João Ferreira · career
João Diogo Fonseca Ferreira
Full Back · Saint Etienne · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2021/226 clubs
The record covers 6 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 6 clubs, including a move abroad — 114 appearances with 9 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2023/24 at Udinese — Season rating 31, 0 goals and 1 assist in 35 games. 2021/22 was the leap — Season rating up 21 points at Guimaraes. Form has slipped 13 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 13 Season points.
Made the jump to a higher division in 2021/22 (Primeira Liga) and kept playing — 14 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Saint Etienne | 15 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | SC BragaLoan | 28 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | UdineseLoan | 35 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | Watford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | Rio AveLoan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | GuimaraesLoan | 14 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | Benfica B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | Benfica B | 18 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 10 |
| 2020/21 | Benfica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | Benfica U19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Benfica U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Benfica B | 18 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Benfica U19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal U17 | 2018/19 | UEFA U17 Championship | 5 | 0 |
Honours
Super Cup×2Taça de Portugal×3Júniores U19×2Primeira Liga×2Super Cup×2UEFA Youth League×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 2 | 15 | 966 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 |
| Ligue 1 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 |
Schedule · 2025/26
18 played3 unused sub22 not in squad· 1024 min, 1g 1a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18 | Friendlies Clubs | H Servette FC | 2-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 25 | Friendlies Clubs | H Paris FC | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 2 | Friendlies Clubs | A Cagliari | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 9 | Ligue 2 | A Laval | 3-3 | Played | 18 | 6.3 | ||
| Aug 16 | Ligue 2 | H Rodez | 4-0 | Played | 57 | 1 | 7.2 | |
| Aug 23 | Ligue 2 | A Boulogne | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| Aug 30 | Ligue 2 | H Grenoble | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Sep 13 | Ligue 2 | A Clermont Foot | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Sep 20 | Ligue 2 | H Reims | 3-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Sep 23 | Ligue 2 | A Amiens | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 27 | Ligue 2 | H Guingamp | 2-3 | Played | 14 | 6.2 | ||
| Oct 4 | Ligue 2 | A Montpellier | 2-0 | Played | 90 | 8.3 | ||
| Oct 18 | Ligue 2 | H Le Mans | 2-3 | Played | 90 | 5.9 | ||
| Oct 25 | Ligue 2 | A Annecy | 0-4 | Played | 90 | 6.0 | ||
| Oct 28 | Ligue 2 | H PAU | 6-0 | Played | 90 | 1 | 8.3 | |
| Nov 1 | Ligue 2 | A RED Star FC 93 | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| Nov 8 | Ligue 2 | A Estac Troyes | 3-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 15 | Coupe de France | A Quetigny | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 22 | Ligue 2 | H Nancy | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 7.5 | ||
| Nov 29 | Coupe de France | H Ecotay Moingt | 11-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 6 | Ligue 2 | A Dunkerque | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 13 | Ligue 2 | H Bastia | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 21 | Coupe de France | A Nice | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 3 | Ligue 2 | A Le Mans | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 17 | Ligue 2 | H Clermont Foot | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 24 | Ligue 2 | A Reims | 0-1 | Played | 31 | 6.7 | ||
| Jan 31 | Ligue 2 | H Boulogne | 0-1 | Played | 26 | 3.7 | ||
| Feb 7 | Ligue 2 | H Montpellier | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 14 | Ligue 2 | A Guingamp | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 21 | Ligue 2 | H Laval | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 28 | Ligue 2 | A PAU | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 7 | Ligue 2 | H RED Star FC 93 | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 14 | Ligue 2 | A Grenoble | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 21 | Ligue 2 | H Annecy | 4-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 4 | Ligue 2 | A Nancy | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 11 | Ligue 2 | H Dunkerque | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 18 | Ligue 2 | A Bastia | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 25 | Ligue 2 | H Estac Troyes | 0-3 | Played | 10 | 6.3 | ||
| May 2 | Ligue 2 | A Rodez | 1-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| May 9 | Ligue 2 | H Amiens | 5-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| May 15 | Ligue 1 | H Rodez | 0-0 | Played | 1 | — | ||
| May 26 | Ligue 1 | H Nice | 0-0 | Played | 30 | 6.6 | ||
| May 29 | Ligue 1 | A Nice | 1-4 | Played | 27 | 5.6 |