João Palhinha
MID🇵🇹31 years old·born 9 Jul 1995
190 cm · 84 kg · born Lisbon, Portugal
Rank #416·356 matches tracked
Playing style
DestroyerNon-pen goals /90
0.09
47th pct
Assists /90
0.03
26th pct
Key passes /90
0.40
14th pct
Passes /90
41.39
66th pct
Tackles + int. /90
4.79
98th pct
Dribbles /90
0.97
26th pct
Latest· 15 Oct 2026
90' vs Celtic — a strong performance.
Benfica 4–1 Celtic (win) · Rating 7.05 · Elo +15 · 72 passes · 1/1 dribbles · 4/7 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
−83J. Ward-Prowse2036
in 5 matches · West Ham
−76Fransérgio1402
in 6 matches · SC Braga
−62F. Sacko1679
in 6 matches · Guimaraes
−62Rúben Fernandes1365
in 7 matches · GIL Vicente
−56André André1404
in 5 matches · Guimaraes
Nemeses
+147Rafael Bracali1364
in 4 matches · Boavista
+145A. Scott2431
in 4 matches · Bournemouth
+134Ricardo Mangas2003
in 4 matches · Boavista
+117P. Sagna1548
in 6 matches · Santa Clara
+111Rafael Costa1545
in 3 matches · Boavista
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −57
G. Potter2247
in 4 matches · West Ham
- −47
Ricardo Soares1598
in 4 matches · GIL Vicente
- −36
Pepa1875
in 8 matches · Guimaraes
- −34
Sérgio Conceição2161
in 13 matches · FC Porto
- −34
Daniel Ramos1713
in 6 matches · Santa Clara
Nemesis coaches
- +89
E. Howe2329
in 6 matches · Newcastle
- +72
Lito Vidigal1502
in 4 matches · Boavista
- +67
Unai Emery2491
in 7 matches · Aston Villa
- +66
Bruno Lage2274
in 7 matches · Benfica
- +65
E. ten Hag2294
in 5 matches · Manchester United
Style radar
On-ball style vs same-position, same-league peers (0 = average for the role).
Career history
- 2026Bayern München→BenficaTransfer
- 2026Tottenham→Bayern MünchenLoan ended
- 2025Bayern Munich→TottenhamLoan
- 2024Fulham→Bayern München€ 51M
- 2022Sporting CP→Fulham€ 20M
- 2020SC Braga→Sporting CPLoan ended
- 2018Sporting CP→SC BragaLoan
- 2017Belenenses→Sporting CPLoan ended
- 2016Sporting CP→BelenensesLoan
- 2015Sporting CP→MoreirenseLoan