Referees · Portugal
João Gonçalves: referee stats
João Gonçalves has refereed 5 league games in the 2026/27 season, with 4.0 yellow cards and 0.4 penalties a game and no red card. That is below the same leagues' average this season: 4.6 yellow and 0.3 red a game. The latest game was Felgueiras 1932 – Lusitânia Lourosa 2–2 on 25 October (4 yellow, 0 red). João Gonçalves has refereed 55 league games in our data in three seasons (2024/25–2026/27), 5 of them this season. Cards a game: 5.3 yellow and 0.4 red; the average in the same leagues and seasons was 5.1 yellow and 0.3 red.
This season's games
| Date | League | Match | Score | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct | Segunda Liga | Felgueiras 1932 – Lusitânia Lourosa | 2–2 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 Oct | Primeira Liga | Marítimo – Porto | 1–2 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 Sep | Primeira Liga | Benfica – Gil Vicente | 3–1 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 Aug | Primeira Liga | Académico de Viseu – Santa Clara | 0–1 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 Aug | Primeira Liga | Estrela – Sporting CP | 2–2 | 4 | 0 |
Yellow and red cards of both teams. A match with a page of its own is a link.
By season
| Season | League | Games | Yellow a game | Red a game | Penalties a game | Home wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 25% |
| 2026/27 | Segunda Liga | 1 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| 2025/26 | Primeira Liga | 19 | 5.37 | 0.68 | 0.37 | 32% |
| 2025/26 | Segunda Liga | 7 | 4.86 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 43% |
| 2024/25 | Primeira Liga | 20 | 5.45 | 0.20 | 0.35 | 40% |
| 2024/25 | Segunda Liga | 4 | 6.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 50% |
| 3 seasons | 55 | 5.25 | 0.44 | 0.31 | 36% |
Cards of both teams as the source records them, a red counted once (twice when a card tip is settled). Penalties awarded in play, scored or missed, where our data has every game's events (else –).
Leagues
- Primeira Liga43 games
- Segunda Liga12 games
See also
Portugal: all referees Primeira Liga: table and matches All referees
League games of the last three seasons in our data. A name that appears in two games on one day belongs to two people and gets no page. History only, never a prediction.
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