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João Cancelo
Defender32 yearsPortugal
182 cm74 kg
Portugal
Friendlies - 2026
Player Information
Full NameJoão Pedro Cavaco Cancelo
Date of BirthMay 27, 1994
Place of BirthBarreiro, Portugal
NationalityPortugal
Height / Weight182 cm / 74 kg
Current Season Stats
4Appearances
0Goals
1Assists
228Minutes
7.0Rating
1Yellow Cards
Career Totals excl. friendlies
16Seasons
14Teams
647Appearances
46Goals
82Assists
Honours titles won
4× Super Cup3× UEFA Nations League3× Premier League3× League Cup2× Community Shield2× UEFA Super Cup2× J.League World Challenge2× Bundesliga2× Serie A2× Primeira Liga2× Taça da Liga2× Taça de Portugal
Career Progression
Injury History
HamstringApril 26, 2025 → June 15, 2025
KnockMarch 17, 2024 → March 29, 2024
ACL Knee InjuryJanuary 5, 2024 → January 23, 2024
IllnessOctober 26, 2022 → October 28, 2022
IllnessMarch 7, 2022 → March 13, 2022
VirusJune 13, 2021 → August 6, 2021
Attack
Goals0
Assists1
Goals per 900.00
Assists per 900.39
Shots3
Shots on Target1
Penalties Scored0
Penalties Missed0
Passing
Total Passes121
Key Passes4
Pass Accuracy85%
Defense
Tackles7
Blocks0
Interceptions2
Duels Won15/27
Disciplinary
Yellow Cards1
Red Cards0
Fouls Committed3
Fouls Drawn3
Career History
Portugal · Barcelona
2026
12 apps0 goals3 assists
World Cup — Portugal3 apps · 0 goals · 1 assists
Friendlies — Portugal4 apps · 0 goals · 1 assists
UEFA Champions League — Barcelona1 apps · 0 goals · 1 assists
La Liga — Barcelona4 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Al-Hilal Saudi FC · Barcelona
2025
64 apps5 goals9 assists
King's Cup — Al-Hilal Saudi FC32 apps · 2 goals · 4 assists
La Liga — Barcelona16 apps · 2 goals · 2 assists
Pro League — Al-Hilal Saudi FC2 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Copa del Rey — Barcelona2 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
UEFA Champions League — Barcelona4 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
AFC Champions League Elite — Al-Hilal Saudi FC3 apps · 1 goals · 2 assists
FIFA Club World Cup — Al-Hilal Saudi FC5 apps · 0 goals · 1 assists
Barcelona · Manchester City · Al-Hilal Saudi FC · Portugal
2024
80 apps6 goals16 assists
La Liga — Barcelona0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Premier League — Manchester City0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
King's Cup — Al-Hilal Saudi FC35 apps · 2 goals · 4 assists
League Cup — Manchester City0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
World Cup - Qualification Europe — Portugal4 apps · 2 goals · 2 assists
Pro League — Al-Hilal Saudi FC22 apps · 0 goals · 5 assists
AFC Champions League Elite — Al-Hilal Saudi FC9 apps · 2 goals · 5 assists
UEFA Nations League — Portugal2 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Euro Championship — Portugal4 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Friendlies — Portugal4 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Manchester City · Barcelona · Bayern München · Portugal
2023
52 apps7 goals7 assists
Premier League — Manchester City0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Copa del Rey — Barcelona0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
League Cup — Manchester City0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
FA Cup — Manchester City0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
UEFA Champions League — Manchester City0 apps · 0 goals · 1 assists
UEFA Super Cup — Manchester City0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
UEFA Champions League — Bayern München0 apps · 0 goals · 1 assists
Friendlies Clubs — Barcelona1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Friendlies Clubs — Bayern München0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Friendlies Clubs — Manchester City0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
La Liga — Barcelona32 apps · 2 goals · 4 assists
UEFA Champions League — Barcelona10 apps · 2 goals · 1 assists
Euro Championship - Qualification — Portugal9 apps · 3 goals · 0 assists
Manchester City · Portugal · Bayern München
2022
59 apps5 goals11 assists
Friendlies Clubs — Manchester City3 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Friendlies — Portugal0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Bundesliga — Bayern München15 apps · 1 goals · 4 assists
Premier League — Manchester City17 apps · 2 goals · 1 assists
DFB Pokal — Bayern München2 apps · 0 goals · 1 assists
League Cup — Manchester City1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
FA Cup — Manchester City1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Community Shield — Manchester City1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
UEFA Champions League — Bayern München4 apps · 0 goals · 1 assists
UEFA Champions League — Manchester City6 apps · 0 goals · 3 assists
UEFA Nations League — Portugal5 apps · 2 goals · 1 assists
World Cup — Portugal4 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Manchester City · Portugal
2021
55 apps4 goals11 assists
Friendlies Clubs — Manchester City3 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Premier League — Manchester City36 apps · 1 goals · 7 assists
FA Cup — Manchester City4 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
League Cup — Manchester City1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Community Shield — Manchester City1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
UEFA Champions League — Manchester City9 apps · 2 goals · 3 assists
Friendlies — Portugal1 apps · 1 goals · 1 assists
Portugal · Manchester City
2020
62 apps4 goals8 assists
World Cup - Qualification Europe — Portugal8 apps · 0 goals · 2 assists
Premier League — Manchester City28 apps · 2 goals · 3 assists
FA Cup — Manchester City3 apps · 0 goals · 1 assists
League Cup — Manchester City3 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
UEFA Champions League — Manchester City9 apps · 1 goals · 1 assists
UEFA Nations League — Portugal6 apps · 1 goals · 1 assists
Friendlies — Portugal1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Euro Championship — Portugal4 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Juventus · Portugal U21 · Manchester City
2019
35 apps1 goals1 assists
International Champions Cup — Juventus2 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
UEFA U21 Championship — Portugal U210 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Premier League — Manchester City17 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
FA Cup — Manchester City4 apps · 0 goals · 1 assists
League Cup — Manchester City4 apps · 1 goals · 0 assists
UEFA Champions League — Manchester City8 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Juventus · Portugal
2018
50 apps5 goals6 assists
MLS All-Star — Juventus1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
International Champions Cup — Juventus3 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
World Cup - Qualification Europe — Portugal3 apps · 2 goals · 0 assists
Serie A — Juventus25 apps · 1 goals · 3 assists
Coppa Italia — Juventus1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Super Cup — Juventus1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
UEFA Champions League — Juventus7 apps · 0 goals · 2 assists
UEFA Nations League — Portugal4 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Friendlies — Portugal2 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
World Cup — Portugal3 apps · 2 goals · 1 assists
Inter · Valencia · Portugal U21 · Portugal
2017
38 apps2 goals4 assists
Serie A — Inter26 apps · 1 goals · 3 assists
La Liga — Valencia1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Coppa Italia — Inter2 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
UEFA U21 Championship — Portugal U213 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Friendlies — Portugal2 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Euro U21 - Qualification — Portugal U214 apps · 1 goals · 1 assists
Valencia · Portugal
2016
39 apps2 goals4 assists
La Liga — Valencia35 apps · 1 goals · 4 assists
Copa del Rey — Valencia3 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Friendly International — Portugal1 apps · 1 goals · 0 assists
Valencia · Portugal U21
2015
40 apps3 goals4 assists
La Liga — Valencia28 apps · 1 goals · 4 assists
Copa del Rey — Valencia4 apps · 1 goals · 0 assists
UEFA Europa League — Valencia1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
UEFA Champions League — Valencia6 apps · 1 goals · 0 assists
Euro U21 — Portugal U211 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Valencia · Benfica B · Benfica · Portugal U21
2014
16 apps0 goals0 assists
La Liga — Valencia10 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Segunda Liga — Benfica B0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Emirates Cup — Benfica2 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Copa del Rey — Valencia3 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Toulon Tournament — Portugal U211 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Benfica B · Benfica · Portugal U19 · Portugal U20
2013
41 apps2 goals0 assists
Segunda Liga — Benfica B31 apps · 1 goals · 0 assists
Taça de Portugal — Benfica0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Primeira Liga — Benfica1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
League Cup — Benfica1 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Euro U19 — Portugal U194 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
World Cup U20 — Portugal U202 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Euro U19 - Qualification — Portugal U192 apps · 1 goals · 0 assists
Benfica B · Benfica · Portugal U19
2012
21 apps2 goals0 assists
Segunda Liga — Benfica B20 apps · 2 goals · 0 assists
Taça da Liga — Benfica0 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Euro U19 — Portugal U191 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Portugal U17
2011
5 apps0 goals0 assists
UEFA U17 Championship5 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
Transfer History
August 19, 2026Al-Hilal Saudi FC→BarcelonaFree agent
Al-Hilal Saudi FCBarcelonaJune 29, 2026Barcelona→Return from loan
BarcelonaAl Hilal
June 29, 2026Barcelona→Al-Hilal Saudi FCReturn from loan
BarcelonaAl-Hilal Saudi FCJanuary 12, 2026BarcelonaLoan
Al Hilal
→BarcelonaJanuary 12, 2026Al-Hilal Saudi FC→BarcelonaLoan
Al-Hilal Saudi FCBarcelonaAugust 27, 2024Manchester City→Al-Hilal Saudi FC€ 25M
Manchester CityAl-Hilal Saudi FCJuly 1, 2024Barcelona→Manchester CityN/A
BarcelonaManchester CitySeptember 1, 2023Manchester City→BarcelonaLoan
Manchester CityBarcelonaJuly 1, 2023Bayern München→Manchester CityN/A
Bayern MünchenManchester CityJanuary 31, 2023Manchester City→Bayern MünchenLoan
Manchester CityBayern MünchenAugust 7, 2019Juventus→Manchester City€ 65M
JuventusManchester CityJuly 1, 2018Valencia→Juventus€ 40.4M
ValenciaJuventusAugust 22, 2017Valencia→InterLoan
ValenciaInterJuly 1, 2015Benfica→Valencia€ 15M
BenficaValenciaAugust 20, 2014Benfica→ValenciaLoan
BenficaValencia