João Mário (footballer, born 2000)

This article is about the Portuguese footballer born in 2000. For other footballers named João Mário, see João Mário.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Neto and the second or paternal family name is Lopes.

João Mário Neto Lopes (born 3 January 2000), known as João Mário, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for Serie A club Juventus and the Portugal national team.

João Mário

Personal information
Full name	João Mário Neto Lopes[1]
Date of birth	(2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth	São João da Madeira, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right-back, winger
Team information
Current team	Juventus
Number	25
Youth career
2008–2009	Sanjoanense
2009–2019	Porto
2015–2016	→ Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2021	Porto B	40	(5)
2020–2025	Porto	116	(5)
2025–	Juventus	1	(0)
International career‡
2018	Portugal U18	2	(0)
2018–2019	Portugal U19	19	(2)
2019	Portugal U20	6	(1)
2020–2022	Portugal U21	15	(1)
2023–	Portugal	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:45, 24 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:46, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

He spent most of his career with Porto, scoring five goals in 181 appearances and winning several titles, including two Primeira Liga championships and four Taça de Portugal.^[2][3]

João Mário made his full international debut for Portugal in 2023.

Club career

Porto

Born in São João da Madeira, Aveiro District, João Mário began at hometown club Sanjoanense before joining the ranks of Porto at the age of 9.^[4] On 7 October 2018, while still a junior, he made his professional debut with the reserve team in a LigaPro match against Arouca, coming on for Tiago Matos for the last 11 minutes of a 1–0 home loss.^[5] The following 5 January, he scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw with Benfica B also at the Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio.^[6]

On 10 June 2020, João Mário had his first call-up to Porto's first team, remaining unused as they won 1–0 at home to Marítimo.^[7] He debuted on 15 July as they won the Primeira Liga title with a 2–0 win over Sporting CP also at the Estádio do Dragão, playing the last five minutes in place of Luis Díaz.^[8] On 1 August, he was on the bench in the 2–1 defeat of Benfica in the final of the Taça de Portugal, securing a double.^[9][10]

João Mário was eventually reconverted by manager Sérgio Conceição into a right-back.^[11][12] He was later occasionally deployed again as winger, but struggled to provide assists from that position;^[13][14][15] he totalled 26 during his spell.^[3]

Juventus

On 24 July 2025, João Mário joined Italian Serie A club Juventus on a five-year contract for a €12 million transfer fee.^[16][17]

International career

João Mário won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level on 4 September 2020, and scored in the 4–0 away victory against Cyprus for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.^[18]

On 13 November 2023, João Mário was called up by the senior team for the first time, replacing Diogo Dalot (who withdrew for personal reasons) in the squad that would face Liechtenstein and Iceland in UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches.^[19] Three days later, he made his debut by replacing João Cancelo late into a 2–0 away win over the former.^[20] He made his first start on the 19th, in a 2–0 defeat of the latter at the Estádio José Alvalade.^[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 June 2025^[22]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Porto B	2018–19	Liga Portugal 2	18	4	—		—		—		—		18	4
	2019–20	Liga Portugal 2	18	0	—		—		—		—		18	0
	2020–21	Liga Portugal 2	4	1	—		—		—		—		4	1
	Total		40	5	—		—		—		—		40	5
Porto	2019–20	Primeira Liga	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2020–21	Primeira Liga	14	2	3	0	2	0	2[a]	0	0	0	21	2
	2021–22	Primeira Liga	28	0	3	0	0	0	8[b]	0	—		39	0
	2022–23	Primeira Liga	18	1	3	0	6	0	5[a]	0	1[c]	0	33	1
	2023–24	Primeira Liga	27	2	7	0	1	0	8[a]	0	1[c]	0	44	2
	2024–25	Primeira Liga	27	0	1	0	2	0	8[d]	0	4[e]	0	42	0
	Total		116	5	17	0	11	0	31	0	6	0	181	5
Career total			156	10	17	0	11	0	31	0	6	0	221	10

1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. One appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, three appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 21 March 2024^[23]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal	2023	2	0
	2024	1	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Porto Youth

• UEFA Youth League: 2018–19^[24]

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2019–20,^[8] 2021–22^[25]
• Taça de Portugal: 2019–20,^[9] 2021–22,^[22] 2022–23,^[26] 2023–24^[27]
• Taça da Liga: 2022–23^[28]
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2020,^[29] 2022,^[30] 2024^[31]