João Marcelo · career
João Marcelo Messias Ferreira
Center Back · Cruzeiro · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/26
The record covers 7 seasons (2020/21–2026/27) across 2 clubs, including a move abroad — 130 appearances with 15 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2024/25 at Cruzeiro — Season rating 39, 0 goals and 2 assists in 31 games. 2024/25 was the leap — Season rating up 18 points at Cruzeiro. Form has slipped 15 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 33 Season points.
2025/26 was disrupted — 19 fixtures missed through injury or absence.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Cruzeiro | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 6 |
| 2025/26 | Cruzeiro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | Cruzeiro | 31 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 39 |
| 2023/24 | CruzeiroLoan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5 |
| 2022/23 | FC Porto B | 26 | 7 | 0 | 55 | 21 |
| 2021/22 | FC Porto B | 24 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | FC Porto | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | FC Porto BLoan | 31 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | Tombense | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Boavista SC | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
Taça de Portugal×3Primeira Liga×2Super Cup×2Taça da Liga×2CONMEBOL Sudamericana×2Mineiro 1×2Primeira Liga×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serie A | 5 | 313 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 |
| CONMEBOL Libertadores | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
Schedule · 2026/27
8 played14 unused sub2 not in squad· 530 min, 1g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30 | Serie A | A Botafogo | 0-4 | Played | 12 | 6.0 | ||
| Feb 6 | Serie A | H Coritiba | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| Feb 11 | Serie A | A Mirassol | 2-2 | Played | 101 | 6.6 | ||
| Feb 25 | Serie A | H Corinthians | 1-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Mar 12 | Serie A | A Flamengo | 0-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Mar 15 | Serie A | H Vasco DA Gama | 3-3 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Mar 18 | Serie A | A Atletico Paranaense | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 22 | Serie A | H Santos | 0-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Apr 1 | Serie A | H Vitoria | 3-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Apr 4 | Serie A | A Sao Paulo | 1-4 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Apr 12 | Serie A | H RB Bragantino | 2-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Apr 18 | Serie A | H Gremio | 2-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Apr 25 | Serie A | A Remo | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.7 | ||
| May 3 | Serie A | H Atletico-MG | 1-3 | Played | 20 | 6.9 | ||
| May 10 | Serie A | A Bahia | 2-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| May 17 | Serie A | A Palmeiras | 1-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| May 24 | Serie A | H Chapecoense-sc | 2-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| May 31 | Serie A | H Fluminense | 1-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Jul 23 | Serie A | A Internacional | 2-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Jul 26 | Serie A | H Botafogo | 0-1 | Played | 30 | 6.6 | ||
| Jul 31 | Serie A | A Coritiba | 1-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Aug 9 | Serie A | H Mirassol | 3-1 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.9 | |
| Aug 16 | Serie A | A Corinthians | 2-1 | Played | 97 | 7.3 | ||
| Aug 22 | Serie A | H Flamengo | 2-1 | Not in squad | — |