Joao Cancelo

João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo

DefendersPortugalAge 32

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FC Barcelona· LaLiga

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FIFA AttributesEA FCFC Barcelona

Overall

Potential

Value

Wage

Height182cmWeight74kgPreferred FootRightWeak Foot★★★☆☆Skill Moves★★★★☆

Pace83

Shooting73

Passing84

Dribbling84

Defending78

Physical71

Pace

Acceleration88

Sprint Speed78

Shooting

Positioning-

Finishing69

Shot Power80

Long Shots79

Volleys62

Penalties52

Passing

Vision85

Crossing86

FK Accuracy69

Short Passing86

Long Passing79

Curve87

Dribbling

Agility79

Balance78

Reactions84

Ball Control86

Dribbling85

Composure85

Defending

Interceptions79

Heading Accuracy72

Def Awareness75

Stand Tackle81

Slide Tackle77

Physical

Jumping82

Stamina77

Strength65

Aggression76

Goalkeeper

Diving6

Handling9

Kicking15

GK Positioning14

Reflexes14

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Position

Defender - Right-Back

Main Position

Right-Back

Date of Birth

1994-05-27(32)

Height

1,82

Preferred Foot

right

Place of Birth

Barreiro

Citizenship

Portugal

Contract & Agent

Joined

2026-01-13

Contract Until

2026-06-30

Agent

Gestifute ✓

Outfitter

Nike

Market Value

€8.00m

Last Updated

2026-06-05

International

Portugal

Honours

UEFA Champions League winnerGerman ChampionEnglish Champion ×3Spanish championItalian champion

Career Achievements

Cancelo has won multiple league titles across Europe, including three English Premier League titles with Manchester City, one German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, one Spanish La Liga with Barcelona, and one Italian Serie A with Juventus. He also won the UEFA Champions League with Manchester City in 2023.

Biography

João Cancelo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Barcelona. He began his career at Benfica before moving to Valencia, then Juventus, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich. Cancelo is known for his versatility, technical ability, and attacking contributions from full-back.

Playing Style

Cancelo is an attacking full-back with excellent dribbling, crossing, and passing skills, often operating as an inverted full-back to create overloads in midfield. His defensive positioning and one-on-one defending can be inconsistent, but his tactical intelligence and ability to play on either flank make him a valuable asset. He excels in possession-based systems where he can contribute to build-up play and provide width.

Market Value History

National Team Matches (122)

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Competition	Min	G	A	YC
2026-06-06	Chile	🏠	2:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2026-03-31	Portugal	✈	0:2	International Friendlies	45	0	0	1
2026-03-29	Portugal	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2025-11-16	Armenia	🏠	9:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	73	0	0	0
2025-11-13	Portugal	✈	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	45	0	0	1
2025-10-14	Hungary	🏠	2:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2025-10-11	Republic of Ireland	🏠	1:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2025-09-09	Portugal	✈	2:3	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	1	1	0
2025-09-06	Portugal	✈	0:5	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	79	1	1	0
2025-06-08	Portugal	✈	5:7	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0	0
2025-06-04	Portugal	✈	1:2	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0	0
2025-03-23	Denmark	🏠	5:2	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0	0
2025-03-20	Portugal	✈	1:0	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0	0
2024-11-18	Portugal	✈	1:1	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2024-11-15	Poland	🏠	5:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2024-10-15	Portugal	✈	0:0	UEFA Nations League A	88	0	0	0
2024-10-12	Portugal	✈	1:3	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2024-09-08	Scotland	🏠	2:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2024-09-05	Croatia	🏠	2:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2024-07-05	Portugal	✈	5:3	UEFA Euro	74	0	0	0
2024-07-01	Portugal	✈	0:3	UEFA Euro	117	0	0	1
2024-06-26	Portugal	✈	2:0	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2024-06-22	Portugal	✈	0:3	UEFA Euro	68	0	0	0
2024-06-18	Portugal	✈	1:2	UEFA Euro	90	0	0	0
2024-06-11	Republic of Ireland	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2024-06-08	Croatia	🏠	1:2	International Friendlies	45	0	0	1
2024-06-04	Finland	🏠	4:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2024-03-26	Portugal	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	89	0	0	1
2024-03-21	Sweden	🏠	5:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2023-11-19	Iceland	🏠	2:0	European Qualifiers	87	0	0	0
2023-11-16	Portugal	✈	0:2	European Qualifiers	87	1	0	0
2023-10-16	Portugal	✈	0:5	European Qualifiers	90	1	0	0
2023-10-13	Slovakia	🏠	3:2	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2023-09-11	Luxembourg	🏠	9:0	European Qualifiers	29	0	0	0
2023-09-08	Portugal	✈	0:1	European Qualifiers	63	0	0	0
2023-06-20	Portugal	✈	0:1	European Qualifiers	67	0	0	0
2023-06-17	Bosnia-Herzegovina	🏠	3:0	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2023-03-26	Portugal	✈	0:6	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2023-03-23	Liechtenstein	🏠	4:0	European Qualifiers	90	1	0	0
2022-12-10	Portugal	✈	1:0	World Cup	39	0	0	0
2022-12-06	Portugal	✈	1:6	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-12-02	Portugal	✈	2:1	World Cup	90	0	0	0
2022-11-28	Portugal	✈	0:2	World Cup	90	0	0	0
2022-11-24	Portugal	✈	2:3	World Cup	90	0	0	0
2022-11-17	Nigeria	🏠	4:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-09-27	Spain	🏠	0:1	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2022-09-24	Portugal	✈	0:4	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2022-06-12	Portugal	✈	1:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	1
2022-06-09	Czechia	🏠	2:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	1	0	1
2022-06-05	Switzerland	🏠	4:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	1	0	0
2022-06-02	Portugal	✈	1:1	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	1	0
2022-03-29	North Macedonia	🏠	2:0	World Cup Qualification Playoffs	90	0	0	1
2022-03-24	Turkiye	🏠	3:1	World Cup Qualification Playoffs	-	0	0	0
2021-11-14	Serbia	🏠	1:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	1
2021-11-11	Portugal	✈	0:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2021-10-12	Luxembourg	🏠	5:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	1
2021-10-09	Qatar	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2021-09-07	Portugal	✈	0:3	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	1	0
2021-09-04	Portugal	✈	1:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2021-09-01	Republic of Ireland	🏠	2:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	82	0	0	0
2021-06-27	Portugal	✈	1:0	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-06-23	Portugal	✈	2:2	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-06-19	Portugal	✈	4:2	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-06-15	Portugal	✈	0:3	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-06-09	Israel	🏠	4:0	International Friendlies	90	1	1	0
2021-06-04	Portugal	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2021-03-30	Portugal	✈	1:3	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	1	0
2021-03-27	Portugal	✈	2:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	72	0	0	0
2021-03-24	Portugal	✈	0:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	0
2020-11-17	Portugal	✈	2:3	UEFA Nations League A	19	0	0	0
2020-11-14	France	🏠	0:1	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2020-11-11	Andorra	🏠	7:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-10-14	Sweden	🏠	3:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	1	0
2020-10-11	Portugal	✈	0:0	UEFA Nations League A	1	0	0	0
2020-10-07	Spain	🏠	0:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2020-09-08	Portugal	✈	0:2	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2020-09-05	Croatia	🏠	4:1	UEFA Nations League A	90	1	0	0
2019-11-17	Portugal	✈	0:2	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2019-11-14	Lithuania	🏠	6:0	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2019-10-14	Portugal	✈	2:1	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2019-10-11	Luxembourg	🏠	3:0	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2019-09-10	Portugal	✈	1:5	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2019-09-07	Portugal	✈	2:4	European Qualifiers	25	0	0	0
2019-06-09	Netherlands	🏠	1:0	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0	0
2019-06-05	Switzerland	🏠	3:1	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0	0
2019-03-25	Serbia	🏠	1:1	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2019-03-22	Ukraine	🏠	0:0	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2018-11-20	Poland	🏠	1:1	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2018-11-17	Portugal	✈	0:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	1
2018-10-14	Portugal	✈	1:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-10-11	Portugal	✈	2:3	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2018-09-10	Italy	🏠	1:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2018-09-06	Croatia	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2018-06-30	Portugal	✈	2:1	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2018-06-25	Portugal	✈	1:1	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2018-06-20	Portugal	✈	0:1	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2018-06-15	Portugal	✈	3:3	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2018-06-07	Algeria	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-06-02	Portugal	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-05-28	Tunisia	🏠	2:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-03-26	Portugal	✈	3:0	International Friendlies	61	0	0	0
2018-03-23	Portugal	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-11-14	Portugal	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-11-10	Saudi Arabia	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2017-10-10	Switzerland	🏠	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2017-10-07	Portugal	✈	0:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2017-09-03	Portugal	✈	0:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2017-08-31	Faroe Islands	🏠	5:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2017-07-02	Portugal	✈	1:2	Confederations Cup	-	0	0	0
2017-06-28	Portugal	✈	3:0	Confederations Cup	-	0	0	0
2017-06-24	Portugal	✈	0:4	Confederations Cup	-	0	0	0
2017-06-21	Portugal	✈	0:1	Confederations Cup	-	0	0	0
2017-06-18	Portugal	✈	2:2	Confederations Cup	-	0	0	0
2017-06-09	Portugal	✈	0:3	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2017-06-03	Cyprus	🏠	4:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-03-28	Sweden	🏠	2:3	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2017-03-25	Hungary	🏠	3:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2016-11-13	Latvia	🏠	4:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	0
2016-10-10	Portugal	✈	0:6	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	1	1	0
2016-10-07	Andorra	🏠	6:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	1	0	0
2016-09-06	Portugal	✈	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2016-09-01	Gibraltar	🏠	5:0	International Friendlies	90	1	0	0