| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009/2010 | Liga Portugal | 10 | 436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Liga Portugal | 23 | 1129 | 4 | 0 | 0.32 | — |
| 2011/2012 | Liga Portugal | 12 | 381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012/2013 | La Liga | 30 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 2.73 | — |
| 2013/2014 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 1743 | 8 | 1 | 0.46 | 6.49 |
| 2014/2015 | Premier League | 10 | 388 | 1 | 0 | 0.23 | 6.59 |
| 2015/2016 | Championship (England) | 28 | 2071 | 9 | 0 | 0.39 | 7.05 |
| 2016/2017 | Championship (England) | 28 | 1406 | 11 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.79 |
| 2017/2018 | Championship (England) | 37 | 2449 | 8 | 1 | 0.33 | 7.07 |
| 2018/2019 | Championship (England) | 10 | 675 | 3 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.97 |
| 2018/2019 | Premier League 2 Divison Two | 3 | 241 | 2 | 0 | 0.75 | — |
| 2019/2020 | Super League (Greece) | 26 | 1771 | 14 | 4 | 0.91 | — |
| 2020/2021 | Super League (Greece) | 26 | 1304 | 6 | 2 | 0.55 | — |
| 2021/2022 | Super League (Greece) | 5 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022/2023 | Super League (Greece) | 32 | 1994 | 7 | 1 | 0.36 | 6.97 |
| 2023/2024 | Liga Portugal | 15 | 601 | 2 | 2 | 0.6 | 7.05 |
| 2023/2024 | Super Lig | 15 | 454 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 6.73 |
| 2024/2025 | Liga Portugal | 31 | 1785 | 3 | 4 | 0.35 | 6.9 |
| 2025/2026 | Liga Portugal | 26 | 1315 | 3 | 0 | 0.21 | 6.54 |
Domestic league competitions only (SportMonks sub_type='domestic'); national-team, continental and cup competitions are excluded. Classification resolved by league id against the canonical leagues index. G+A/90 computed from minutes actually played.
Figures computed from the GioScore season-stats database · as of 2026-07-27
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sporting Braga | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
 Aris | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Panathinaikos | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Olympiacos F.C. | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Porto | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
 OFI | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Rio Ave | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Volos NFC | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
 Preston North End | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Gil Vicente | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Benfica | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Asteras Tripolis | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Queens Park Rangers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Leeds United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Brentford | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 PAOK | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Arouca | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Nacional | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player stats against each opponent national team
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Moldova U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nélson Oliveira scored 3 goals in 26 Liga Portugal appearances in 2025/2026 (1,315 minutes), without an assist — 0.21 goal involvements per 90. GioScore's computed rating for the season averages 6.54.
2017/2018 stands as his highest-rated season (7.07, Championship (England)), with 2013/2014 the weakest (6.49).
