Skip to content
Ola John

Ola John

Attack - Left Winger  at Without Club
Age34
CitizenshipNetherlands Liberia
Height1.74 m
Footright
BornMay 19, 1992
👕200+ Apps ⚽50+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists 🏴25+ Caps
Market value €325k
Rating · 24/25 10.0 World class
Left Winger Attack

Career snapshot

12
clubs played for
09/10
debut season
0.17
goals / match
SL Benfica
top club · 90 apps

Position rank · 24/25

#570
goals rank
#145
assists rank
68
season goals
90
season assists

Among 1,755 Attack - Left Wingers · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€12.00m
peak value · 2013
€12.00m
top transfer fee · 12/13
18
best season · 22/23
28 / 5
int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Mehdi Zeffane
Defender - Right-Back · ES Mostaganem
€300k
Michele Camporese
Defender - Centre-Back · Without Club
€200k
Nikola Boranijasevic
Defender - Right-Back · Without Club
€175k
Geoffray Durbant
Attack - Centre-Forward · Football Club 93 Bobigny
€100k

Shares 1992-05-19 · 6 players total

404Appearances
68Goals
90Assists
16Yellow cards
0Red cards
65Full matches (90′)
Full nameOla John
Date of birth1992-05-19 (34 yrs)
Place of birthZwedru, Netherlands
CitizenshipNetherlands Liberia
PositionAttack - Left Winger (main: Attack)
Footright
Height174.00 m
Current clubWithout Club
Joined2025-07-01
Contract expires—
AgentSport Plan
Outfitteradidas
Jul 2025
Transfer: Al-Arabi → Without Club
25/26 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — Al-Arabi SC
29 matches · 5 G · 8 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
23/24 — Al-Arabi SC
31 matches · 10 G · 8 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
Transfer: Al-Hazem → Al-Arabi
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — Al-Hazem SC
31 matches · 18 G · 14 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2021
21/22 — Al-Hazem SC
25 matches · 8 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: RKC Waalwijk → Al-Hazem
21/22 · Transfer
Jan 2021
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Oct 2020
Transfer: Vit. Guimarães → RKC Waalwijk
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — RKC Waalwijk
24 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2019
Injury: unknown
14 games missed
Jul 2019
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — Vitória Guimarães SC
17 matches · 0 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Oct 2018
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jul 2018
Transfer: Benfica B → Vit. Guimarães
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — Vitória Guimarães SC
28 matches · 1 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — SL Benfica B
1 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2017
Transfer: Benfica → Benfica B
17/18 · Transfer
Jun 2017
Transfer: Dep. La Coruña → Benfica
16/17 · Return from loan
Jan 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jan 2017
Transfer: Benfica → Dep. La Coruña
16/17 · Loan
Jan 2017
Transfer: Wolves → Benfica
16/17 · Return from loan
Aug 2016
Transfer: Benfica → Wolves
16/17 · Loan
Jul 2016
16/17 — Wolverhampton Wanderers, Deportivo de La Coruña
14 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2016
Transfer: Reading → Benfica
15/16 · Return from loan
Sep 2015
Transfer: Benfica → Reading
15/16 · Loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — Reading FC, SL Benfica
36 matches · 4 G · 5 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — SL Benfica
36 matches · 4 G · 7 A · across 5 competitions
Jun 2014
Transfer: Hamburger SV → Benfica
13/14 · Return from loan
Jan 2014
Transfer: Benfica → Hamburger SV
13/14 · Loan
Jul 2013
13/14 — SL Benfica, Hamburger SV
18 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 7 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — SL Benfica
42 matches · 4 G · 9 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Twente FC → Benfica
12/13 · Transfer · €12.00m
May 2012
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2011
11/12 — Twente Enschede FC
50 matches · 9 G · 22 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Twente Enschede FC, FC Twente Enschede U19
20 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: FC Twente U19 → Twente FC
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2009
09/10 — FC Twente Enschede U19
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2009
Transfer: FC Twente U17 → FC Twente U19
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2007
Transfer: FC Twente Youth → FC Twente U17
07/08 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €12.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 894 other Attack - Left Wingers with ≥500 minutes in 24/25. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals5 total · 1.00/90
87
Assists8 total · 1.60/90
98
G+A13 total · 2.60/90
96
Yellow cards1 total · 0.20/90
65
5,868 min
Minutes played by club
Al-Arabi SC 11.0%
Al-Hazem SC 6.6%
RKC Waalwijk 9.1%
Vitória Guimarães SC 17.4%
SL Benfica B 1.3%
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.0%
Deportivo de La Coruña 0.0%
SL Benfica 28.0%
Reading FC 4.4%
Hamburger SV 0.0%
Twente Enschede FC 22.1%
FC Twente Enschede U19 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Al-Arabi SC 2 23/24 24/25 60 15 16 648
Al-Hazem SC 2 21/22 22/23 56 26 17 388
RKC Waalwijk 1 20/21 20/21 24 2 2 534
Vitória Guimarães SC 2 18/19 19/20 45 1 10 1,020
SL Benfica B 1 17/18 17/18 1 1 0 76
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 16/17 16/17 3 0 0 0
Deportivo de La Coruña 1 16/17 16/17 11 0 1 0
SL Benfica 4 12/13 15/16 90 9 16 1,645
Reading FC 1 15/16 15/16 33 4 5 258
Hamburger SV 1 13/14 13/14 9 0 0 0
Twente Enschede FC 2 10/11 11/12 69 10 23 1,299
FC Twente Enschede U19 2 09/10 10/11 3 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

8€3M16€6M24€9M32€12M10/11 — 1 goals (Twente Enschede FC)10/11 — 1 assists210/1111/12 — 9 goals (Twente Enschede FC)11/12 — 22 assists3111/1212/13 — 4 goals (SL Benfica)12/13 — 9 assists1312/1313/14 — 1 goals (SL Benfica)113/1414/15 — 4 goals (SL Benfica)14/15 — 7 assists1114/1515/16 — 4 goals (Reading FC)15/16 — 5 assists915/1616/17 — 1 assists116/1717/18 — 1 goals (SL Benfica B)117/1818/19 — 1 goals (Vitória Guimarães SC)18/19 — 5 assists618/1919/20 — 5 assists519/2020/21 — 2 goals (RKC Waalwijk)20/21 — 2 assists420/2121/22 — 8 goals (Al-Hazem SC)21/22 — 3 assists1121/2222/23 — 18 goals (Al-Hazem SC)22/23 — 14 assists3222/2323/24 — 10 goals (Al-Arabi SC)23/24 — 8 assists1823/2424/25 — 5 goals (Al-Arabi SC)24/25 — 8 assists1324/2510/11 — €50K11/12 — €1M12/13 — €9M13/14 — €12M14/15 — €8M15/16 — €7M16/17 — €5M17/18 — €3.5M18/19 — €1M19/20 — €1.3M20/21 — €1.3M21/22 — €800K22/23 — €300K23/24 — €400K24/25 — €450KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

09/10: 0009/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 9911/1212/13: 4412/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 4414/1515/16: 4415/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 8821/2222/23: 181822/2323/24: 101023/2424/25: 5524/25

Assists by season

09/10: 0009/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 222211/1212/13: 9912/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 7714/1515/16: 5515/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 5518/1919/20: 5519/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 3321/2222/23: 141422/2323/24: 8823/2424/25: 8824/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 King's Cup Al-Arabi SC 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Saudi First Division League Al-Arabi SC 29 5 8 1 0 450
23/24 King's Cup Al-Arabi SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Saudi First Division League Al-Arabi SC 30 10 8 3 0 198
22/23 Saudi First Division League Al-Hazem SC 31 18 14 0 0 143
21/22 King's Cup Al-Hazem SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Saudi Pro League Al-Hazem SC 24 8 3 1 0 245
20/21 Eredivisie RKC Waalwijk 23 2 2 0 0 534
20/21 KNVB Beker RKC Waalwijk 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Allianz Cup Vitória Guimarães SC 1 0 1 0 0 0
19/20 Liga NOS Vitória Guimarães SC 16 0 4 0 0 0
18/19 Allianz Cup Vitória Guimarães SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Liga NOS Vitória Guimarães SC 26 1 5 2 0 1,020
18/19 Taça de Portugal Vitória Guimarães SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Ledman LigaPro SL Benfica B 1 1 0 0 0 76
16/17 Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Cup Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 LaLiga Deportivo de La Coruña 11 0 1 0 0 0
15/16 Championship Reading FC 28 4 2 3 0 258
15/16 FA Cup Reading FC 4 0 2 0 0 0
15/16 League Cup Reading FC 1 0 1 0 0 0
15/16 Liga NOS SL Benfica 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Supertaça SL Benfica 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Allianz Cup SL Benfica 4 1 1 2 0 281
14/15 Champions League SL Benfica 2 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Liga NOS SL Benfica 26 3 5 0 0 351
14/15 Supertaça SL Benfica 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Taça de Portugal SL Benfica 3 0 1 0 0 0
13/14 Allianz Cup SL Benfica 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Bundesliga Hamburger SV 8 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Bundesliga Playoffs Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Champions League SL Benfica 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 DFB-Pokal Hamburger SV 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Liga ZON Sagres SL Benfica 5 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Taça de Portugal SL Benfica 1 1 0 0 0 90
12/13 Allianz Cup SL Benfica 4 0 1 0 0 0
12/13 Champions League SL Benfica 4 1 1 0 0 271
12/13 Europa League SL Benfica 8 1 1 3 0 589
12/13 Liga ZON Sagres SL Benfica 22 0 6 0 0 0
12/13 Taça de Portugal SL Benfica 4 2 0 0 0 63
11/12 Champions League Qu. Twente Enschede FC 4 0 2 0 0 0
11/12 Eredivisie Twente Enschede FC 33 8 15 1 0 324
11/12 Europa League Twente Enschede FC 10 1 4 0 0 660
11/12 Johan Cruijff Schaal Twente Enschede FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 KNVB Beker Twente Enschede FC 2 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 Champions League Twente Enschede FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Eredivisie Twente Enschede FC 13 1 1 0 0 315
10/11 Europa League Twente Enschede FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 KNVB Beker Twente Enschede FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 U19 Div. 1 Spring FC Twente Enschede U19 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 U19 Div. 1 Spring FC Twente Enschede U19 2 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
07/08 2007-07-01 FC Twente Youth FC Twente U17 Transfer 0 —
09/10 2009-07-01 FC Twente U17 FC Twente U19 Transfer 0 —
10/11 2010-07-01 FC Twente U19 Twente FC Transfer 0 —
12/13 2012-07-01 Twente FC Benfica Transfer 2500000 €12.00m
13/14 2014-01-17 Benfica Hamburger SV Loan 12000000 —
13/14 2014-06-30 Hamburger SV Benfica Return from loan 8000000 —
15/16 2015-09-01 Benfica Reading Loan 7000000 —
15/16 2016-06-30 Reading Benfica Return from loan 5000000 —
16/17 2016-08-23 Benfica Wolves Loan 5000000 —
16/17 2017-01-12 Wolves Benfica Return from loan 5000000 —
16/17 2017-01-13 Benfica Dep. La Coruña Loan 5000000 —
16/17 2017-06-30 Dep. La Coruña Benfica Return from loan 2500000 —
17/18 2017-07-01 Benfica Benfica B Transfer 2500000 —
18/19 2018-07-21 Benfica B Vit. Guimarães Transfer 500000 —
20/21 2020-10-06 Vit. Guimarães RKC Waalwijk Transfer 1300000 —
21/22 2021-07-01 RKC Waalwijk Al-Hazem Transfer 650000 —
23/24 2023-07-01 Al-Hazem Al-Arabi Transfer 400000 —
25/26 2025-07-01 Al-Arabi Without Club Transfer 325000 —
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
11/12 Ankle injury 2012-05-04 2012-09-05 125 8
16/17 muscular problems 2017-01-18 2017-01-23 6 1
18/19 Muscle injury 2018-10-16 2018-11-30 46 5
19/20 Hamstring injury 2019-07-01 2019-08-12 43 4
19/20 Hamstring injury 2019-09-06 2019-11-27 83 14
20/21 unknown injury 2021-01-17 2021-02-05 20 4
Current€325k
Peak€12.00m
Low€50k
Δ since start+€275k
€50k€3.04m€6.03m€9.01m€12.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €325k
Jan 1, 1970 €375k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €11.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #16341 — 9 3 — — former national player
Team #11944 #15 13 1 — — former national player
Team #10933 #11 5 1 — — former national player
Team #3379 #11 1 0 — — former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Luuk de Jong 2 9 0
Eduardo Salvio 2 2 0
Roberto Rosales 2 2 0
Enzo Pérez 2 1 0
Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel 1 0 0
Nemanja Matic 2 0 0
Ahmed Al-Muwallad 1 0 0
Falaye Sacko 2 0 0

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

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
22/23 Saudi First Division League Al-Hazem SC 18 31
23/24 Saudi First Division League Al-Arabi SC 10 30
11/12 Eredivisie Twente Enschede FC 8 33

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
11/12 Eredivisie Twente Enschede FC 15 33
22/23 Saudi First Division League Al-Hazem SC 14 31
23/24 Saudi First Division League Al-Arabi SC 8 30

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
16/17 2017-06-30 Dep. La Coruña Benfica Return from loan — €2.50m
16/17 2017-01-13 Benfica Dep. La Coruña Loan — €5.00m
16/17 2017-01-12 Wolves Benfica Return from loan — €5.00m
16/17 2016-08-23 Benfica Wolves Loan — €5.00m
15/16 2016-06-30 Reading Benfica Return from loan — €5.00m
15/16 2015-09-01 Benfica Reading Loan — €7.00m
13/14 2014-06-30 Hamburger SV Benfica Return from loan — €8.00m
13/14 2014-01-17 Benfica Hamburger SV Loan — €12.00m

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

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Middlesbrough FC 20 7 3 10 19 26 -7 35%
Millwall FC 19 7 5 7 24 19 +5 37%
Derby County 16 7 4 5 25 21 +4 44%
Barnsley FC 16 6 6 4 27 20 +7 38%
AFC Ajax 16 2 3 11 15 36 -21 13%
Birmingham City 15 5 3 7 13 19 -6 33%
Ipswich Town 15 9 1 5 23 21 +2 60%
Nottingham Forest 14 6 3 5 19 22 -3 43%
Blackpool FC 14 5 1 8 22 26 -4 36%
Bolton Wanderers 14 5 6 3 23 20 +3 36%
Leeds United 14 5 5 4 13 13 0 36%
Watford FC 13 3 4 6 12 21 -9 23%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
09/10 Senior debut season
10/11 First senior goal
22/23 Goal #50 (career)

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

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 29 450 1 0 0 0.2
23/24 31 198 3 0 0 1.36
21/22 25 245 1 0 0 0.37
18/19 28 1,020 2 0 0 0.18
15/16 36 258 3 0 0 1.05
14/15 36 632 2 0 0 0.28
12/13 42 923 3 0 0 0.29
11/12 50 984 1 0 0 0.09

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Saudi First Division League
90 apps
33 G
30 A
Eredivisie
69 apps
11 G
18 A
Saudi Pro League
24 apps
8 G
3 A
Liga ZON Sagres
97 apps
4 G
20 A
Championship
30 apps
4 G
2 A
Taça de Portugal
9 apps
3 G
1 A
Europa League
21 apps
2 G
5 A
Allianz Cup
11 apps
1 G
3 A
Champions League
8 apps
1 G
1 A
Ledman LigaPro
1 apps
1 G
0 A

More on Ola John

Explore this player's career through different angles.

📈 Career arc chart Goals, assists & market value over time. 🔍 Similar players Same position, age & value bracket. 🎂 Born on the same day Other footballers sharing this birthday. ⚖️ Compare with another player Side-by-side career stats.

Similar players

Same position, similar age, sorted by market value.

Leandro Trossard
31y · Arsenal FC
€22.00m
Heung-min Son
33y · Los Angeles FC
€20.00m
Takumi Minamino
31y · AS Monaco
€15.00m
Sadio Mané
34y · Al-Nassr FC
€8.00m
Denis Bouanga
31y · Los Angeles FC
€8.00m
Yannick Carrasco
32y · Al-Shabab FC
€7.00m
Compare Ola John with another player →

Frequently asked about Ola John

Who is Ola John?

Ola John is a Netherlands professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Without Club.

How old is Ola John?

Ola John is 34 years old. He was born on May 19, 1992 in Zwedru.

What position does Ola John play?

Ola John plays as a left winger (Attack - Left Winger).

What club does Ola John play for?

Ola John currently plays for Without Club.

How many career goals has Ola John scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Ola John has scored 68 goals in 404 appearances.

What is Ola John's market value?

Ola John's most recent reported market value is €325k.