Pedro Justiniano

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Almeida and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.
Pedro Justiniano
Personal information
Full name Pedro Justiniano Almeida Gomes
Date of birth (2000-04-18) 18 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Vicenza, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 VPS
Youth career
2012–2014 Vicenza
2014–2018 Juventus
2017–2018 → Porto (loan)
2018–2019 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Juventus 0 (0)
2018 → Porto B (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2021 Porto B 38 (0)
2021–2022 Académica 18 (0)
2022–2024 Radomiak Radom 12 (0)
2023–2024 → Petrolul Ploiești (loan) 7 (0)
2024– VPS 17 (0)
International career‡
2015 Italy U15 8 (0)
2015 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2016 Portugal U16 5 (0)
2016–2017 Portugal U17 6 (1)
2018 Portugal U18 1 (0)
2022– Guinea-Bissau 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022

Pedro Justiniano Almeida Gomes (born 18 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Veikkausliiga club VPS.

Justiniano started out his senior career at Porto B in 2018, initially on loan from Juventus. He signed for Académica in 2021, and one year later moved to Polish side Radomiak Radom.

Club career

Born in Italy, Justiniano represented Vicenza, Juventus and Porto at junior level.

On 11 March 2018, while on loan from Juventus, Justiniano made his professional debut for Porto B in a 0–1 LigaPro loss to Académico Viseu.[1]

On 10 July 2022, after spending one season at Académica, he moved to Polish side Radomiak Radom on a three-year contract.[2] On 2 July 2023, Justiniano was sent on a season-long loan to Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.[3] He was recalled in early January 2024.[4]

On 12 March 2024, Justiniano signed a two-year deal with Finnish Veikkausliiga side Vaasan Palloseura (VPS).[5] After a short hiatus of competitive games, he made one appearance with the club's reserve team in the fifth-tier Kolmonen, before debuting with VPS first team on 27 April 2024 in a Veikkausliiga match against AC Oulu, as a starter in a 2–1 win.

International career

Born in Italy, Justiniano featured his country of birth at under-15 level, before switching his allegiance to Portugal. He represented Portugal at several youth international levels, before making his full debut for Guinea-Bissau senior national team in 2022.

Personal life

Justiniano holds a dual citizenship of Guinea-Bissau and Portugal.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 August 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto B 2017–18 LigaPro 1 0 – – – 1 0
2018–19 LigaPro 6 0 – – – 6 0
2019–20 LigaPro 11 0 – – – 11 0
2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 19 0 – – – 19 0
Total 37 0 – – – – – – 37 0
Académica 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 18 0 2 0 – – 20 0
Radomiak Radom 2022–23 Ekstraklasa 12 0 2 0 – – 14 0
Petrolul Ploiești (loan) 2023–24 Liga I 7 0 1 0 – – 8 0
VPS 2024 Veikkausliiga 17 0 0 0 2[b] 0 0 0 19 0
VPS II 2024 Kolmonen 1 0 – – – 1 0
Career total 92 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 99 0
  1. ^ Includes Taça de Portugal, Polish Cup, Cupa României and Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 20 November 2022
National team Year Apps Goals
Guinea-Bissau
2022 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Porto Youth

References

  1. ^ "FC Porto B 0-1 Académico Viseu". ForadeJogo. 11 March 2018. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Pedro Justiniano piłkarzem Radomiaka!" (in Polish). Radomiak Radom. 10 July 2022. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Bun venit, Pedro Justiniano!" [Welcome, Pedro Justiniano!] (in Romanian). FC Petrolul Ploiești. 2 July 2023. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Pierwszy trening Radomiaka". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 9 January 2024. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  5. ^ Tervetuloa Vaasan Palloseuraan Pedro Justiniano!, vepsu.fi, 12 March 2024
  6. ^ Pedro Justiniano at WorldFootball.net
  7. ^ Almeida, Isaura (29 April 2019). "FC Porto é campeão Europeu Sub-19" [FC Porto are Under-19 European champions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.