João Ferreira
DEF🇵🇹25 years old·born 22 Mar 2001
185 cm · 79 kg · born Povoa de Varzim, Portugal
Saint Etienne · France Ligue 2
Rank #2,957·165 matches tracked
Playing style
AttackingTackles + int. /90
3.52
87th pct
Duels won
55%
44th pct
Blocks /90
0.51
51st pct
Passes /90
49.20
61st pct
Fouls /90
1.85
96th pct
Goals + assists /90
0.10
Latest· 17 Oct 2026
62' vs RED Star FC 93 — a quiet game.
RED Star FC 93 0–1 Saint Etienne (win) · Rating 6.43 · Elo +8 · 3 intercept. · 4/6 duels
Form — EAR = Elo Above Replacement, football's version of baseball's WAR (Wins Above Replacement). Every rated match scores a player against the average performance for their position: better adds to EAR, worse subtracts. EAR180 adds up the last 180 days (current form); EAR career adds up every rated match. Our predictions add EAR180 to a player's Elo, about 37 Elo points per EAR point. Each bar is the EAR180 going into that match: green above the position average, red below. A gap means no rated match in that window. (180 days)
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−53A. Romagnoli2116
in 3 matches · Lazio
−34Tiago Esgaio1819
in 3 matches · Arouca
−33Feliz Vaz1173
in 3 matches · Penafiel
−32S. Eustáquio2129
in 3 matches · FC Porto
−32Mario Gila2312
in 3 matches · Lazio
Nemeses
+117Cassiano1456
in 3 matches · Casa Pia
+104Nuno Moreira1975
in 3 matches · Casa Pia
+83Pedro Moreira1122
in 3 matches · Arouca
+83João Vieira1432
in 3 matches · Cova De Piedade
+77João Mendes1769
in 4 matches · Guimaraes
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −25
Didier Santini1813
in 3 matches · Rodez
- −9
Luís Freire1839
in 3 matches · Guimaraes
- −9
Bruno Lage2274
in 3 matches · Benfica
- −1
Bruno Pinheiro1834
in 3 matches · GIL Vicente
Nemesis coaches
- +44
Ruben Amorim2356
in 4 matches · Sporting CP
- +23
Claudio Ranieri2245
in 4 matches · AS Roma
- +21
Rui Borges2424
in 5 matches · Sporting CP
- +11
Petit1811
in 3 matches · Rio Ave
- +6
in 4 matches · Arouca
Style radar
On-ball style vs same-position, same-league peers (0 = average for the role).
Career history
- 2025Watford→Saint EtienneTransfer
- 2025SC Braga→WatfordLoan ended
- 2024Watford→SC BragaLoan
- 2023Watford→UdineseLoan
- 2023Benfica→Watford€ 2.5M
- 2022Benfica→Rio AveLoan
- 2022Guimaraes→Benfica BLoan ended
- 2021Benfica→GuimaraesLoan