Referees · Portugal
João Pinheiro: referee stats
João Pinheiro has refereed 5 league games in the 2026/27 season, with 2.6 yellow cards, 0.4 red cards and 0.4 penalties a game. That is below the same leagues' average this season: 4.6 yellow and 0.3 red a game. The latest game was Académica – Leixões 4–0 on 24 October (4 yellow, 1 red). João Pinheiro has refereed 50 league games in our data in three seasons (2024/25–2026/27), 5 of them this season. Cards a game: 5.1 yellow and 0.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct | Segunda Liga | Académica – Leixões | 4–0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 Oct | Primeira Liga | Braga – Sporting CP | 1–3 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 Sep | Primeira Liga | Sporting CP – Nacional | 2–0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 Aug | Primeira Liga | Porto – Arouca | 2–0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 Aug | Primeira Liga | Casa Pia – Benfica | 0–7 | 3 | 1 |
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 | 2.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 50% |
| 2026/27 | Segunda Liga | 1 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 100% |
| 2025/26 | Primeira Liga | 14 | 5.14 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 29% |
| 2025/26 | Segunda Liga | 7 | 6.71 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 43% |
| 2024/25 | Primeira Liga | 16 | 4.88 | 0.19 | 0.62 | 31% |
| 2024/25 | Segunda Liga | 8 | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 38% |
| 3 seasons | 50 | 5.08 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 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 Liga34 games
- Segunda Liga16 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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