Joshua Nascimento

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Seixas and the second or paternal family name is Arantes do Nascimento.
Joshua Nascimento
Personal information
Full name Joshua Seixas Arantes do Nascimento[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-28) 28 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2011–2013 Florida Rush
2013–2015 Santos
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Tampa Spartans 1 (0)

Joshua Seixas Arantes do Nascimento (born 28 September 1996) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. He is the son of Pelé.

Early and personal life[edit]

Nascimento was born to Brazilian gospel singer Assiria Seixas Lemos and Brazilian football legend Pelé.[2] He has a twin sister named Celeste.[2]

Footballing career[edit]

Early career[edit]

At the age of ten, he trained with Santos, the club where his father made his name, for the first time.[3] He moved to the United States at the age of twelve, and joined the academy side Florida Rush three years later.[4][5]

He returned to Brazil in 2013, joining Santos on a permanent deal.[6][7] While at Santos, he refused to wear his father's famous number 10 shirt, and attempted to ignore comparisons between himself and his father, stating "he was him and I am me."[8] He made his debut for the Santos under-20 side in October 2014.[9]

Collegiate soccer[edit]

Having suffered numerous injuries while at Santos, Nascimento returned to the United States to enrol at the University of Tampa in 2015.[5] However, his time in Tampa was also marred by injury, and he was redshirted in his first season with the university's soccer team, the Tampa Spartans.[10] He made one appearance in 2016, but this would be his only playing time until his graduation in 2018.[10][11]

Later life[edit]

Having been raised mostly in the United States, he decided to remain there following his decision not to pursue a career in professional football, and he was named as a representative for Santos in North America in 2020.[12] He joined the SIMA Pre-Academy, a soccer academy for children, in 2021.[11] He has also worked as a fitness instructor and soccer coach in soccer academies across Orlando, as well as completing an internship in the Santos academy physiology department.[11]

Having graduated university with a Bachelor of Science in human performance and exercise physiology, Nascimento had an internship with Belgian football team Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in March 2022, in the hope of working as a physical trainer.[13][14]

He currently works as a physical trainer at the Soccer Institute of the Montverde Academy.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Filho de Pelé, que jogou na base do Santos, também visita o pai no hospital" [Pelé's son, who played for Santos, also visits his father in the hospital]. terra.com.br (in Portuguese). 25 December 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b Fabbri, Beatriz (29 December 2022). "Joshua e Celeste: conheça os filhos gêmeos de Pelé" [Joshua and Celeste: Meet Pele's twins]. dci.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Le fils du Roi Pelé à Santos" [The son of King Pelé in Santos]. lefigaro.fr (in French). 8 February 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Filho de Pelé, Joshua é fã de Messi, afirma que "pressão é inevitável" e quer jogar no Santos" [Pelé's son, Joshua is a fan of Messi, says that "pressure is inevitable" and wants to play for Santos]. uol.com.br (in Portuguese). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b Mitchell, Marcus (23 September 2015). "Taking over the family business". theminaretonline.org. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Joshua Nascimento, hijo de Pelé, firmó contrato con el Santos" [Joshua Nascimento, Pelé's son, signed a contract with Santos]. lavoz.com.ar (in Spanish). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  7. ^ Prandi, Fernando (11 August 2013). "Joshua celebra Dia dos Pais raro com Pelé e fala de uma 'obsessão' do Rei" [Joshua celebrates rare Father's Day with Pelé and talks about an 'obsession' of the King]. globoesporte.globo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Filho de Pelé "rejeita" 10 do Santos e diz não ter contato com Neymar" [Pelé's son "rejects" 10 from Santos and says he has no contact with Neymar]. uol.com.br (in Portuguese). 30 March 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Debutó en el Santos Joshua Seixas Arantes do Nascimento, el hijo de Pelé" [Joshua Seixas Arantes do Nascimento, the son of Pelé, made his Santos debut]. lavoz.com.ar (in Spanish). 13 October 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Joshua Nascimento". tampaspartans.com. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  11. ^ a b c "Joshua Nascimento". mvasports.com. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  12. ^ Musetti Perazolli, Lucas (20 November 2020). "Com filho de Pelé no projeto, Santos anuncia "representações internacionais"" [With Pelé's son in the project, Santos announces "international representations"]. gazetaesportiva.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  13. ^ Lacaze-Eslous, Christophe (8 April 2022). ""Au début, ils ne savaient pas qui j'étais" : le fils du Roi Pelé raconte son stage chez le leader de D1 belge" ["At the beginning, they did not know who I was": the son of King Pelé recounts his internship with the leader of Belgian D1]. leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  14. ^ a b Fieremans, Bart (8 April 2022). "Joshua Nascimento, zoon van Pelé, liep als physical coach een week stage bij Union: "Mijn hart gestolen"" [Joshua Nascimento, son of Pelé, did a one-week internship at Union as a physical coach: “Stolen my heart”]. hln.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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