João Afonso

Afonso's current-season form is up 83% on last season (Season 6→11), while his Rating held around 11. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 22).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Tondela · 17th	13	0	6.78	11	11
2024/25	Tondela · 1st	8	0	6.51	10	6
2023/24	Tondela	8	0	6.51	—	—
2023/24	Torreense · 7th	33	2	—	22	22
2022/23	Torreense · 9th	29	2	—	23	21
2021/22	Santa Clara · 7th	15	0	6.61	26	15

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 9 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headBall-winning Central defender

João Afonso is a 36-year-old central defender at Tondela, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 13 appearances, a Season grade of 11. On long-term scout potential he's rated 10.9. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member (20.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.77 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Afonso.

On the season, Afonso graded 11 for current form (age-blind), on 1 clean sheet and 5.769 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 6 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 11. At 36 Afonso is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 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 downRemarkably consistentStepped up 2025/26

10.9

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

10.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

20.4%

Minutes

limited game time

5.77

Def. actions / 90

high defensive volume

Output in context · Tondela finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

5.77

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

5.77 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 13 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 5.77 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 20.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 10.9 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.77 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %20.4%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 905.769

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.433

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 (~4), then tapers with age. At 36, Afonso sits on 2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Afonso's projected Rating — 10.9 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Segunda Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles12

Interceptions20

Blocks8

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

TondelaJul 2024 – nowFree

TorreenseSept 2022 – Jul 2024

Santa ClaraJul 2019 – Sept 2022

GGuimaraes(back from loan)Jan 2018 – Jul 2019

Cordoba(on loan)Jul 2017 – Jan 2018

GGuimaraes(back from loan)Jul 2017 – Jul 2017

Estoril(on loan)Aug 2016 – Jul 2017

GGuimaraesAug 2014 – Aug 2016Free

Benficauntil Aug 2014

About João Afonso

João Ricardo da Silva Afonso is a 36-year-old centre-back who plays for Tondela, born on May 28, 1990 in Castelo Branco, standing 188 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Tondela currently sit 13th of 18 in the Segunda Liga.

This season

In the current season, João Afonso has made 13 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 624 minutes, with 3 yellow cards.

João Afonso's next match is on August 28, 2026, when Tondela face União de Leiria away in the Segunda Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates João Afonso at 10.9 with a Season form score of 10.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the Segunda Liga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, João Afonso has totalled 343 club appearances with 11 goals and 4 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2013/14, with 34 appearances for Benfica Castelo Branco.

João Afonso's career has also included time at Torreense, Santa Clara, GGuimaraes, Cordoba, Estoril and Benfica.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Tondela finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points