João Palhinha

João Palhinha is a 31-year-old football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Benfica, born on ၁၉၉၅ ဇူလိုင် ၉, who is right-footed. Follow João Palhinha on FotMob for live match updates, detailed statistics, career history, transfer news, FotMob ratings, and comprehensive performance analytics.

In the 2026/2027 Liga Portugal season, João Palhinha has recorded 0 goals, 0 assists, ၂၃၁ minutes, an average FotMob rating of 7.74, 1 yellow card.

João Palhinha scores highly on Rating compared to defensive midfielders in the Liga Portugal.

João Palhinha's 10 most recent matches are shown below. Visit each match page for full details including lineups, match events, and advanced statistics:

• ၂၀၂၆ စက်တင်ဘာ ၉: 4-0 win away at Moreirense (90 minutes, 1 yellow card, 7.7 FotMob rating)
• ၂၀၂၆ စက်တင်ဘာ ၅: 3-0 win away at Marítimo (82 minutes, 8.1 FotMob rating)
• ၂၀၂၆ ဩဂုတ် ၃၁: 2-1 win at home vs Estoril (59 minutes, 7.5 FotMob rating)
• ၂၀၂၆ ဩဂုတ် ၇: 2-1 win at home vs Aston Villa (27 minutes, 6.5 FotMob rating)
• ၂၀၂၆ ဩဂုတ် ၄: 2-1 win at home vs Jeju SK (61 minutes, 1 assist, 7.8 FotMob rating)
• ၂၀၂၆ ဇူလိုင် ၃၀: 15-0 win away at FC Rottach-Egern (63 minutes, 1 goal)
• ၂၀၂၆ ဇူလိုင် ၂၅: 1-2 loss away at Wehen Wiesbaden (45 minutes, 6.6 FotMob rating)
• ၂၀၂၆ မေ ၂၄: 1-0 win at home vs Everton (90 minutes, 1 goal, 1 yellow card, 8.9 FotMob rating)
• ၂၀၂၆ မေ ၁၉: 1-2 loss away at Chelsea (68 minutes, 6.3 FotMob rating)
• ၂၀၂၆ မေ ၁၁: 1-1 draw at home vs Leeds United (90 minutes, 1 yellow card, 7.2 FotMob rating)

João Palhinha's next match is on ၂၀၂၆ စက်တင်ဘာ ၁၃ when Benfica face Gil Vicente in the Liga Portugal.

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João Palhinha currently plays for Benfica alongside Anisse Saidi, Anatoliy Trubin, Clément Lenglet, Alessandro Circati, Enzo Barrenechea, Alexander Bah, Bruma, Fredrik Aursnes, Georgiy Sudakov, Dodi Lukébakio, Jakub Kamiński, Vangelis Pavlidis, Manu Silva, Leandro Barreiro, Andreas Schjelderup, Jhon Durán, Samuel Soares, Gianluca Prestianni, Samuel Dahl, Rafa Silva, Claudio Echeverri, Gabriel Índio, Souffian El Karouani, Tomás Araújo, Daniel Banjaqui, José Neto, Anísio Cabral, Miguel Figueiredo, and Gonçalo Moreira. Visit their player pages on FotMob to explore detailed statistics, performance ratings, and career information.

João Palhinha's career has also included time at Bayern München, Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham, Sporting CP, Braga, Sporting CP B, Os Belenenses SAD, and Moreirense.

On the international stage, João Palhinha has represented Portugal and Portugal U19.

João Palhinha is from Portugal, and the national team includes Diogo Costa, Nélson Semedo, Rúben Dias, Tomás Araújo, Diogo Dalot, Matheus Nunes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, Gonçalo Ramos, Bernardo Silva, Joao Félix, José Sá, Renato Veiga, Gonçalo Inácio, João Neves, Trincão, Rafael Leão, Pedro Neto, Gonçalo Guedes, João Cancelo, Rúben Neves, Rui Silva, Vítinha, Samú, Nuno Mendes, and Francisco Conceição. Explore each player's page on FotMob for comprehensive statistics, match history, and international career data.

Throughout their career, João Palhinha has won 9 titles: Bundesliga (2024/2025) and Super Cup (2026/2027) with Bayern München, UEFA Nations League A (2024/2025) with Portugal, Super Cup (2021/2022), Liga Portugal (2020/2021), and League Cup (2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2017/2018) with Sporting CP, and League Cup (2019/2020) with Braga.

João Palhinha has competed in Liga Portugal, Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, World Cup UEFA qualification, Bundesliga, DFB Pokal, EURO, UEFA Nations League A, EURO Qualification qualification, World Cup, Super Cup, and Europa League. Each league page on FotMob provides comprehensive coverage including standings, fixtures, top scorers, and detailed team statistics.

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