Josué Pesqueira

Josué
Josué with Legia Warsaw in 2023
Personal information
Full name Josué Filipe Soares Pesqueira
Date of birth (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990
Place of birth Valongo, Portugal
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Coritiba
Number 27
Youth career
1999–2009 Porto
2005–2006Padroense (loan)
2007Candal (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Porto 0 (0)
2009Covilhã (loan) 5 (1)
2010Penafiel (loan) 14 (1)
2010–2011VVV (loan) 13 (0)
2011–2013 Paços Ferreira 42 (0)
2013–2017 Porto 20 (4)
2014–2016Bursaspor (loan) 44 (7)
2016Braga (loan) 12 (2)
2016–2017Galatasaray (loan) 25 (2)
2017–2018 Osmanlıspor 9 (0)
2018–2019 Akhisarspor 20 (2)
2019–2021 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 53 (13)
2021–2024 Legia Warsaw 94 (23)
2024– Coritiba 27 (4)
International career
2009 Portugal U19 3 (0)
2009 Portugal U20 3 (2)
2010–2012 Portugal U21 17 (3)
2013–2014 Portugal 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:25, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Josué Filipe Soares Pesqueira (born 17 September 1990), known simply as Josué, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Coritiba.

He spent most of his career attached to Porto, though he was often loaned out, and also represented Paços de Ferreira and Braga in the Primeira Liga. Abroad, he played for four clubs in Turkey's Süper Lig, among them Bursaspor and Galatasaray. He also had a three-year spell at Legia Warsaw, where he won the Polish Cup and the Polish Super Cup in 2023, before joining Coritiba the following year.

Josué made his full debut for Portugal in 2013.