| João Teixeira | |
| Fullname: | João Teixeira Almeida |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Forbach, France |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Jeunesse Esch |
| Clubnumber: | 17 |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Metz |
| Years1: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Metz B |
| Caps1: | 37 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Sarre-Union |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | Sarreguemines |
| Caps3: | 21 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Caps4: | 13 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Caps5: | 13 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs6: | Oleksandriya |
| Caps6: | 2 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2022–2023 |
| Caps7: | 10 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Jeunesse Esch |
| Caps8: | 29 |
| Goals8: | 6 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 1 June 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 15 February 2016 |
João Teixeira Almeida (born 7 May 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Luxembourgish side Jeunesse Esch. Born in France, Teixeira represents Portugal internationally.
Teixeira is a youth product of Metz, joining the French club when he was twelve years old.[1] He started his football career at the French club's second team, in the summer of 2014.[2] In 2016, after two seasons with Metz B, he terminated his contract by mutual consent.
Later that summer, Teixeira joined fellow Championnat de France Amateur 2 club Sarre-Union, and in the summer of 2017 he moved to Sarreguemines.[3] In August 2018, he moved to Moldovan National Division side Zimbru Chișinău.[4] On 26 August, Teixeira scored his first goal for Zimbru in a 1–0 victory over Speranța Nisporeni.[5]
In February 2019, after only half a year with Zimbru Chișinău, Teixeira moved to Romanian Liga I club Politehnica Iași.[6] [7] On 10 March, he made his debut for Politehnica Iași in a 2–0 league loss against Voluntari.[8]
In the summer of 2019, Teixeira moved to Ukrainian Premier League club Oleksandriya.[9]
On 27 June 2023, João Teixeira signed a contract with Jeunesse Esch in the BGL Ligue.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Metz B | 2014–15 | Championnat de France Amateur | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Championnat de France Amateur 2 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 3 | |||||
| Sarre-Union | 2016–17 | Championnat de France Amateur 2 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 4 | |||
| Sarreguemines | 2017–18 | Championnat National 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| Zimbru Chișinău | 2018 | Moldovan National Division | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 6 | |||
| Politehnica Iași | 2018–19 | Liga I | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 3 | |||||
| Oleksandriya | 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 107 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 113 | 17 | ||||