J. Mercado · career
John Anthony Mercado Cuero
Defensive · Sparta Praha · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
A career still climbing — Mercado is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2024/25
The record covers 4 seasons (2022/23–2025/26) across 3 clubs, including a move abroad — 75 appearances, 12 goals and 7 assists.
His best campaign on record is 2025/26 at Sparta Praha — Season rating 27, 7 goals and 4 assists in 26 games. 2024/25 was the leap — Season rating up 15 points at AVS. Form is on a climb — up 19 Season points across his last 3 full seasons.
Made the jump to a higher division in 2024/25 (Primeira Liga) and kept playing — 35 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Sparta Praha | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2025/26 | Sparta Praha | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| 2024/25 | AVS | 35 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | AVS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | Vilafranquense | 13 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | CSALoan | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022/23 | Atletico Paranaense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 |
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 2026/27 | World Cup - Qualification South America | 4 | 0 |
| 2026/27 | Friendlies | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025/26 | Friendlies | 2 | 0 | |
| Ecuador U23 | 2024/25 | Paulista Série B | 4 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | CONMEBOL - Pre-Olympic Tournament | 4 | 1 | |
| Ecuador U17 | 2019/20 | CONMEBOL U17 | 9 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | World Cup - U17 | 4 | 1 |
Honours
CONMEBOL Sudamericana×2CONMEBOL Recopa×2Copa do Brasil×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup - Qualification South Americaat Ecuador | 4 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| Czech Liga | 1 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Friendliesat Ecuador | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
Schedule · 2025/26
The schedule for J. Mercado is still being gathered (we backfill fixtures best-league-first). Check back soon.