Pablo (footballer, born 2004)
Pablo Felipe Pereira de Jesus, known as Pablo, is a Portuguese footballer who was born on 2 January 2004 in Braga. He plays as a striker for West Ham United in the Premier League and wears number 19. He is the son of Pena, a former Brazilian player who played for Porto and Braga.
Pablo joined Famalicão’s youth system at 15 after a failed trial with Fluminense. He signed a professional contract in July 2021 and made his first-team league debut on 8 August 2021 as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat at Paços de Ferreira. He extended his contract to 2027 in September 2022 and scored his first Primeira Liga goal on 22 April in a 3–2 win over Marítimo.
In January 2024, Pablo was loaned to Paços Ferreira for the rest of the season, and in September 2024 he moved on loan to Gil Vicente in the top division. On 1 April 2025 he scored a ten-minute hat-trick in a 3–1 win away at Boavista. He signed a permanent four-year deal with Gil Vicente on 23 June 2025. In that spell he finished the season among the league’s top scorers and won several awards, including Player of the Month and Best Forward/Best Young Player for September/October.
On 2 January 2026, Pablo joined West Ham United on a four-and-a-half-year contract, with the transfer fee reportedly around €25 million. He made his Premier League debut four days later as a 63rd-minute substitute in a 2–1 home defeat to Nottingham Forest.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 04:20 (CET).