Joca's current-season form is up 48% on last season (Season 23→34), while his Rating held around 24. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Volos NFC · 12th	1	0	0	6.6	24	34
2025/26	Volos NFC · 7th	26	4	2	6.73	24	23
2024/25	Wuhan Three Towns	12	3	2	7.18	—	—
2024/25	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	14	1	1	7	—	—
2023/24	Rio Ave · 11th	28	4	2	6.84	49	30
2022/23	Rio Ave · 12th	6	0	1	6.6	46	5

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U23	2	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral midfielder

Joca is a 30-year-old central midfielder at Volos NFC, enjoying a standout season — 4 goals and 2 assists in 26 appearances, a Season grade of 34. On long-term scout potential he's rated 23.9. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter (71.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.18 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Joca.

On the season, Joca graded 34 for current form (age-blind), on 4 goals, 2 assists and 2.177 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 23 → 34). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 24. At 30 Joca is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2023/24Trending upBreakout: 2023/24Remarkably consistent

23.9

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

33.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

71.8%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.18

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Volos NFC finished 7th of 14 · a mid-table side

Apps

2.18

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.18 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 4 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 71.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.26 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 23.9 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.18 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %71.8%

Available fixtures32 of 32

Goals / 900.174

Assists / 900.087

Goal contribution / 900.261

Defensive actions / 902.177

Player flow

Goal involvements6

Cards / 900

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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 30, Joca sits on 3.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Joca's projected Rating — 23.9 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 central midfielders in the Super League 1 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals4

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles35

Interceptions14

Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

Volos NFCJul 2025 – nowFree

Gençlerbirliği S.K.until Jul 2025

GGenclerbirligiFeb 2025 – Jul 2025Free Transfer

Wuhan Three TownsJul 2024 – Feb 2025Free

Rio Ave(back from loan)Jul 2020 – Jul 2024

LeixoesAug 2020 – Jul 2020

Leixoes(on loan)Feb 2020 – Aug 2020

Rio AveJul 2018 – Feb 2020

SC Braga(back from loan)Jul 2018 – Jul 2018

Tondela(on loan)Jul 2017 – Jul 2018

SC Bragauntil Jul 2017

About Joca

Jorge Samuel Figueiredo Fernandes is a 30-year-old central midfielder who plays for Volos NFC, born on January 30, 1996 in Braga, standing 167 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Volos NFC currently sit 12th of 14 in the Super League 1.

This season

In the current season, Joca has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 90 minutes, averaging a 6.6 match rating over his last 1 rated games.

Recent matches

August 23, 2026: 0-2 loss away at OFI (90 minutes, 6.6 rating)

Joca's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Volos NFC face Iraklis 1908 at home in the Super League 1.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Joca at 23.9 with a Season form score of 33.6. 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 and the Taça de Portugal. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, Joca has totalled 264 club appearances with 34 goals and 8 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2015/16, with 42 appearances for SC Braga B.

Joca's career has also included time at Gençlerbirliği S.K., GGenclerbirligi, Wuhan Three Towns, Rio Ave, Leixoes, SC Braga and Tondela.

On the international stage, Joca has represented Portugal U23 — 2 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.