João Teixeira (footballer, born 1994)

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João Teixeira (footballer, born 1994)

João Rafael de Brito Teixeira (born 6 February 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Gil Vicente.

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Teixeira playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2016
Personal information
Full name João Rafael de Brito Teixeira
Date of birth (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Amora, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Gil Vicente
Number 18
Youth career
2002–2005 Amora
2005–2013 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 Benfica B 80 (6)
2014–2018 Benfica 0 (0)
2016Vitória Guimarães (loan) 5 (1)
2016–2017Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 17 (2)
2017Nottingham Forest (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018Vitória Setúbal (loan) 23 (2)
2018–2023 Chaves 120 (17)
2023–2024 Al-Markhiya 12 (0)
2024Rio Ave (loan) 13 (1)
2024– Gil Vicente 7 (0)
International career
2015 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2009 Portugal U16 9 (0)
2010 Portugal U17 14 (0)
2011 Portugal U18 6 (0)
2012 Portugal U19 17 (2)
2014 Portugal U20 5 (1)
2014–2016 Portugal U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2025
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He played over 150 games in Liga Portugal 2 for Benfica B and Chaves, as well as playing in the Primeira Liga for Vitória de Guimarães, Vitória de Setúbal and Chaves. He also had a brief spell in England with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Club career

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Benfica

On 13 January 2013, Teixeira made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2012–13 game against Braga B and played 84 minutes. He scored his first professional goal in a 2013–14 Segunda Liga game against Portimonense on 18 January 2014.[1] He acted mainly as a back-up to Carlos Martins, amassing 28 games in total. He debuted for Benfica in a UEFA Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen on 9 December 2014. On 13 July 2015, he renewed his contract with Benfica until 2021.[2]

Loans

In February 2016, Teixeira joined Vitória SC on loan for the rest of the season.[3] He made his Primeira Liga debut on 6 March in a 2–0 loss at Académica de Coimbra as a 74th-minute substitute for Licá, and scored his first goal on 8 May in a 4–1 home win over neighbours Moreirense again from the bench.[4] On 13 March, he was sent off before the end of the first half as his team lost by a goal to Paços de Ferreira.[5]

On 2 August 2016, Teixeira joined Wolverhampton Wanderers of the Football League Championship on a season-long loan,[6] making debut four days later as a substitute in a 2–2 draw at Rotherham United.[7] He scored his first two goals for the club on 24 September, in a 3–1 win against Brentford.[8]

After falling out of favour with newly appointed Wolves manager Paul Lambert, Teixeira's loan with Wolves was cancelled and Benfica loaned him out to Nottingham Forest until the end of the season.[9] He made 20 appearances and scored 2 goals in all competitions for Wolves.[10]

For the 2017–18 season, Teixeira was loaned to Vitória FC in Portugal's top flight.[11]

Chaves

In July 2018, Teixeira signed a permanent four-year contract with Chaves.[12] He was sent off in the opening game of the season only six minutes after coming off the bench, for a high foot on Porto's Sérgio Oliveira in a 5–0 loss on the road; his penalty was upgraded from a yellow to red card by the video assistant referee.[13]

Chaves were relegated in Teixeira's first season, which ended for him in April due to appendicitis.[14] He scored his first goal for them in the second division on 21 September 2019, to open a 3–2 home loss to Covilhã.[15] In December, he suffered a muscular injury in training, and missed some weeks of the season.[16]

Teixeira scored twice on 26 August 2021 in a 3–0 win over Académico de Viseu and was the Liga Portugal 2 Player of the Month in January.[17][18] Having scored and assisted eight goals each as Chaves won promotion in 2021–22, he made the league's Team of the Year and renewed his contract.[19] He also scored in a 2–0 win over Moreirense in the playoffs on 21 May 2022.[20]

Al-Markhiya

On 22 June 2023, Teixeira joined Al-Markhiya in the Qatar Stars League on a two-year contract.[21]

Rio Ave (loan)

On 25 January 2024, Al-Markhiya sent Teixeira on loan to Primeira Liga club Rio Ave until the end of the 2023–24 season.[22]

Gil Vicente

On 2 September 2024, Teixeira signed a one-season contract with Gil Vicente.[23]

International career

Teixeira earned 56 caps for Portugal at youth levels, starting with a 1–0 win for the under-15s against Bulgaria in Óbidos on 9 April 2009. His first goal was for the under-19s on 13 October 2012, in a 5–0 win over Israel in qualification for the 2013 UEFA European Championship;[24] he was called up for the finals in Lithuania.[25]

Teixeira went with the under-20s to the 2014 Toulon Tournament, in which the Portuguese came third.[26] He scored the first goal of the tournament in a 2–0 win over Mexico on 21 May.[27]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 September 2023[28]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2012–13 Segunda Liga 20 20
2013–14 Segunda Liga 281 281
2014–15 Segunda Liga 374 374
2015–16 LigaPro 131 131
Total 806 806
Benfica 2014–15 Primeira Liga 0000001[a]0 0 010
2015–16 Primeira Liga 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Vitória SC (loan) 2015–16 Primeira Liga 51000000 51
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2016–17 Championship 1720030 202
Nottingham Forest (loan) 2016–17 Championship 000000 00
Vitória FC (loan) 2017–18 Primeira Liga 23 2 2 1 5 0 30 3
Chaves 2018–19 Primeira Liga 11 0 1 1 1 0 13 1
2019–20 LigaPro 20 1 3 0 2 0 25 1
2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 29 4 0 0 29 4
2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 28 7 1 0 1 0 2[b] 1 32 8
2022–23 Primeira Liga 32 5 1 0 2 0 35 5
Total 120 17 6 1 6 0 2 1 134 19
Al-Markhiya 2023–24 Qatar Stars League 5 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 250289214010 2 127631
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