João Cancelo
MID🇵🇹32 years old·born 27 May 1994
182 cm · 74 kg · born Barreiro, Portugal
Rank #108·489 matches tracked
Playing style
AttackingTackles + int. /90
3.29
75th pct
Duels won
54%
32nd pct
Blocks /90
0.10
18th pct
Passes /90
55.17
80th pct
Fouls /90
1.28
77th pct
Goals + assists /90
0.25
Latest· 13 Oct 2026
90' vs Galatasaray — 1 goal, a strong performance.
Galatasaray 1–4 Barcelona (win) · Rating 7.6 · Elo +31 · 1 tackles · 6/10 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
−125M. Kovačić2435
in 12 matches · Croatia
−71José Callejón1379
in 6 matches · Granada CF
−66in 5 matches · Al-Nassr
−64Sergio Ramos1861
in 7 matches · Sevilla
−58R. De Paul2209
in 5 matches · Atletico Madrid
Nemeses
+251J. Tanganga2034
in 3 matches · Tottenham
+162S. Coleman1621
in 6 matches · Rep. Of Ireland
+152Simone Missiroli1380
in 3 matches · SPAL
+151Son Heung-Min2032
in 7 matches · South Korea
+142M. Cornet1800
in 4 matches · Burnley
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −60
Mikel Arteta2666
in 5 matches · Arsenal
- −50
Pedro Martins1891
in 4 matches · Al-Gharafa
- −39
S. Dyche2174
in 4 matches · Burnley
- −38
Sérgio Conceição2161
in 4 matches · FC Porto
- −34
Stefano Pioli2108
in 3 matches · Al-Nassr
Nemesis coaches
- +82
Luis Enrique2523
in 6 matches · Paris Saint Germain
- +82
P. Vieira2015
in 3 matches · Crystal Palace
- +64
Mendilibar2153
in 3 matches · Sevilla
- +57
Míchel2198
in 3 matches · Al-Qadisiyah FC
- +55
O. Solskjær2027
in 6 matches · Manchester United
Style radar
On-ball style vs same-position, same-league peers (0 = average for the role).
Career history
- 2026Barcelona→Al HilalLoan ended
- 2026Barcelona→Al-Hilal Saudi FCLoan ended
- 2026Al Hilal→BarcelonaLoan
- 2024Manchester City→Al-Hilal Saudi FC€ 25M
- 2024Barcelona→Manchester CityLoan ended
- 2023Manchester City→BarcelonaLoan
- 2023Bayern München→Manchester CityLoan ended
- 2023Manchester City→Bayern MünchenLoan
- 2019Juventus→Manchester City€ 65M
- 2018Valencia→Juventus€ 40.4M
- 2017Valencia→InterLoan
- 2015Benfica→Valencia€ 15M
- 2014Benfica→ValenciaLoan