About João Teixeira
In the 2025/2026 Liga Portugal 2, João Teixeira made 20 appearances (1,185 minutes), with 1 goal and 1 assist — 0.15 goal involvements per 90. That season graded out at an average match rating of 6.51. Compared with an 89-strong pool of Liga Portugal 2 midfielders (2025/2026, min. 450 minutes), he clears the median: 53rd percentile by match rating — goals rank: 38th of 89.
At his best he averaged 7.16 in 2022/2023, Liga Portugal; at his worst, 6.48 in 2015/2016. Averaged over his last two rated seasons, he sits 0.23 below his earlier career level.
Those league minutes are spread over 4 domestic leagues: Liga Portugal 2 (161 appearances, 18 goals), Liga Portugal (101 appearances, 9 goals) and Championship (England) (17 appearances, 2 goals) — the three with most games. In 4 of the 17 campaigns on record he played at least 25 league games. Three straight seasons stand out for volume — 2020/2021–2022/2023, 89 league games, 30 a year.