PLAYER

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João Novais

Market value

375 k €

18 décembre 2025

Club

Rio Ave FC

Midfielder

Position detail: Central midfield
Preferred foot: Right
Born: 10 juillet 1993
Place of birth: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height: 1,83 m
Nationality: Portugal
At club since: 5 juillet 2024
Agent: Footleet

Seasons

Complete seasons only, to 25/26

Seasons

14

Appearances

261

Goals

24

Assists

24

League

Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Yellow cards	Red cards
25/26	Liga Portugal	Rio Ave FC	2	44	0	0	1	0
24/25	Liga Portugal	Rio Ave FC	30	1 398	0	0	2	0
23/24	Süper Lig	Alanyaspor	32	2 056	5	2	7	0
21/22	Süper Lig	Alanyaspor	29	1 842	3	8	6	0
20/21	Liga Portugal	SC Braga	26	1 073	2	2	2	0
19/20	Liga Portugal	SC Braga	23	1 104	0	3	3	1
18/19	Liga Portugal	SC Braga	24	1 231	1	2	1	0
17/18	Liga Portugal	Rio Ave FC	29	2 129	8	3	4	0
16/17	Liga Portugal	Rio Ave FC	11	290	0	0	1	0
15/16	Liga Portugal	Rio Ave FC	16	731	2	0	5	0

Domestic cups

Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Yellow cards	Red cards
2021	Supertaça	SC Braga	1	9	0	0	1	0
20/21	Allianz Cup	SC Braga	3	34	0	0	0	0
19/20	Allianz Cup	SC Braga	4	231	0	0	0	0
18/19	Allianz Cup	SC Braga	3	264	0	1	0	0
17/18	Allianz Cup	Rio Ave FC	3	171	2	0	0	0
16/17	Allianz Cup	Rio Ave FC	2	91	0	0	0	0
15/16	Allianz Cup	Rio Ave FC	4	344	0	2	1	0

Continental club competitions

Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Yellow cards	Red cards
20/21	Europa League	SC Braga	5	270	0	0	0	0
19/20	Europa League	SC Braga	6	241	0	0	0	0
2019	Europa League Qualifying	SC Braga	4	232	0	1	1	0
2018	Europa League Qualifying	SC Braga	2	168	1	0	2	0
2016	Europa League Qualifying	Rio Ave FC	2	151	0	0	0	0

Shirt numbers

Squad numbers are recorded from 2013 onwards.

Club

Season	Club	Number	Matches	As captain
2025	Rio Ave	7	3	—
24/25	Rio Ave	6	33	3
23/24	Alanyaspor	10	37	1
2021	Braga	7	2	—
21/22	Alanyaspor	18	34	—
20/21	Braga	7	45	—
19/20	Braga	17	46	—
18/19	Braga	17	30	—
17/18	Rio Ave	17	35	—
16/17	Rio Ave	20	24	—
15/16	Rio Ave	27	27	—
2014	Leixões	7	4	—
13/14	Leixões	7	8	—

Career moves

Season	From	To	Type	Fee
25/26	Rio Ave	Al-Jabalain	Transfer	Free transfer
24/25	Alanyaspor	Rio Ave	Transfer	Free transfer
23/24	Al-Bataeh CSC	Alanyaspor	Transfer	Undisclosed
22/23	Braga	Al-Bataeh CSC	Transfer	125 k €
21/22	Alanyaspor	Braga	Transfer	Free transfer
21/22	Braga	Alanyaspor	Transfer	Free transfer
18/19	Rio Ave	Braga	Transfer	1,5 M €
15/16	Leixões	Rio Ave	Transfer	Undisclosed
11/12	Leixões U19	Leixões	Transfer	Undisclosed
10/11	FC Porto U17	Leixões U19	Transfer	Undisclosed

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