based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Beşiktaş.
Also this season
On loan at AEK Athens FC — Super League 1: 25 apps, 2g 1a, 1198 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Beşiktaş; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
João Mário is a 33-year-old central midfielder at AEK Athens FC, enjoying a standout season — 1 goals and 1 assists in 24 appearances, a Season grade of 15. On long-term scout potential he's rated 12. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (40.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.01 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mário.
On the season, Mário graded 15 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 1 assist and 2.012 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 15). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 12. At 33 Mário is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.1 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · AEK Athens FC finished 1st of 14 · a title-challenging side
2.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (1st of 14) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.15 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 40.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 33, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
Rated 12 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Süper Lig with 600+ minutes this season.
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