João Paulo

Following his move to Yokohama FC, Paulo's current-season form is down 58% on last season (Season 19→8), while his Rating eased 40→28. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 19).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Yokohama FC · 18th	21	1	1	6.9	28	8
2024/25	Yokohama FC	14	2	0	—	—	—
2023/24	Desportivo Brasil	14	2	0	—	—	—
2023/24	Oliveirense · 15th	32	5	0	6.7	40	19
2022/23	Desportivo Brasil	2	0	0	—	—	—
2021/22	Ho Chi Minh	12	0	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthWinger

João Paulo is a 29-year-old winger at Yokohama FC, rated 27.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 248th of 377 on scout potential in the J1 League. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (37.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Paulo.

Judged on this season alone, Paulo graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 17th of 21 of the 21 wingers in the J1 League, on 1 goal and 1 assist in 21 appearances (0.14 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 19 → 8).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 12th of 21 of the 21 wingers in the J1 League. At 29 Paulo is in his prime years, and a market index of 4.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downStepped up 2025/26

Current potential12th of 21 wingers · J1 League Current season17th of 21 wingers · J1 League17th-best winger in the J1 League248th in the J1 League · potential12th-highest potential winger in the J1 League

27.8

Ratingi

12th of 21 wingers

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

37.6%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.14

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Yokohama FC finished 18th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.05

Goals / app

1 goal in 21 appearances (0.05 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 2 goal contributions in all.

Watch points

Game time. Only 37.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.14 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 27.8, Paulo carries the 12th-highest potential of the wingers in the J1 League of 21, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Yokohama FC finished 18th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.14 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %37.6%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.07

Assists / 900.07

Goal contribution / 900.14

Defensive actions / 902.309

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %16.7

Shot accuracy %37.5

Dribble success %47.1

Cards / 900.07

Foul involvement / 903.289

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~8), then tapers with age. At 29, Paulo sits on 4.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Paulo's projected Rating — 27.8 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.