Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joshua Seixas Arantes do Nascimento [1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 September 1996 | ||
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 a son of Pelé.
Nascimento was born to Brazilian gospel singer Assiria Seixas Lemos and Brazilian football legend Pelé. [2] He has a twin sister named Celeste. [2]
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]
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]
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]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Joshua Seixas Arantes do Nascimento [1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 September 1996 | ||
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 a son of Pelé.
Nascimento was born to Brazilian gospel singer Assiria Seixas Lemos and Brazilian football legend Pelé. [2] He has a twin sister named Celeste. [2]
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]
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]
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]