João Moutinho

Portuguese association football player (born 1986)

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Iria Santos and the second is Moutinho.

João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho ComM (pt-PT; born 8 September 1986) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primeira Liga club Braga.

João Moutinho
Moutinho with Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho[1]
Date of birth (1986-09-08) 8 September 1986 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Barreiro, Portugal[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Braga
Number 28
Youth career
1996-2000 Portimonense
2000–2004 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Sporting CP B 30 (1)
2004–2010 Sporting CP 163 (21)
2010–2013 Porto 83 (4)
2013–2018 Monaco 158 (9)
2018–2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers 175 (5)
2023– Braga 25 (1)
National team
2003 Portugal U17 15 (0)
2004 Portugal U18 5 (0)
2004 Portugal U19 4 (1)
2005–2007 Portugal U21 17 (2)
2006 Portugal B 1 (0)
2005–2022 Portugal 146 (7)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2016 France Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Poland-Ukraine Team
UEFA Nations League
Winner 2019 Portugal Team
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place 2017 Russia Team
UEFA European U17 Championship
Winner 2003 Portugal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:28, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:38, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Career statistics change

Club change

As of match played 13 April 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting CP B 2003–04[5] Segunda Divisão 30 1 30 1
Sporting CP 2004–05[6] Primeira Liga 15 0 2 0 9[c] 0 26 0
2005–06[6] Primeira Liga 34 4 5 1 4[d] 0 43 5
2006–07[6] Primeira Liga 29 4 6 3 6[e] 0 41 7
2007–08[6] Primeira Liga 30 5 6 1 7 0 12[e] 1 1[f] 0 56 7
2008–09[6] Primeira Liga 27 3 2 0 5 0 8[e] 1 1[f] 0 43 4
2009–10[6] Primeira Liga 28 5 4 2 4 0 14[g] 2 50 9
Total 163 21 25 7 16 0 53 4 2 0 259 32
Porto 2010–11[6] Primeira Liga 27 0 5 2 3 0 17[g] 0 1[f] 0 53 2
2011–12[6] Primeira Liga 29 3 1 0 4 0 8[h] 0 2[i] 0 44 3
2012–13[6] Primeira Liga 27 1 2 0 5 2 8[e] 2 1[f] 0 43 5
Total 83 4 8 2 12 2 33 2 4 0 140 10
Monaco 2013–14[4] Ligue 1 31 1 3 0 0 0 34 1
2014–15[4] Ligue 1 37 4 3 0 2 0 10[e] 1 52 5
2015–16[4] Ligue 1 26 1 3 0 0 0 8[j] 0 37 1
2016–17[4] Ligue 1 31 2 4 0 4 1 13[e] 0 52 3
2017–18[4] Ligue 1 33 1 1 0 4 0 6[e] 0 0 0 44 1
Total 158 9 14 0 10 1 37 1 0 0 219 11
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2018–19[7] Premier League 38 1 6 0 0 0 44 1
2019–20[8] Premier League 38 1 2 0 0 0 17[g] 0 57 1
2020–21[9] Premier League 33 1 3 0 0 0 36 1
2021–22[10] Premier League 35 2 2 0 2 0 39 2
2022–23[11] Premier League 31 0 1 0 4 0 36 0
Total 175 5 14 0 6 0 17 0 212 5
Braga 2023–24 Primeira Liga 25 1 3 0 4 1 7[k] 1 39 3
Career total 634 41 64 9 48 4 147 8 6 0 899 62
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal, Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. Includes Taça da Liga, Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. One appearances in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  10. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  11. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International change

As of match played 9 June 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2005 3 0
2006 2 0
2007 6 0
2008 11 1
2009 3 0
2010 5 0
2011 10 1
2012 14 0
2013 11 0
2014 11 0
2015 5 2
2016 13 1
2017 11 2
2018 8 0
2019 8 0
2020 8 0
2021 13 0
2022 4 0
Total 146 7
As of match played 9 June 2022.[12]
List of international goals scored by João Moutinho
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 31 May 2008 Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu, Portugal   Georgia 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2 7 October 2011 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal   Iceland 4–2 5–3 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
3 8 October 2015 Estádio Municipal, Braga, Portugal   Denmark 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
4 11 October 2015 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia   Serbia 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
5 10 October 2016 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands   Faroe Islands 5–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 3 June 2017 António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal   Cyprus 1–0 4–0 Friendly
7 2–0

Honours change

 
Moutinho with Portugal at the 2017 Confederations Cup

Sporting CP[13]

Porto[13]

Monaco

Braga

Portugal

Individual

Orders

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 20 March 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. "João Moutinho em "chat" no Maisfutebol: revelações fora dos relvados" [João Moutinho in Maisfutebol chat: revelations off the pitch] (in Portuguese). MaisFutebol. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "João Moutinho". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  5. "João Moutinho". national-football-teams. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 "João Moutinho". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  7. "Games played by João Moutinho in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  8. "Games played by João Moutinho in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  9. "Games played by João Moutinho in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  10. "Games played by João Moutinho in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  11. "Games played by João Moutinho in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "João Moutinho". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "João Moutinho. O indispensável que faz os outros brilhar" [João Moutinho. The untouchable who makes others shine]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 17 May 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  14. "Swashbuckling Monaco end 17-year French title wait". UEFA. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  15. Whaling, James (1 April 2017). "Monaco 1–4 PSG: Les Parisiens claim fourth successive Coupe de la Ligue as Edinson Cavani scores twice". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  16. "Sp. Braga vence a Taça da Liga pela terceira vez" [Sp. Braga wins Taça da Liga for the third time]. Público (in Portuguese). 27 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  17. McNulty, Phil (10 July 2016). "Portugal 1–0 France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  18. "Portugal regressa ao topo da Europa. Liga das Nações fica em casa" [Portugal return to the top of Europe. Nations League stays home] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  19. ""Portugal fez uma prova excelente", diz Fernando Santos" ["Portugal had an excellent tournament", Fernando Santos says] (in Portuguese). TSF. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  20. Gouveia, Ricardo (24 May 2016). "Moutinho e o exemplo dos sub-17: "Espero que seja um bom presságio"" [Moutinho and the under-17s example: «I hope it's a good omen»] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  21. "João Moutinho eleito o "jogador do mês" pelo Sindicato" [João Moutinho voted «player of the month» by Union] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 9 May 2005. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  22. "Moutinho é o jovem do mês" [Moutinho is youngster of the month]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 April 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  23. "Kelvin eleito atleta jovem do ano" [Kelvin voted young athlete of the year]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  24. Spiers, Tim (14 May 2019). "Joao Moutinho takes top prize at Wolves awards". Express & Star. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  25. "Seleção recebe insígnias de Marcelo no Porto" [National team receive insignia from Marcelo in Porto]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2017.