Benfica
João Palhinha
- Born
- 9 July 1995
- Birthplace
- Lisbon
- Height
- 190 cm
- Weight
- 84 kg
- Matches
- 54
- Minutes
- 3359
- Goals
- 6
- Assists
- 3
- Avg rating
- 7.01
Every competition across the 2026/27 and 2025/26 seasons, tallied together.
- Starts
- 41
- Shots on target
- 13 / 31
- Pass accuracy
- 58.5%
- Key passes
- 13
- Tackles
- 154
- Interceptions
- 48
- Duels won
- 280 / 472
- Dribbles
- 16 / 35
- Fouls drawn
- 52
- Yellow cards
- 16
- Red cards
- 0
Consistency, big matches and availability
Three things a season total cannot tell you: how reliable they are, how they do against the best sides, and how much their club plays them.
Consistency
0.91
Fairly dependable, with the odd match well off their usual.
Ratings from 26 matches, averaging 7.05 and ranging 6.0 to 8.5. Scored as one minus the spread relative to the average.
Big matches
+0%
Plays much the same whoever the opponent is.
Rating in 21 matches against the top 6 (7.05) against their rating across all 26 (7.05). League matches only — a cup tie has no league position to judge by.
Availability
22%
A squad player on this season's minutes.
1,507 minutes of a possible 6,745 across 71 club matches. Folds selection, fitness and suspension into one number.
Per 90 minutes
Per ninety minutes, across 37.3full matches' worth of football.
A goal or assist every 4.2 matches.
- Goals
- 0.16
- Assists
- 0.08
- Shots
- 0.83
- Key passes
- 0.35
- Tackles
- 4.13
- Interceptions
- 1.29
Success rates
Why per ninety? Totals reward whoever played most. A rate puts a squad player and an ever-present on the same footing. Based on 3,359 minutes.
Share of the club's goals
Goals and assists as a share of everything the club scored in 2026/27.
0%
0 of 8 goals
0 scored, 0 assisted
No goal involvements recorded in that season.
Position
Taken from where they lined up across 40 appearances.
Midfielder
100% of their appearances