I know I will make mistakes.
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Joao Cancelo
Profession:
Unknown
Born:
May 27, 1994
Nationality:
Portuguese
Quotes by Joao Cancelo
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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.
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A competitive player, like me, who aspires to win titles, just wants to play.
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Any player wants to feel important, wants to play and anyone who says otherwise is lying.
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I try to do what the manager says the best way I can.
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If you lose one game, you can win the next three or four and you get a winning streak. In the Champions League, you win or you are out. Mentally, it's difficult to handle. The Champions League is another adrenaline.
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I'm very confident in my qualities as a player, so both my skills and my mentality has helped me made the step up on my game.
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Benfica is in my heart but I'm a City player.
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Technically I have always been good, tactically I improved a lot in Italy. It was a time of learning, I liked living in Turin and Milan.
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Italy was very important for my career, Inter and Juve, two huge clubs.
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Kyle Walker is a great player, very fast, very strong physically.
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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.
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Pep was a very important person in my evolution. He is a manager who changed not only my capacities but also my way of seeing football.
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I'm a full-back who is more offensive than defensive, but I'm aware that the defensive side is also important.
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Manchester City was the most important step I took in my career.
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My mum is always the base of my life. When I lost her I was determined to make my dream come true.
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Playing in Serie A has helped me a lot to improve as a player, it's helped me to improve my defending.
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Our obligation is to fight and compete in all of the competitions that we are in, we will all aim to do our best.
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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.
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It's an enormous pleasure for me and all footballers to play with a great champion like Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Phil Foden is going to be one of the best players in the world, if not the best.
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I have learned how to become a more versatile player.
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I feel I can play in different positions now, not only right-back or left-back.
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Cristiano adds quality to any team he plays with.
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Kyle Walker is a great player but I think the more competition you have, the better to improve and grow as a player.
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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.
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I would like to finish at Benfica.
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I am a Benfiquista at heart.
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Everybody at Juventus looks at Cristiano Ronaldo as a great example. Everybody wants to be like him, even the more experienced players like Chiellini.
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When I first came to Italy it was a radical change for me, as I was coming from Spain, where people favour technique more, while here in Italy the most important thing is the tactical element. At that time Luciano Spalletti helped me out a lot, especially when it came to the defensive side of my game.
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Without a doubt my reference point is Dani Alves. I've been an admirer of his ever since I started playing football. I've been following him since he played for Sevilla. He's written a piece of football history and I think that once he retires he will be regarded as a legend.
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In the Champions League all teams are strong.
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I would really like to be able to talk to my mother because there's always something missing. Even when I achieve something important, there's always this feeling there. It's as if I always have an emptiness in my heart because she is not physically there.
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It's a dream club, all my friends know it, all my idols played for Barca.
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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.
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I feel comfortable playing inside but also out wide.
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I want to be successful in everything I do, to show my mother that she can be proud of the son she left behind.
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As a player I like new challenges.
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I dream of being the best player in my position and City is a good place to do that.
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Prandelli is a humble coach, who is willing to work hard and that is transmitted to the team.
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Seven was my mum's favourite number and it was the day she was born: 7 February.
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I like to dribble, make assists, play technical and attractive football.
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Besides Dani Alves, Cafu and Maicon, Lahm is one of the greatest right-backs of all time.
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The most important thing is the team. Only then the individual awards arrive.
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I try to improve myself every year.
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I cannot go long periods without playing football - I love playing football.
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Phil Foden is the proof that Manchester City academy works.
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I didn't watch a lot of Cafu, I was too young, so I don't remember much. But Daniel Alves, in my opinion, is the best full-back ever. I'm a huge fan of his work. I am a fan of what he does on the pitch but also the sense of freedom he plays. The joy with which he plays this sport and loves this sport. He's a role model for me.
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In my position, my childhood idol is Daniel Alves.
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I like new opportunities and I have nothing against City.
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