João Diogo Fonseca Ferreira (born 22 March 2001) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Rio Ave F.C. on loan from S.L. Benfica as a right-back.

João Ferreira

Ferreira in 2020
Personal information
Full name	João Diogo Fonseca Ferreira
Date of birth	(2001-03-22) 22 March 2001 (age 21)
Place of birth	Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Rio Ave (loan from Benfica)
Number	13
Youth career
2011–2014	Rio Ave
2014–2019	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Benfica B	38	(2)
2019–	Benfica	1	(0)
2021–2022	→ Vitória de Guimarães (loan)	14	(0)
2022–	→ Rio Ave (loan)	3	(0)
National team‡
2016	Portugal U15	2	(0)
2017	Portugal U16	2	(0)
2016–2018	Portugal U17	13	(0)
2018	Portugal U18	4	(0)
2019	Portugal U19	7	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Football career

Born in Póvoa de Varzim, Ferreira made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2–1 win over Estoril Praia in LigaPro on 11 August 2019.[1] On 25 January 2021, he made his debut with the first team in a Primeira Liga 1–1 draw against Nacional.[2]

On 31 August 2021, he joined Vitória de Guimarães on a season-long loan with an option to purchase for 5 million euros.[3]

Honours

Benfica

• UEFA Youth League runner-up: 2019–20[4]

References

External links

• João Ferreira at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• João Ferreira at Soccerway
• National team update (in Portuguese)

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[it] João Ferreira (calciatore)

[ru] Фонсека Феррейра, Жуан Диогу