Dani Alves, Cafu and Maicon, Lahm is one of the greatest right-backs of all time.”