Domestic-league season · Kayserispor.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Süper Lig | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1505 | 6.81 |
Following his move to Kayserispor, Mendes's current-season form is down 18% on last season (Season 22→18), while his Rating eased 41→22. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 31).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Kayserispor · 17th | 26 | 0 | 4 | 6.81 | 22 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | Guimaraes · 6th | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6.89 | 41 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | Guimaraes · 5th | 26 | 7 | 3 | 7.02 | 45 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | Chaves · 7th | 30 | 2 | 1 | 6.72 | 51 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | Chaves · 3rd | 24 | 3 | 3 | — | 35 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Tondela · 12th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.83 | 46 | 2 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
João Mendes is a 31-year-old central midfielder at Kayserispor, rated 21.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 564th of 720 in the 1. Lig. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (50.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.44 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mendes.
Judged on this season alone, Mendes graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 38th of 72 of the 72 central midfielders in the 1. Lig, on 0 goals, 4 assists and 1.435 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 22 → 18). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 22, 59th of 72 of the 72 central midfielders in the 1. Lig. At 31 Mendes is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.2 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1.44 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 26 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. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 21.5, Mendes carries the 59th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the 1. Lig of 72, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Kayserispor finished 17th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.44 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~14), then tapers with age. At 31, Mendes sits on 6.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Mendes's projected Rating — 21.5 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
