Joshua Nascimento
Personal information
Full name Joshua Seixas Arantes do Nascimento[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-28) 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 the son of Pelé.

Early and personal life

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

Early career

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

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

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

  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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Joshua Nascimento". tampaspartans.com. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 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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