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João Carvalho

João Carvalho

Midfield - Attacking Midfield  at GD Estoril Praia
Age29
CitizenshipPortugal
Height1.72 m
Footright
BornMarch 9, 1997
at GD Estoril Praia 646 days · joined 2024-08-16
👕200+ Apps 🏴50+ Caps
Market value €3.00m
Attacking Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
14/15
debut season
0.11
goals / match
SL Benfica B
top club · 79 apps

Position rank · 25/26

#164
goals rank
#52
assists rank
39
season goals
42
season assists

Among 335 Midfield - Attacking Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€10.00m
peak value · 2018
€15.00m
top transfer fee · 18/19
8
best season · 16/17
60 / 10
int'l caps / goals
347Appearances
39Goals
42Assists
38Yellow cards
3Red cards
109Full matches (90′)
Full nameJoão Carvalho
Name in home countryJoão António Antunes Carvalho
Date of birth1997-03-09 (29 yrs)
Place of birthCastanheira De Pêra, Portugal
CitizenshipPortugal
PositionMidfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height172.00 m
Current clubGD Estoril Praia
Joined2024-08-16
Contract expires2027-06-30
AgentSEG
Jul 2025
25/26 — GD Estoril Praia
5 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Sep 2024
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Aug 2024
Transfer: Olympiacos → Estoril
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — GD Estoril Praia
29 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
23/24 — Olympiacos Piraeus
29 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 6 competitions
Jun 2023
Transfer: Estoril → Olympiacos
22/23 · Return from loan
Aug 2022
Transfer: Olympiacos → Estoril
22/23 · Loan
Jul 2022
22/23 — GD Estoril Praia, Olympiacos Piraeus
36 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2022
Transfer: Forest → Olympiacos
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — Nottingham Forest, Olympiacos Piraeus, Olympiacos Piraeus B
25 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 7 competitions
Jun 2021
Transfer: UD Almería → Forest
20/21 · Return from loan
Sep 2020
Transfer: Forest → UD Almería
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — UD Almería, Nottingham Forest
37 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Nottingham Forest
26 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Nottingham Forest
40 matches · 4 G · 8 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2018
Transfer: Benfica → Forest
18/19 · Transfer · €15.00m
Jul 2017
17/18 — SL Benfica, SL Benfica B
15 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Benfica B → Benfica
17/18 · Transfer
Jun 2017
Transfer: Vitória Setúbal → Benfica B
16/17 · Return from loan
Jan 2017
Transfer: Benfica B → Vitória Setúbal
16/17 · Loan
Jul 2016
16/17 — SL Benfica B, Vitória Setúbal FC, SL Benfica UEFA U19
36 matches · 8 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — SL Benfica B, SL Benfica UEFA U19
43 matches · 6 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2015
Transfer: Benfica U19 → Benfica B
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — SL Benfica B, SL Benfica UEFA U19
26 matches · 4 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2014
Transfer: Benfica U17 → Benfica U19
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
Transfer: Benfica U15 → Benfica U17
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2010
Transfer: Benfica Yth → Benfica U15
10/11 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €10.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 44 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.21/90
77
Assists2 total · 0.42/90
93
G+A3 total · 0.62/90
91
Yellow cards2 total · 0.42/90
18
9,803 min
Minutes played by club
GD Estoril Praia 37.4%
Olympiacos Piraeus 3.2%
Nottingham Forest 16.7%
Olympiacos Piraeus B 0.0%
UD Almería 0.0%
SL Benfica 0.0%
SL Benfica B 25.5%
Vitória Setúbal FC 11.7%
SL Benfica UEFA U19 5.5%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
GD Estoril Praia 3 22/23 25/26 69 10 7 3,669
Olympiacos Piraeus 3 21/22 23/24 46 3 5 318
Nottingham Forest 4 18/19 21/22 75 8 9 1,635
Olympiacos Piraeus B 1 21/22 21/22 1 0 0 0
UD Almería 1 20/21 20/21 36 0 3 0
SL Benfica 1 17/18 17/18 10 0 2 0
SL Benfica B 4 14/15 17/18 79 9 7 2,499
Vitória Setúbal FC 1 16/17 16/17 15 1 1 1,145
SL Benfica UEFA U19 3 14/15 16/17 16 8 8 537

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€2.5M6€5M9€7.5M12€10M14/15 — 4 goals (SL Benfica B)14/15 — 4 assists814/1515/16 — 6 goals (SL Benfica B)15/16 — 6 assists1215/1616/17 — 8 goals (Vitória Setúbal FC)16/17 — 4 assists1216/1717/18 — 4 assists417/1818/19 — 4 goals (Nottingham Forest)18/19 — 8 assists1218/1919/20 — 2 goals (Nottingham Forest)19/20 — 1 assists319/2020/21 — 3 assists320/2121/22 — 4 goals (Olympiacos Piraeus)21/22 — 3 assists721/2222/23 — 3 goals (GD Estoril Praia)22/23 — 2 assists522/2323/24 — 1 goals (Olympiacos Piraeus)23/24 — 2 assists323/2424/25 — 6 goals (GD Estoril Praia)24/25 — 3 assists924/2525/26 — 1 goals (GD Estoril Praia)25/26 — 2 assists325/2615/16 — €500K16/17 — €1M17/18 — €2M18/19 — €10M19/20 — €8M20/21 — €5M21/22 — €4M22/23 — €2.5M23/24 — €1.8M24/25 — €1.2M25/26 — €3MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

14/15: 4414/1515/16: 6615/1616/17: 8816/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 4421/2222/23: 3322/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 6624/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

14/15: 4414/1515/16: 6615/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 4417/1818/19: 8818/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 3320/2121/22: 3321/2222/23: 2222/2323/24: 2223/2424/25: 3324/2525/26: 2225/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Liga Portugal GD Estoril Praia 5 1 2 2 0 433
24/25 Liga Portugal GD Estoril Praia 28 6 3 5 1 386
24/25 Taça de Portugal GD Estoril Praia 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Conference L. Olympiacos Piraeus 3 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Europa League Olympiacos Piraeus 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Europa League Qualifying Olympiacos Piraeus 3 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Kypello Elladas Olympiacos Piraeus 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 SL1 Play-off Olympiacos Piraeus 5 1 0 0 0 76
23/24 Super League 1 Olympiacos Piraeus 14 0 2 1 0 0
22/23 Allianz Cup GD Estoril Praia 4 1 0 1 0 353
22/23 Champions League Qu. Olympiacos Piraeus 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Liga Portugal GD Estoril Praia 29 1 2 6 1 2,317
22/23 Taça de Portugal GD Estoril Praia 2 1 0 0 0 180
21/22 Championship Nottingham Forest 7 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 EFL Cup Nottingham Forest 1 2 0 0 0 45
21/22 FA Cup Nottingham Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Kypello Elladas Olympiacos Piraeus 3 0 1 0 0 0
21/22 SL1 Play-off Olympiacos Piraeus 8 2 1 0 0 242
21/22 Super League 1 Olympiacos Piraeus 5 0 1 1 0 0
21/22 Super League 2 Olympiacos Piraeus B 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 2ª División UD Almería 32 0 3 2 0 0
20/21 Copa del Rey UD Almería 3 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 EFL Cup Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Promoción a LaLiga UD Almería 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Championship Nottingham Forest 23 1 1 1 0 858
19/20 EFL Cup Nottingham Forest 2 1 0 0 0 92
19/20 FA Cup Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Championship Nottingham Forest 38 4 8 5 0 640
18/19 EFL Cup Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 FA Cup Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Champions League SL Benfica 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Ledman LigaPro SL Benfica B 5 0 2 1 0 0
17/18 Liga NOS SL Benfica 7 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 Taça CTT SL Benfica 1 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 Taça de Portugal SL Benfica 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Ledman LigaPro SL Benfica B 19 6 2 5 0 266
16/17 Liga NOS Vitória Setúbal FC 15 1 1 0 0 1,145
16/17 UEFA Youth League SL Benfica UEFA U19 2 1 1 0 0 180
15/16 Ledman LigaPro SL Benfica B 37 2 3 6 1 1,375
15/16 UEFA Youth League SL Benfica UEFA U19 6 4 3 1 0 129
14/15 Liga Portugal 2 SL Benfica B 18 1 0 0 0 858
14/15 UEFA Youth League SL Benfica UEFA U19 8 3 4 0 0 228
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
10/11 2010-07-01 Benfica Yth Benfica U15 Transfer 0
12/13 2012-07-01 Benfica U15 Benfica U17 Transfer 0
13/14 2014-01-01 Benfica U17 Benfica U19 Transfer 0
14/15 2015-01-01 Benfica U19 Benfica B Transfer 0
16/17 2017-01-30 Benfica B Vitória Setúbal Loan 1000000
16/17 2017-06-30 Vitória Setúbal Benfica B Return from loan 2000000
17/18 2017-07-01 Benfica B Benfica Transfer 2000000
18/19 2018-07-01 Benfica Forest Transfer 2500000 €15.00m
20/21 2020-09-29 Forest UD Almería Loan 4000000
20/21 2021-06-30 UD Almería Forest Return from loan 3000000
21/22 2022-01-29 Forest Olympiacos Transfer 2200000
22/23 2022-08-22 Olympiacos Estoril Loan 2500000
22/23 2023-06-30 Estoril Olympiacos Return from loan 1800000
24/25 2024-08-16 Olympiacos Estoril Transfer 1200000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
24/25 unknown injury 2024-09-21 2024-10-15 25 3
Current€2.00m
Peak€10.00m
Low€500k
Δ since start+€1.50m
€500k€2.88m€5.25m€7.63m€10.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #31372 #8 8 0 former national player
Team #30503 #7 2 0 former national player
Team #23137 #15 12 1 former national player
Team #16374 #10 20 6 former national player
Team #16373 1 0 former national player
Team #16372 #10 11 1 former national player
Team #16371 #7 6 2 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Guga 2 0 0
Umar Sadiq 2 2 0
Heri Tavares 2 1 0
Miguel Santos 1 0 0
Bruno Varela 1 0 0
Tobias Figueiredo 2 0 0
Pedro Rebocho 1 0 0
Jack Robinson 1 0 0
Renato Sanches 2 2 0
Diogo Gonçalves 2 7 0
Aurélio Buta 2 3 0
Matty Cash 2 1 0
Joe Lolley 1 3 0
Pedro Álvaro 1 0 0
Pêpê 2 1 0
Rúben Dias 2 0 0
Yuri Ribeiro 2 2 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
24/25 Liga Portugal GD Estoril Praia 6 28
16/17 Ledman LigaPro SL Benfica B 6 19
15/16 UEFA Youth League SL Benfica UEFA U19 4 6

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
18/19 Championship Nottingham Forest 8 38
14/15 UEFA Youth League SL Benfica UEFA U19 4 8
15/16 UEFA Youth League SL Benfica UEFA U19 3 6

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
22/23 2023-06-30 Estoril Olympiacos Return from loan €1.80m
22/23 2022-08-22 Olympiacos Estoril Loan €2.50m
20/21 2021-06-30 UD Almería Forest Return from loan €3.00m
20/21 2020-09-29 Forest UD Almería Loan €4.00m
16/17 2017-06-30 Vitória Setúbal Benfica B Return from loan €2.00m
16/17 2017-01-30 Benfica B Vitória Setúbal Loan €1.00m

Last 50 matches for GD Estoril Praia The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2026-05-16 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Available
2026-05-10 PO1 FC Alverca 1–1 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-05-10 PO1 FC Alverca 1–1 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-05-03 PO1 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-05-03 PO1 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-04-26 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 0–1 FC Famalicão Available
2026-04-26 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 0–1 FC Famalicão Available
2026-04-20 PO1 Moreirense FC 1–0 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-04-20 PO1 Moreirense FC 1–0 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-04-12 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 1–3 FC Porto Available
2026-04-06 PO1 FC Arouca 3–2 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-03-22 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 1–2 Rio Ave FC Available
2026-03-15 PO1 CD Nacional 0–1 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-03-07 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 0–0 Casa Pia AC Available
2026-02-27 PO1 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-02-22 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 3–1 Gil Vicente FC Available
2026-02-15 PO1 AVS 3–0 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-02-07 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 2–2 CD Tondela Available
2026-01-31 PO1 CD Santa Clara 2–4 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-01-24 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 4–2 Vitória Guimarães Available
2026-01-19 PO1 CF Estrela da Amadora 0–5 GD Estoril Praia Available
2026-01-03 PO1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–1 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-12-27 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 4–1 FC Alverca Available
2025-12-19 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 1–0 Sporting Clube de Braga Available
2025-12-14 PO1 FC Famalicão 4–0 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-12-07 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 3–3 Moreirense FC Available
2025-11-30 PO1 FC Porto 1–0 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-11-07 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 4–3 FC Arouca Available
2025-11-01 PO1 Rio Ave FC 0–4 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-10-26 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 1–1 CD Nacional Available
2025-10-03 PO1 Casa Pia AC 2–2 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-09-27 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 0–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal Available
2025-09-21 PO1 Gil Vicente FC 2–0 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-09-13 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 3–1 AVS Available
2025-09-06 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 0–1 CD Santa Clara Available
2025-08-31 PO1 CD Tondela 2–2 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-08-16 PO1 Vitória Guimarães 3–2 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-08-11 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 1–1 CF Estrela da Amadora Available
2025-05-17 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 4–0 CF Estrela da Amadora Available
2025-05-11 PO1 Moreirense FC 2–2 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-05-03 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Available
2025-04-29 PO1 Casa Pia AC 1–3 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-04-19 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 0–2 Sporting Clube de Braga Available
2025-04-12 PO1 FC Famalicão 3–0 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-04-04 PO1 AVS 0–3 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-03-30 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 1–2 FC Porto Available
2025-03-16 PO1 FC Arouca 1–1 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-03-08 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 2–2 SC Farense Available
2025-03-03 PO1 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 GD Estoril Praia Available
2025-02-22 PO1 GD Estoril Praia 2–1 Rio Ave FC Available

Teams faced most often by João Carvalho's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Derby County 11 5 4 2 12 9 +3 45%
Blackburn Rovers 11 2 5 4 17 18 -1 18%
Birmingham City 10 3 3 4 13 13 0 30%
Reading FC 10 5 2 3 17 11 +6 50%
Brentford FC 10 3 1 6 11 17 -6 30%
CD Nacional 10 5 2 3 17 11 +6 50%
Sheffield Wednesday 10 2 1 7 6 19 -13 20%
Leeds United 10 4 5 1 14 9 +5 40%
Moreirense FC 9 1 3 5 15 22 -7 11%
Huddersfield Town 9 3 1 5 10 13 -3 33%
Ipswich Town 9 3 4 2 13 8 +5 33%
CD Feirense 8 3 0 5 14 18 -4 38%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
14/15 Senior debut season
14/15 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 5 433 2 0 0 0.42
24/25 29 386 5 0 1 1.4
23/24 29 76 1 0 0 1.18
22/23 36 2,850 7 0 1 0.25
21/22 25 287 2 0 0 0.63
20/21 37 0 2 0 0 0
19/20 26 950 1 0 0 0.09
18/19 40 640 5 0 0 0.7
17/18 15 0 1 0 0 0
16/17 36 1,591 5 2 0 0.4
15/16 43 1,504 7 0 1 0.48

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Liga Portugal
84 apps
9 G
9 A
Liga Portugal 2
79 apps
9 G
7 A
UEFA Youth League
16 apps
8 G
8 A
Championship
68 apps
5 G
9 A
SL1 Play-off
13 apps
3 G
1 A
EFL Cup
5 apps
3 G
0 A
Taça CTT
5 apps
1 G
1 A
Taça de Portugal
4 apps
1 G
0 A
Super League 1
19 apps
0 G
3 A
2ª División
32 apps
0 G
3 A

Frequently asked about João Carvalho

Who is João Carvalho?

João Carvalho is a Portugal professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for GD Estoril Praia.

How old is João Carvalho?

João Carvalho is 29 years old. He was born on March 9, 1997 in Castanheira De Pêra.

What position does João Carvalho play?

João Carvalho plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).

What club does João Carvalho play for?

João Carvalho currently plays for GD Estoril Praia.

How many career goals has João Carvalho scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, João Carvalho has scored 39 goals in 347 appearances.

What is João Carvalho's market value?

João Carvalho's most recent reported market value is €3.00m.