Rio Ave

🌍 Portugal 📅 Founded 1939 🏷 RIO

🏟 Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube · Vila do Conde · 12,815 cap.

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League History

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Friendlies Clubs cup	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Primeira Liga	5	12	11	11	12	·	16	5	7	5	7	6	10	11	6	14	8
Taça de Portugal cup	·	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·
Taça da Liga cup	·	·	·	✓	✓	✓	·	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Segunda Liga	·	·	·	·	·	1	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
UEFA Europa League cup	·	·	·	·	·	·	✓	·	✓	·	✓	·	✓	·	·	·	·

Standings 2018

League	#	P	Pts	GD	Form
Primeira Liga	7	34	45	-2

Recent Fixtures 2018

Players by Country

Brazil 17 ▾

André Silva Carlos Júnior Carlos Vinícius Diego Lopes Filipe Augusto Gabrielzinho Galeno João Schmidt Júnio Leandrinho Léo Jardim Matheus Reis Messias Murilo Paulo Vítor Paulo Vitor Fagundes dos Anjos Ronan

Portugal 14 ▾

Afonso Figueiredo Bruno Moreira Carlos Alves Fábio Coentrão Joca Miguel Rodrigues Nélson Monte Nuno Santos Ricardo Rafael da Costa Miranda Ricardo Schutte Rúben Semedo Silvério Tarantini Vitó

Angola 2 ▾

Gelson Dala Jonathan Buatu

Croatia 2 ▾

N. Jambor T. Borevković

France 1 ▾

D. Furtado

Georgia 1 ▾

G. Makaridze

Guinea-Bissau 1 ▾

Nadjack

Italy 1 ▾

S. Said

Squad 2018

Goalkeeper 10 ▾

Player	Apps	Yellow	Rating
Léo Jardim Brazil	33	2	6.7
Léo Jardim Brazil	2	0
G. Makaridze Georgia	2	0
Paulo Vítor Brazil	1	0	7.0
Paulo Vítor Brazil	0	0
Léo Jardim Brazil	0	0
Carlos Alves Portugal	0	0
Carlos Alves Portugal	0	0
G. Makaridze Georgia	0	0	6.8
Paulo Vitor Fagundes dos Anjos Brazil	0	0

Defender 29 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
Nadjack Guinea-Bissau	24	0	1	5	1	6.6
Matheus Reis Brazil	22	0	4	5	0	6.6
Jonathan Buatu Angola	21	0		3	0	6.7
Fábio Coentrão Portugal	21	0	4	11	0	7.0
T. Borevković Croatia	19	1		3	0	6.9
Rúben Semedo Portugal	14	2		1	0	7.0
Nélson Monte Portugal	13	0		4	0	6.8
Afonso Figueiredo Portugal	10	0		0	0	6.8
Júnio Brazil	10	0		5	0	6.5
Messias Brazil	7	0		0	0	6.6
Matheus Reis Brazil	2	0		0	0
Jonathan Buatu Angola	2	0		0	0
Jonathan Buatu Angola	2	0		1	0
Matheus Reis Brazil	2	0		0	0
Nélson Monte Portugal	2	0		0	0
Miguel Rodrigues Portugal	2	0		0	0	6.3
Nélson Monte Portugal	1	0		0	0
Júnio Brazil	1	0		1	0
Fábio Coentrão Portugal	1	0		1	0
T. Borevković Croatia	1	0	0	0	0
T. Borevković Croatia	1	0	0	0	0
Nadjack Guinea-Bissau	1	0		0	0
Nadjack Guinea-Bissau	1	0		0	0
Júnio Brazil	0	0		0	0
Afonso Figueiredo Portugal	0	0		0	0
Miguel Rodrigues Portugal	0	0		0	0
Silvério Portugal	0	0		0	0
Silvério Portugal	0	0		0	0
Miguel Rodrigues Portugal	0	0		0	0

Midfielder 19 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
Tarantini Portugal	24	1	1	8	0	6.7
N. Jambor Croatia	24	0	1	3	0	6.9
Diego Lopes Brazil	19	2	3	5	1	6.9
João Schmidt Brazil	19	3		4	1	6.8
Filipe Augusto Brazil	12	1		7	2	6.7
Leandrinho Brazil	11	0		0	0	6.7
Nuno Santos Portugal	8	3	1	0	0	7.5
Joca Portugal	3	0		0	0	6.5
Vitó Portugal	3	0		0	0	6.7
N. Jambor Croatia	2	0		0	0
Diego Lopes Brazil	2	1		0	0
Tarantini Portugal	2	0		0	0
Leandrinho Brazil	2	0		0	0
João Schmidt Brazil	2	2		0	0
João Schmidt Brazil	1	0		0	0
Diego Lopes Brazil	1	0		0	0
Tarantini Portugal	1	0		0	0
N. Jambor Croatia	1	0		0	0
Nuno Santos Portugal	0	0		0	0

Attacker 23 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Rating
Bruno Moreira Portugal	30	9	3	2	6.9
Gabrielzinho Brazil	27	3	2	2	6.6
Galeno Brazil	27	5	4	6	7.0
Murilo Brazil	9	0	1	1	6.5
Ronan Brazil	9	3	1	2	6.9
Carlos Júnior Brazil	7	1		1
D. Furtado France	5	1		0	6.6
S. Said Italy	4	1		1	6.7
D. Furtado France	2	1		0
Bruno Moreira Portugal	2	0		0
André Silva Brazil	2	0		1	6.4
Gabrielzinho Brazil	2	0		0
Gabrielzinho Brazil	2	0		1
Murilo Brazil	2	0		1
Galeno Brazil	2	0		1
Galeno Brazil	2	2		1
Ricardo Schutte Portugal	1	0		0
Ronan Brazil	0	0		0
Murilo Brazil	0	0		0
Ricardo Schutte Portugal	0	0		0
D. Furtado France	0	0		0
Ricardo Rafael da Costa Miranda Portugal	0	0		0
Ricardo Rafael da Costa Miranda Portugal	0	0		0

Forward 5 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Rating
Carlos Vinícius Brazil	20	9		2	7.0
Gelson Dala Angola	19	5	3	3	7.0
Carlos Vinícius Brazil	3	5	0	0
Gelson Dala Angola	2	1	0	0
Gelson Dala Angola	2	1	1	0

Transfers

▲ In 56 ▾

Date	Player	From	Type
Sept 2025	J. Brabec	Aris Thessalonikis	Free agent
Sept 2025	O. Richards	Ashington AFC	Loan
Sept 2025	Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira	Ashington AFC	Loan
Aug 2025	Rafael Genuino	Botafogo	Transfer
Jul 2025	J. Panzo	Ashington AFC	Free Transfer
Jan 2025	Matheus Teixeira	Bahia	Free
Sept 2024	E. Tıknaz	Besiktas	Loan
Sept 2024	Martim Neto	Benfica	Loan
Aug 2024	Koka	Alanyaspor	Free
Jul 2024	João Novais	Alanyaspor	Free
Jul 2024	Ole Pohlmann	Borussia Dortmund	1.6M
Jan 2024	C. Devenish	Atletico Nacional	Loan
Jan 2024	João Teixeira	Al-Markhiya	Loan
Jul 2022	João Ferreira	Benfica	Loan
Jul 2022	Miguel Nóbrega	Benfica B	N/A
Aug 2021	A. Sylla	Annecy	Free
Aug 2021	Rúben Marques	Águia FC Vimioso	N/A
Jun 2021	Rúben Marques	Águia FC Vimioso	N/A
Feb 2021	Sávio	America Mineiro	N/A
Jan 2021	Anderson Cruz	Bolívar	N/A
Aug 2020	Léo Vieira	Atletico Paranaense	Free
Aug 2020	Aderllan Santos	Al-Ahli Jeddah	Free
Jul 2020	Jonathan Buatu	Aves	N/A
Jul 2020	D. Furtado	Casa Pia	N/A
Mar 2020	Rúben Gonçalves	AR São Martinho	Free
Aug 2019	Aderllan Santos	Al-Ahli Jeddah	Loan
Jul 2019	M. Taremi	Al-Gharafa	Free
Jan 2019	Messias	America Mineiro	Loan
Jul 2018	D. Furtado	AR São Martinho	N/A
Jul 2018	João Schmidt	Atalanta	Loan
Jul 2017	Marcão	Atletico Paranaense	Loan
Jul 2017	Nuno Santos	Benfica	Free
Jul 2017	Yuri Ribeiro	Benfica	Loan
Jul 2017	José Postiga	Academico Viseu	N/A
Jan 2017	Bruno Martins Teles	America Mineiro	Free
Jul 2016	Rúben Ribeiro	Boavista	Free
Feb 2016	Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga	ATK	N/A
Jul 2014	P. Gouano	Atalanta	Loan
Jul 2014	Cássio	Arouca	Free
Jul 2014	Jony Ñiguez	Alcorcon	Free
Jan 2014	E. Velikonja	Cardiff	Loan
Nov 2013	Joeano	Arouca	N/A
Aug 2013	Diego Lopes	Benfica	N/A
Jul 2013	Nuno Miguel de Almeida Costa Lopes	Beira-Mar	N/A
Jul 2013	Roderick Miranda	Benfica	Free
Jul 2013	Gus Ledes	Barcelona	N/A
Jul 2013	Renato Santos	Aves	N/A
Jul 2013	Júlio Alves	Besiktas	Free
Jul 2013	Soares	Arouca	N/A
Jul 2012	Y. Del Valle	Auxerre	Free
Jul 2012	J. Oblak	Benfica	Loan
Jul 2012	Filipe Augusto	Bahia	N/A
Jul 2012	Diego Lopes	Benfica	Loan
Jan 2010	Nélson Oliveira	Benfica	Loan
Aug 2009	Sidnei Sciola	Boavista	Free
Jan 2009	Fábio Coentrão	Benfica	Loan

▼ Out 69 ▾

Date	Player	To	Type
Feb 2026	J. Panzo	Birmingham	Transfer
Jan 2026	Hiago	Botafogo PB	-
Sept 2025	João Novais	Al Jabalain	Free Transfer
Sept 2025	Valentim Sousa	AD Marco 09	Loan
Sept 2025	João Novais	Al Jabalain	Free agent
Jul 2025	Jorge Karse	Academica	Loan
Jul 2025	O. Richards	Ashington AFC	Back from Loan
Jul 2025	Martim Neto	Benfica	N/A
Jul 2025	E. Tıknaz	Besiktas	Back from Loan
Jun 2025	Martim Neto	Benfica	Return from loan
Jan 2025	Aderllan Santos	AVS	Free Transfer
Aug 2024	E. Boateng	Al Orubah	Free
Jul 2024	Rui Pedro Pereira Morgado	Academica	Free
Jul 2024	João Teixeira	Al-Markhiya	N/A
Jul 2024	C. Devenish	Atletico Nacional	N/A
Feb 2024	Guga	Beijing Guoan	N/A
Jan 2023	Pedro Amaral	Al Khaleej Saihat	N/A
Jul 2022	Gabrielzinho	Al-Wasl FC	Free
Jul 2022	Gelson Dala	Al Wakrah	N/A
Aug 2021	Gelson Dala	Al Wakrah	Loan
Jul 2021	S. Said	Arges Pitesti	Free
Feb 2021	Rúben Marques	Águia FC Vimioso	Loan
Sept 2020	Vitó	Casa Pia	N/A
Jul 2020	Messias	America Mineiro	N/A
Jan 2020	D. Furtado	Casa Pia	Loan
Jan 2020	Jonathan Buatu	Aves	Loan
Jul 2019	Afonso Figueiredo	Aves	N/A
Jul 2019	Silvério	Academica	N/A
Oct 2018	Pedro Moreira	AFC Hermannstadt	Free
Jul 2018	Marcão	Atletico Paranaense	N/A
Jul 2018	Rui Vieira	Arouca	N/A
Jul 2018	Hélder Tiago Pinto Moura Guedes	Al-Dhafra	Free
Jul 2018	Cássio	Al Taawon	N/A
Jul 2018	Yuri Ribeiro	Benfica	N/A
Jan 2018	Yazalde Gomes Pinto	Belenenses	Free
Jul 2017	Aníbal Araújo Capela	Carpi	Free
Jul 2017	W. Jebor	Al-Nassr	N/A
Jul 2017	F. Krovinović	Benfica	€ 3M
Jul 2017	Pedrinho	Aves	Free
Jan 2017	Filipe Augusto	Benfica	N/A
Aug 2016	Pedro Paulo	Academico Viseu	N/A
Aug 2016	José Postiga	Academico Viseu	Loan
Jul 2016	Ukra	Al-Fateh	Free
Jul 2016	Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga	ATK	Free
Jul 2016	Andrei Dashuk	Apoel Nicosia	Free
Jul 2016	R. Bressan	Apoel Nicosia	Free
Jul 2016	Y. Del Valle	Bursaspor	Loan
Aug 2015	Tiago Miguel Baia Pinto	Ankaraspor	Free
Jul 2015	Renato Santos	Boavista	N/A
Jul 2015	Ederson	Benfica	€ 500K
Jul 2015	Diego Lopes	Benfica	€ 2M
Jan 2015	Esmaël Gonçalves	Anorthosis	N/A
Jan 2015	Nuno Miguel de Almeida Costa Lopes	Apollon Limassol	N/A
Aug 2014	Hugo Ventura Ferreira Moura	Belenenses	Free
Jul 2014	André Filipe Aguiar Dias	Aves	N/A
Jul 2014	André Costa	Aves	Free
Jul 2014	Bruno Manuel Araújo Braga	Benfica Luanda	Free
Jul 2014	Jeferson Miguel da Silva	Benfica Luanda	Free
Jul 2014	E. Velikonja	Cardiff	N/A
Aug 2013	T. Obadeyi	Bury	Free
Jul 2013	Esmaël Gonçalves	Apoel Nicosia	Loan
Jul 2013	Soares	Arouca	Loan
Jan 2013	Soares	Arouca	Loan
Aug 2012	Éder	AOK Kerkyra	Loan
Jul 2012	Bruno China	Academica	N/A
Jul 2011	Ricardo Chaves	Aves	Free
Jul 2011	Ricardo Manuel Cardoso Martins	Aves	Loan
Jul 2011	Júlio Alves	Atletico Madrid	€ 2.5M
Jul 2007	Fábio Coentrão	Benfica	€ 900K