João Marcelo · career
João Marcelo Messias Ferreira
Center Back · Cruzeiro · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
A career still climbing — Marcelo is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Peak: 2024/25Trending upBreakout: 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/26
The record covers 6 seasons (2020/21–2024/25) across 2 clubs, including a move abroad — 121 appearances with 14 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 is on a climb — up 31 Season points across his last 3 full seasons.
2025/26 was disrupted — 19 fixtures missed through injury or absence.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Cruzeiro | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 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 · 2025/26
The schedule for João Marcelo is still being gathered (we backfill fixtures best-league-first). Check back soon.