João Cancelo
Portugal · DF · age 32
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Portugal
- Position
- DF
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #1
- Intl caps
- 66
- Intl goals
- 12
- Intl assists
- 8
- Composite rating
- 0.78(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 0.8%
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro 2024 | 4 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 46 | 6 | 5 |
| World Cup 2022 | 4 | 344 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 40 | 4 | 3 |
| All tournaments | 8 | 690 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 6 | 91 | 86 | 10 | 8 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
218
Career matches
16,720
Career minutes
9
Goals
24
Assists
10.2
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.05
55
xG / 90
0.05
90
xAG / 90
0.12
97
vs 392 DF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | Valencia | La Liga | 10 | 525 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Valencia | La Liga | 28 | 2,118 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Valencia | La Liga | 35 | 2,428 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Inter | Serie A | 26 | 1,851 | 1 | 2 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
| 2017-18 | Valencia | La Liga | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 2018-19 | Juventus | Serie A | 25 | 1,968 | 1 | 3 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2019-20 | Manchester City | Premier League | 17 | 1,208 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| 2020-21 | Manchester City | Premier League | 28 | 2,299 | 2 | 3 | 1.6 | 4.6 |
| 2021-22 | Manchester City | Premier League | 36 | 3,227 | 1 | 7 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| 2022-23 | Manchester City | Premier League | 12 | 1,006 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.