Papa John

**Papa John** (Real name John Vasco) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for newly accustomed Barclays Premier League club Reddit XI.  John Vasco was born on the 28th of August 1994.

## Early life

John Vasco was born and raised in Porto where the lands were
rich in football thanks to Portuguese club giant FC Porto. John Vasco grew
in a bakery that was made famous by his great grandfather Vasco De La Torre who
was a club legend for FC Porto. His father, Hugo Vasco, was also a professional
footballer at youth level but was forced to retire due to re-occurring injuries.

## FC Porto

With ties to his family, John Vasco joined FC Porto's junior
academy at the age 12 were he went to play there for 5 Years. John had impressed with his 5 years at the
junior academy, praised for his incredible technique and composure on the ball
by his coaches , it was to no surprise that FC Porto have offered him a
contract at the ripe age of 17. John was actually a Winger at the start, a pacey
 one at that, he played there for Porto B
in that position. At age 19 he had been
capped at U-21 level for the first time, By the time he was 21 he had been capped
an impressive 28 times scoring 7 and assisting 14 times. John had never made a senior Appearance for FC Porto.

Disaster struck at a friendly vs Kenya's U-17 where
coincidently Vasco's  current teammate Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemuhwem Osas' cousin  Vuvuvuevue Ovayetenyevwe Ugwemuhwem Osas had
drop kicked John Vasco's leg after being frustrated by being nutmegged for the
4th time. Vasco's leg had been broken and suffered an ACL and PCL injury. John
Vasco had been out injured for a year and a half where FC Porto actually
terminated his contract as they had thought he would be as his father and quit
football.

Vasco, outraged with his terminated contract and the
disloyalty by  FC Porto was determined to
not only come back from injury, but to become one of the greatest in Portugal.

## Gil Vicente

Vasco was signed by Portuguese Club Gil Vicente in the
second division. After struggling playing on the wing during that time, although he
still had his incredible technique and composure on the ball, it was apparent
that he had lost his blistering pace (not helped with the horrendous diet of cakes and pies available from the bakery from the first year of injury)  he was eventually transitioned on more to the middle of the pitch were he strived, he had managed to get a whopping 21
assists and 9 goals in the league and massively helped his side win the Portuguese
second division. He won accolades such as Liga ll player of the year and the
Portugese young player of the year award.

## Reddit XI

With a Low release Clause of £4m Vasco had attracted alot of  interest from  clubs in Portugal and two foreign clubs. Those foreign clubs were Arsenal and Reddit XI. Vasco, excited of the prospect of Arsenal,
was disappointed when he had heard that Wenger was only willing to buy him for
3.9m. had decided to go to Reddit XI.

## International

John Vasco made it to the Portuguese team in 2016 after good performances in Reddit XI.

## Nickname Origin

John Vasco was nicknamed Papa John by his friends due to his
striking resemblance to John Schnatter when he shaves his beard, and that he
makes one hell of a pizza. In fact, after winning the league John Vasco's
bakery had invited the club player's and staff to some beer and pizzas as a
gesture of good will.

## Honours

### Portugal

* **Segunda Liga / LigaPro**
	+ Runners-up (1): 2013–14 LigaPro

### International

* **UEFA Under-21 European Championship**
	+ Runners-up (1): 2015