João Faria — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

11

clubs played for

10/11

debut season

0.05

goals / match

FC Famalicão

top club · 39 apps

Career highs

€500k

peak value · 2018

—

top transfer fee

3

best season · 21/22

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int'l / penalties

Born the same day

Bebé

Attack - Left Winger · UD Ibiza

€400k

Joni Kauko

Midfield - Central Midfield · FC KTP

€150k

Miguel Ángel Guerrero

Attack - Centre-Forward · UP Langreo

€150k

Cristiano Bigolin

Defender - Centre-Back · USD Breno

€50k

Shares 1990-07-12 · 6 players total

132Appearances

7Goals

1Assists

32Yellow cards

1Red cards

85Full matches (90′)

Full name	João Faria
Name in home country	João Carlos Silva Faria
Date of birth	1990-07-12 (35 yrs)
Place of birth	Barcelos, Portugal
Citizenship	Portugal
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	right
Height	185.00 m
Current club	Vilaverdense FC
Joined	2025-01-22
Contract expires	2025-06-30
Agent	DL Sport Management

Jul 2025

25/26 — Vilaverdense FC

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jan 2025

Transfer: Leixões B → Vilaverdense

24/25 · Transfer

Jul 2024

24/25 — Vilaverdense FC

11 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2024

Transfer: Dumiense → Leixões B

24/25 · Transfer

Jul 2023

23/24 — Dumiense/CJPII Futebol Sad

3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2023

Transfer: Varzim → Dumiense

23/24 · Transfer

Jul 2022

22/23 — Varzim SC

32 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2022

Transfer: Oliveirense → Varzim

22/23 · Transfer

Jan 2022

Transfer: Trofense → Oliveirense

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2021

21/22 — CD Trofense, UD Oliveirense

23 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 6 competitions

Jul 2020

20/21 — CD Trofense

10 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2020

Transfer: Vizela → Trofense

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2019

19/20 — FC Vizela

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2018

Transfer: Famalicão → Vizela

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

18/19 — FC Vizela

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2017

17/18 — FC Famalicão

39 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2017

Transfer: Merelinense → Famalicão

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2016

16/17 — Merelinense FC

3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2016

Transfer: Vilaverdense → Merelinense

16/17 · Transfer

Jul 2015

Transfer: GD Ribeirão → Vilaverdense

15/16 · Transfer

Jul 2013

13/14 — GD Ribeirão

0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2013

Transfer: UD Salamanca → GD Ribeirão

13/14 · Transfer

Jan 2013

Transfer: Benfica B → UD Salamanca

12/13 · Transfer

Jul 2012

12/13 — UD Salamanca, SL Benfica B

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2012

Transfer: Varzim → Benfica B

12/13 · Transfer

Jul 2011

Transfer: GD Ribeirão → Varzim

11/12 · Transfer

Jul 2010

10/11 — GD Ribeirão

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2009

Transfer: Gil Vicente U19 → GD Ribeirão

09/10 · Transfer

Jul 2007

Transfer: Gil Vicente U17 → Gil Vicente U19

07/08 · Transfer

Jul 2005

Transfer: Gil Vicente U15 → Gil Vicente U17

05/06 · Transfer

Jul 2003

Transfer: Gil Vicente Fo. → Gil Vicente U15

03/04 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €500k

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Vilaverdense FC 11.7%

Dumiense/CJPII Futebol Sad 0.0%

Varzim SC 30.6%

CD Trofense 7.7%

UD Oliveirense 11.7%

FC Vizela 0.0%

FC Famalicão 38.2%

Merelinense FC 0.0%

GD Ribeirão 0.0%

UD Salamanca 0.0%

SL Benfica B 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Vilaverdense FC	2	24/25	25/26	12	1	0	900
Dumiense/CJPII Futebol Sad	1	23/24	23/24	3	0	0	0
Varzim SC	1	22/23	22/23	32	2	0	2,348
CD Trofense	2	20/21	21/22	22	1	0	589
UD Oliveirense	1	21/22	21/22	11	2	1	900
FC Vizela	2	18/19	19/20	4	0	0	0
FC Famalicão	1	17/18	17/18	39	1	0	2,930
Merelinense FC	1	16/17	16/17	3	0	0	0
GD Ribeirão	2	10/11	13/14	2	0	0	0
UD Salamanca	1	12/13	12/13	3	0	0	0
SL Benfica B	1	12/13	12/13	1	0	0	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
25/26	Taça de Portugal	Vilaverdense FC	1	0	0	1	0	0
24/25	Liga 3	Vilaverdense FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	Liga 3 - Relegation round	Vilaverdense FC	10	1	0	3	0	900
23/24	Taça de Portugal	Dumiense/CJPII Futebol Sad	3	0	0	2	0	0
22/23	Liga 3	Varzim SC	21	1	0	7	0	1,868
22/23	Liga 3 - Relegation round	Varzim SC	6	0	0	3	0	0
22/23	Taça de Portugal	Varzim SC	5	1	0	0	0	480
21/22	Allianz Cup	CD Trofense	0	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	Liga 3	UD Oliveirense	4	1	0	0	0	360
21/22	Liga 3 - Finals	UD Oliveirense	1	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	Liga 3 - Promotion	UD Oliveirense	6	1	1	2	0	540
21/22	Liga Portugal 2	CD Trofense	11	1	0	3	0	589
21/22	Taça de Portugal	CD Trofense	1	0	0	1	0	0
20/21	Camp. Portugal Ap. Campeão	CD Trofense	7	0	0	2	0	0
20/21	Taça de Portugal	CD Trofense	3	0	0	1	0	0
19/20	Taça de Portugal	FC Vizela	2	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	Camp. Portugal Ap. Campeão	FC Vizela	2	0	0	1	0	0
17/18	Ledman LigaPro	FC Famalicão	35	1	0	4	1	2,930
17/18	Taça CTT	FC Famalicão	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Taça de Portugal	FC Famalicão	3	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Play-Off Liga Portugal 2	Merelinense FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Taça de Portugal	Merelinense FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	Taça de Portugal	GD Ribeirão	0	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	2ª B - Grupo I	UD Salamanca	3	0	0	1	0	0
12/13	Liga Portugal 2	SL Benfica B	1	0	0	1	0	0
10/11	Taça de Portugal	GD Ribeirão	2	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
03/04	2003-07-01	Gil Vicente Fo.	Gil Vicente U15	Transfer	0	—
05/06	2005-07-01	Gil Vicente U15	Gil Vicente U17	Transfer	0	—
07/08	2007-07-01	Gil Vicente U17	Gil Vicente U19	Transfer	0	—
09/10	2009-07-01	Gil Vicente U19	GD Ribeirão	Transfer	0	—
11/12	2011-07-01	GD Ribeirão	Varzim	Transfer	0	—
12/13	2012-07-01	Varzim	Benfica B	Transfer	0	—
12/13	2013-01-28	Benfica B	UD Salamanca	Transfer	100000	—
13/14	2013-07-01	UD Salamanca	GD Ribeirão	Transfer	0	—
15/16	2015-07-06	GD Ribeirão	Vilaverdense	Transfer	0	—
16/17	2016-07-01	Vilaverdense	Merelinense	Transfer	0	—
17/18	2017-07-01	Merelinense	Famalicão	Transfer	0	—
18/19	2018-07-06	Famalicão	Vizela	Transfer	500000	—
20/21	2020-07-01	Vizela	Trofense	Transfer	0	—
21/22	2022-01-31	Trofense	Oliveirense	Transfer	100000	—
22/23	2022-07-01	Oliveirense	Varzim	Transfer	100000	—
23/24	2023-07-01	Varzim	Dumiense	Transfer	0	—
24/25	2024-07-01	Dumiense	Leixões B	Transfer	0	—
24/25	2025-01-22	Leixões B	Vilaverdense	Transfer	0	—

No recorded injuries.

Current—

Peak€500k

Low—

Δ since start−€100k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€100k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€175k
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€100k

No national team data.

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Guga	1	0	886
Iván Quivira	2	0	882
Anderson Silva	1	0	618
Carlos Tovar	1	0	0
Bruno Almeida	2	1	0
Vasco Rocha	2	0	0
Ramalho	1	0	0
Simão Martins	2	0	0
Diogo Cunha	1	0	0
Rúben Gonçalves	2	0	0
Feliz	1	0	0
Joel Monteiro	1	0	0
Rui Areias	2	0	0
Gabriel Souza	1	0	0
Paulo Moreira	2	2	0
Léo	2	0	0
Jorge Miguel	1	0	0
Willian Dias	1	1	0
Tito Júnior	2	0	0

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

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
21/22	Liga Portugal 2	CD Trofense	1	11
21/22	Liga 3 - Promotion	UD Oliveirense	1	6
17/18	Ledman LigaPro	FC Famalicão	1	35

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
21/22	Liga 3 - Promotion	UD Oliveirense	1	6

Last 34 matches for Vilaverdense FC 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.

Date	Comp	Home	Score	Away	Availability
2024-05-18	`PO2`	CD Feirense	1–1	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2024-05-11	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	2–1	FC Penafiel	Available
2024-05-05	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	0–1	União Torreense	Available
2024-04-27	`PO2`	Leixões SC	1–3	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2024-04-21	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	0–2	CS Marítimo	Available
2024-04-13	`PO2`	União Leiria	3–1	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2024-04-07	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	2–1	CD Mafra	Available
2024-03-29	`PO2`	CD Tondela	1–0	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2024-03-18	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	1–1	Os Belenenses	Available
2024-03-09	`PO2`	FC Porto B	2–1	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2024-03-04	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	0–1	Paços de Ferreira	Available
2024-02-24	`PO2`	SL Benfica B	2–0	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2024-02-19	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	2–3	AVS	Available
2024-02-10	`PO2`	CD Nacional	3–2	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2024-02-02	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	1–1	CD Santa Clara	Available
2024-01-28	`PO2`	UD Oliveirense	0–1	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2024-01-19	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	0–2	Académico de Viseu	Available
2024-01-14	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	2–1	CD Feirense	Available
2024-01-06	`PO2`	FC Penafiel	2–1	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2023-12-21	`PO2`	União Torreense	3–1	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2023-12-17	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	1–0	Leixões SC	Available
2023-12-10	`PO2`	CS Marítimo	4–0	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2023-12-01	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	1–0	União Leiria	Available
2023-11-18	`PO2`	CD Mafra	1–0	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2023-11-12	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	1–2	CD Tondela	Available
2023-11-04	`PO2`	Os Belenenses	0–2	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2023-10-30	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	0–5	FC Porto B	Available
2023-10-07	`PO2`	Paços de Ferreira	2–0	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2023-09-29	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	1–4	SL Benfica B	Available
2023-09-16	`PO2`	AVS	2–0	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2023-09-03	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	1–2	CD Nacional	Available
2023-08-27	`PO2`	CD Santa Clara	2–0	Vilaverdense FC	Available
2023-08-20	`PO2`	Vilaverdense FC	1–2	UD Oliveirense	Available
2023-08-13	`PO2`	Académico de Viseu	1–1	Vilaverdense FC	Available

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

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
CD Feirense	10	2	1	7	7	15	-8	20%
FC Penafiel	10	1	3	6	11	21	-10	10%
SL Benfica B	10	3	3	4	13	15	-2	30%
Leixões SC	10	4	2	4	13	13	0	40%
CD Mafra	10	3	4	3	10	9	+1	30%
SC Farense	10	2	1	7	8	16	-8	20%
CD Nacional	10	2	5	3	9	10	-1	20%
FC Porto B	9	2	3	4	13	19	-6	22%
Académico de Viseu	9	4	1	4	11	10	+1	44%
Rio Ave FC	8	1	4	3	5	9	-4	13%
UD Vilafranquense	8	2	2	4	10	14	-4	25%
GD Chaves	8	1	3	4	6	13	-7	13%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
10/11	Senior debut season
17/18	First senior goal

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

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	RC	Cards / 90′
25/26	1	0	1	0	0
24/25	11	900	3	0	0.3
23/24	3	0	2	0	0
22/23	32	2,348	10	0	0.38
21/22	23	1,489	6	0	0.36
20/21	10	0	3	0	0
18/19	2	0	1	0	0
17/18	39	2,930	4	1	0.15
12/13	4	0	2	0	0