João Geraldo

João Geraldo

No. 36 Worldwide

João Geraldoborn on 1 à Mirandela1is a table tennis Portuguese. He is a two-time Portuguese singles champion.

Biography

He is part of Portugal's golden generation, made up of Marcos Freitas, João Monteiro and Tiago Apolónia, European champion at 2014 for the first time in its history and runner-up in the European Championship in 20172.

At 2015 European GamesHe won the gold medal in the team competition after Portugal beat France in the final.3.

In 2016, he won theSlovenian Open in the under-21 category following his victory against Quentin Robinot in the end4.

He won the men's doubles title with Diogo Carvalho at the 2020 Portuguese Open.5.

He was crowned Portuguese singles champion twice in 2015.6 and in 20217.

It is sponsored by the brand Butterfly8. It is the 45e world player in September 20239.

Club courses

He played for TSV Bad Königshofen in 2015. At the time, he was training at the centre of the TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen6.

In 2018, he signed for Wolves of Angers which evolves into pro AFrance's top division10,11.

He won the French Pro A championships with itsAngers in 202112,13 and in 202214. His performances during the 2020-2021 season earned him the title of best performer in the league. In fact, his record was 21 wins to 4 defeats.15.

He extends his contract with his club until 202516.

Style of play

His coach David Pilard at Loup d'Angers describes him as an "aggressive and explosive" player15.