João Mário (footballer, born 2000)

João Mário Neto Lopes (born 3 January 2000), known as João Mário, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Porto as a right-back or right winger.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Neto and the second or paternal family name is Lopes.
João Mário
Personal information
Full name João Mário Neto Lopes[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000[1]
Place of birth São João da Madeira, Portugal[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back, winger
Team information
Current team
 Porto
Number 23
Youth career
2008–2009 Sanjoanense
2009–2019 Porto
2015–2016 → Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Porto B 40 (5)
2020– Porto 69 (3)
International career
2018 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U19 19 (2)
2019 Portugal U20 6 (1)
2020–2022 Portugal U21 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:01, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in São João da Madeira, João Mário began at hometown club A.D. Sanjoanense before joining the ranks of FC Porto at the age of nine.[2] On 7 October 2018, while still a junior, he made his professional debut with the reserve team in a LigaPro match against F.C. Arouca, coming on for Tiago Matos for the last 11 minutes of a 1–0 home loss.[3] The following 5 January, he scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw with S.L. Benfica B also at the Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio.[4]

On 10 June 2020, João Mário had his first call-up to Porto's first team, remaining unused as they won 1–0 at home to C.S. Marítimo.[5] He debuted on 15 July as they won the Primeira Liga title with a 2–0 win over Sporting CP also at the Estádio do Dragão, playing the last five minutes in place of Luis Díaz.[6] On 1 August he was on the bench in the 2–1 defeat of S.L. Benfica in the final of the Taça de Portugal, securing a double.[7][8]

João Mário was eventually reconverted by manager Sérgio Conceição into a right-back.[9][10]

International career

João Mário won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level on 4 September 2020, and scored in the 4–0 away victory against Cyprus for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[11]

Career statistics
As of match played 25 October 2023[12]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 184————184
2019–20 Liga Portugal 2 180————180
2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 41————41
Total 405————405
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 20000000—20
2020–21 Primeira Liga 14230202[lower-alpha 1]000212
2021–22 Primeira Liga 28030008[lower-alpha 2]0—390
2022–23 Primeira Liga 18130605[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 3]0331
2023–24 Primeira Liga 7 0 1 0 0 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 12 0
Total 69310080180201073
Career total 109810080180201478
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Porto Youth

Porto

References
  1. "João Mário" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. Maia, João (18 May 2020). "Foi ao Benfica mas o FC Porto resgatou-o: telefonema à meia-noite e papel guardado" [He visited Benfica but FC Porto rescued him: midnight phone call and paper kept]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. "FC Porto B-Arouca, 0–1: Golo de Malele foi decisivo" [FC Porto B-Arouca, 0–1: Malele goal proved decisive]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. "Penálti a fechar empata clássico entre FC Porto B e Benfica B" [Late penalty levels classic between FC Porto B and Benfica B]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 5 January 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. "O onze titular do FC Porto para a receção ao Marítimo" [FC Porto's starting eleven for the hosting of Marítimo]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. Almeida, Isaura (15 July 2020). "Capitão Danilo usou a bússola para mostrar o caminho para o título" [Captain Danilo used the compass to show the road to the title]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  7. "Os onzes de Benfica e FC Porto para a final da Taça de Portugal" [The Benfica and FC Porto elevens for the Taça de Portugal final]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. Dias, Bruno (2 August 2020). "O laboratório de Conceição dá a dobradinha ao Dragão" [Conceição's laboratory gives double to Dragon] (in Portuguese). TSF. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  9. Roseiro, Bruno (19 May 2021). "E agora Sérgio, quem toma conta do João Mário? (a crónica do FC Porto-Belenenses SAD)" [And now Sérgio, who takes care of João Mário? (the FC Porto-Belenenses SAD match report)]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  10. Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (8 August 2021). "Conceição: "O João Mário é um lateral de grandíssima qualidade"" [Conceição: "João Mário is a high-quality full-back"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  11. "Sub21: Portugal goleia em Chipre e Diogo Leite bisa" [Under21: Portugal rout in Cyprus and Diogo Leite grabs brace] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  12. João Mário at Soccerway
  13. Almeida, Isaura (29 April 2019). "FC Porto é campeão Europeu Sub-19" [FC Porto are Under-19 European champions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  14. Ribeiro, Patrick (7 May 2022). "Zaidu winner takes Porto to the title away to bitter rivals Benfica". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  15. Kundert, Tom (4 June 2023). "Dominant Porto dispatch Braga to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  16. "Porto beat Sporting 2–0 to lift first Taça da Liga". PortuGOAL. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  17. "FC Porto bate Benfica e conquista Supertaça pela 22ª vez" [FC Porto beat Benfica and conquer Supercup for the 22nd time]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  18. Marshall, Matthew (30 July 2022). "Porto beat Tondela 3–0 in the Portuguese Super Cup". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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