Person in history
João Cancelo
João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1994 · May 27
- Age this year
- 32No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 32nd anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or left-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the Portugal national team.
Why this date
João Cancelo appears on our May 27 calendar for 1994 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1994.
- May 17Malawi
- January 1Far-left politics
- November 21994 Durunka floods and lightning strike
- May 241993 World Trade Center bombing
- February 5Markale massacres
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1994Nene MacdonaldMay 11
- 1994Isaah YeoNovember 6
- 1994Denyse TontzSeptember 17
- 1994Brahim DarriSeptember 14
- 1994Krasimir StanoevSeptember 14
- 1994Nicky CaseSeptember 11
- 1994RM (musician)September 12
- 1994Hagos GebrhiwetMay 11
Sources
Cite this page
“João Cancelo”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/joao-cancelo, accessed October 26, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about João Cancelo
When was João Cancelo born?
May 27 1994.
How old would João Cancelo be today?
32 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on May 27?
Jérémy Doku, Kim Jae-hwan (singer), Josep Martínez and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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