João Mário Neto Lopes

Club career Porto Born in São João da Madeira, Aveiro District, João Mário began at hometown club Sanjoanense before joining the ranks of Porto at the age of 9. On 7 October 2018, while still a junior, he made his professional debut with the reserve team in a LigaPro match against Arouca, coming on for Tiago Matos for the last 11 minutes of a 1–0 home loss. The following 5 January, he scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw with Benfica B also at the Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio.

On 10 June 2020, João Mário had his first call-up to Porto's first team, remaining unused as they won 1–0 at home to Marítimo. He debuted on 15 July as they won the Primeira Liga title with a 2–0 win over Sporting CP also at the Estádio do Dragão, playing the last five minutes in place of Luis Díaz. On 1 August, he was on the bench in the 2–1 defeat of Benfica in the final of the Taça de Portugal, securing a double.

João Mário was eventually reconverted by manager Sérgio Conceição into a right-back. He was later occasionally deployed again as winger, but struggled to provide assists from that position; he totalled 26 during his spell. He made his league debut one month later, as a second-half substitute for Federico Gatti in the 2–0 home victory over Parma.

On 2 February 2026, João Mário was loaned to Bologna in the same league for the remainder of the season. He scored his first goal in Italy 24 days later, the only in a win against Brann in the knockout phase play-offs of the UEFA Europa League.

João Mário was loaned out again for 2026–27, to Fiorentina who retained an option to buy him at the end of the campaign.

International career João Mário won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level on 4 September 2020. He scored in the 4–0 away victory against Cyprus for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.

On 13 November 2023, João Mário was called up by the senior team for the first time, replacing Diogo Dalot (who withdrew for personal reasons) in the squad that would face Liechtenstein and Iceland in UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches. Three days later, he made his debut by replacing João Cancelo late into a 2–0 away win over the former. He made his first start on the 19th, in a 2–0 defeat of the latter at the Estádio José Alvalade.

Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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2018–19 Liga Portugal 2

2019–20 Liga Portugal 2

2020–21 Liga Portugal 2

2019–20 Primeira Liga

2020–21 Primeira Liga

2021–22 Primeira Liga

2022–23 Primeira Liga

2023–24 Primeira Liga

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Honours Porto Youth UEFA Youth League: 2018–19

Porto Primeira Liga: 2019–20, Taça de Portugal: 2019–20, 2023–24 Taça da Liga: 2022–23 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2020, 2022, 2024