player · data as of 2026-08-25 01:19 UTC

João Carlos Teixeira
Be the first in the standsMidfielderage 335' 9"
Portugalcurrently Shanghai Shenhua
Career goals
31
all competitions, from the season archive · club 31 · country 0 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
213
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
3
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
João Carlos Vilaça Teixeira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
3 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours3 | ||||
| Chinese FA Super Cup | ×2 | 2024, 2025 | Shanghai Shenhua | |
| Chinese FA Cup | ×1 | 2023 | Shanghai Shenhua | |
| Individual honours2 | ||||
| Player of the year · 2 | ||||
| Brighton & Hove Albion Young Player of the Year | 2014–15 | |||
| Liverpool Academy Player of the Year | 2014–15 | |||
The Record
season by season · 22 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 213 | 31 | 24 | 303 | 41 |
| 2026 | Chn 1 | Shanghai Shenhua | 15 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 4 |
| 2025 | AFC Champions League | Shanghai Shenhua | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 2025 | Chn 1 | Shanghai Shenhua | 26 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 6 |
| 2024 | AFC Champions League | Shanghai Shenhua | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | Chn 1 | Shanghai Shenhua | 25 | 8 | 3 | 57 | 8 |
| 2023 | Chn 1 | Shanghai Shenhua | 18 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| 2021 | Conference League | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | Eredivisie | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Primeira Liga | FC Famalicao | 11 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 2 |
| 2020 | Eredivisie | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 18 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–now | Liverpool F.C. | — | — |
| 2013–2013 | Brentford F.C. | 2 | 0 |
| 2014–2015 | Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. | 32 | 6 |
Youth & development spells — 6 more
| 2008–2009 | Portugal U16 | 9 | 0 |
| 2009–2010 | Portugal U17 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010–2011 | Portugal U18 | 6 | 1 |
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U19 | 5 | 2 |
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U20 | 6 | 0 |
| 2013–2015 | Portugal U21 | 2 | 1 |
The Stands
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