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João Palhinha

Midfielder🇵🇹Portugal
Tottenham#629 yrsLisbon, Portugal
1.89 mRight
43
Intl. Caps
4
Intl. Goals
1.89 m
Height
Right
Foot
€60M
Market Value
July 2, 1996
Birth Date

Biography

A robust, combative midfielder who reads the game like a chess grandmaster, João Palhinha breaks up play with surgical precision and distributes with understated elegance. At Bayern Munich, he's proven his ability to operate at the sport's highest level, combining physical dominance with technical subtlety. His maturity and tactical intelligence make him indispensable to Portugal's midfield balance.

Achievements

Primeira Liga titles
Bundesliga titles
European Championship appearances

Career Path

Sporting CP
Bayern Munich
Tottenham (Current)

Season Stats

Tottenham
UEFA Super Cup 🌍Tottenham
Apps1
Goals0
Assists0
Rating7.20
Min72
Pass%—
Tackles4
🟨0
Shooting
Total2
On Target1
Accuracy50%
Passing
Total13
Key0
Accuracy—
Duels
Total13
Won8
%62%
Dribbles
Attempts1
Successful0
%0%
Penalties
Scored0
Missed0
Bayern München
Bundesliga 🇩🇪Bayern München
Apps0
Goals0
Assists0
Rating—
Min0
Pass%—
Tackles0
🟨0
Shooting
Total0
On Target0
Accuracy—
Passing
Total0
Key0
Accuracy—
Duels
Total0
Won0
%0%
Dribbles
Attempts0
Successful0
%0%
Penalties
Scored0
Missed0
Tottenham
League Cup 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Tottenham
Apps2
Goals1
Assists0
Rating7.45
Min180
Pass%90%
Tackles3
🟨1
Shooting
Total1
On Target1
Accuracy100%
Passing
Total130
Key0
Accuracy90%
Duels
Total14
Won8
%57%
Dribbles
Attempts0
Successful0
%0%
Penalties
Scored0
Missed0
Tottenham
FA Cup 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Tottenham
Apps1
Goals0
Assists0
Rating7.30
Min90
Pass%—
Tackles7
🟨1
Shooting
Total0
On Target0
Accuracy—
Passing
Total36
Key2
Accuracy—
Duels
Total22
Won13
%59%
Dribbles
Attempts3
Successful2
%67%
Penalties
Scored0
Missed0
Tottenham
Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Tottenham
Apps26
Goals3
Assists2
Rating7.02
Min1,779
Pass%80%
Tackles96
🟨6
Shooting
Total12
On Target5
Accuracy42%
Passing
Total806
Key6
Accuracy80%
Duels
Total250
Won157
%63%
Dribbles
Attempts18
Successful7
%39%
Penalties
Scored0
Missed0
Tottenham
UEFA Champions League 🌍Tottenham
Apps8
Goals1
Assists1
Rating7.15
Min377
Pass%87%
Tackles19
🟨2
Shooting
Total3
On Target2
Accuracy67%
Passing
Total249
Key1
Accuracy87%
Duels
Total55
Won32
%58%
Dribbles
Attempts4
Successful2
%50%
Penalties
Scored0
Missed0
Season Total
Apps38
Goals5
Assists3
Avg Rating7.08
Min2,498
Tackles129
🟨10

Transfer History

8
Aug 2025
Loan
Bayern München
B
Bayern München
Tottenham
T
Tottenham
Jul 2024
€ 51M
Fulham
F
Fulham
Bayern München
B
Bayern München
Jul 2022
€ 20M
Sporting CP
S
Sporting CP
Fulham
F
Fulham
Aug 2020
Undisclosed
SC Braga
S
SC Braga
Sporting CP
S
Sporting CP
Aug 2018
Loan
Sporting CP
S
Sporting CP
SC Braga
S
SC Braga
Jan 2017
Undisclosed
Belenenses
B
Belenenses
Sporting CP
S
Sporting CP
Aug 2016
Loan
Sporting CP
S
Sporting CP
Belenenses
B
Belenenses
Aug 2015
Loan
Sporting CP
S
Sporting CP
Moreirense
M
Moreirense

Trophy Cabinet

13 titles
🏆13Won
🥈82nd
🥉03rd

Taça da Liga

🏆 5
🏆🏆2021/2022🏆2020/2021🏆2019/2020🏆2017/2018

UEFA Nations League

🏆 2
🏆🏆2024/2026

Super Cup

🏆 2
🏆🏆2021/2022

Primeira Liga

🏆 2
🥈🏆🥈2021/2022🏆2020/2021

Bundesliga

🏆 2
🏆🏆2024/2025

UEFA U19 Championship

🥈🥈2013/2014

UEFA Super Cup

🥈🥈2025

Taça de Portugal

🥈🥈2017/2018

Fitness & Injury History

4 injuries
Currently Fit ✅
4Total injuries
96Days missed
KnockMost common
2023
Shoulder InjuryAug 6 – Aug 18, 202312days
2024
Groin InjuryNov 14 – Jan 24, 202571days
2025
KnockMar 1 – Mar 2, 20251days
IllnessFeb 5 – Feb 17, 202512days
🇵🇹
Portugal
Group K

Biographical data sourced in part from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.