João Cancelo
João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo
Portuguese footballer (born 1994) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Born
- 27 May 1994
- Position
- Unavailable
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 2014–present
Clubs S.L. Benfica · Valencia CF · Inter Milan · Juventus FC · Manchester City F.C. · FC Barcelona · FC Bayern Munich · Al Hilal SFC
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
295
Club league goals
12
International caps
64
International goals
12
League goals / match
0.04
International goals / cap
0.19
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Sources disagree on FC Barcelona (League)
Using the conservative claim of 0 matches and 0 goals. Alternative claim: 16 matches / 2 goals. Larger historic totals often include friendlies and unofficial matches.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.L. BenficaClub | 2014–2015 | League | 1 | 0 |
| Valencia CFClub | 2014–2018 | League | 74 | 2 |
| Portugal men's national football teamNational team | 2016–2026 | Full caps | 64 | 12 |
| Inter MilanClub | 2017–2018 | League | 26 | 1 |
| Juventus FCClub | 2018–2019 | League | 25 | 1 |
| Manchester City F.C.Club | 2019–2024 | League | 98 | 5 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 2023–2026 | League | 32 | 2 |
| FC Bayern MunichClub | 2023 | League | 15 | 1 |
| Al Hilal SFCClub | 2024–2026 | League | 24 | 0 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×4
Premier League
Domestic
- 2020–21 · Manchester City F.C.
- 2021–22 · Manchester City F.C.
- 2022–23 · Manchester City F.C.
- 2023–24 · Manchester City F.C.
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 2022–23 · Manchester City F.C.
- ×1
Serie A
Domestic
- 2018–19 · Juventus FC
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
No dated individual awards from the catalog are recorded for this player in the current sources. This may reflect incomplete source data rather than an absence of awards; editors can add sourced entries.
Career timeline
2014
- Joins S.L. Benfica — Until 2015
- Joins Valencia CF (loan) — Until 2015
2015
- Joins Valencia CF — Until 2018
2016
- Senior international debut: Portugal men's national football team — Ongoing or end date unrecorded
2017
- Joins Inter Milan (loan) — Until 2018
2018
- Joins Juventus FC — Until 2019
2019
- Serie A winner — 2018–19 · Juventus FC(provisional)
- Joins Manchester City F.C. — Until 2024
2021
- Premier League winner — 2020–21 · Manchester City F.C.(provisional)
2022
- Premier League winner — 2021–22 · Manchester City F.C.(provisional)
2023
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 2022–23 · Manchester City F.C.(provisional)
- Premier League winner — 2022–23 · Manchester City F.C.(provisional)
- Joins FC Barcelona (loan) — Until 2024
- Joins FC Bayern Munich (loan) — Until 2023
2024
- Premier League winner — 2023–24 · Manchester City F.C.(provisional)
- Joins Al Hilal SFC — Until 2026
2026
- Joins FC Barcelona — Ongoing or end date unrecorded
- Joins FC Barcelona (loan) — Until 2026
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v3, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Provisional estimate
25.5
Rank pending: 4 of 5 categories have evidence
Provisional4/5 categories with full evidence · 0% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence23.3+7.00 points
- Best window
- 2019–2023
- Individual award points in window
- 0
- Award availability in window
- 1
- Team honor points in window
- 20
- Peak index
- 10
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceUnavailableUnavailableno contribution
Primary position unknown; position-specific rules cannot be applied.
Individual accoladesFull evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Contemporary award points
- 0
- Award availability coverage
- 1
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 0
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence44.6+6.69 points
- Team honor points
- 23
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.923
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (2022–23)
- 8
- Premier League (2020–21)
- 3
- Premier League (2021–22)
- 3
- Premier League (2022–23)
- 3
- Premier League (2023–24)
- 3
- Serie A (2018–19)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence54.4+5.44 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 13 → 57
- Documented elite seasons
- 5 → 45
- International career length (years)
- 11 → 71
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: João Cancelo (Q6298063)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: João Cancelo USMNT v Portugal Mar 31 2026-30 (cropped).jpgCC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026