Joao Mario Naval da Costa Eduardo is one of the popular professional football player. He is simply named Joao Mario. He plays for SL Benfica. He is well known Portuguese celebrity. He is famous for his contribution to professional life. He is best at midfielder position. He had played for Sporting CP, Porto. He is right foot player. His Shirt number is 10. Cedric is one of his best teammates. He had represented himself in Russia for the World Cup 2018 as a part of the national team by showing his talent to all. He is very talented and skilled player.

Early Life of Joao

Passionate and enthusiastic player, Joao Mario was born on 19th January 1993. He was born and raised in Porto, the city of Portugal. His full name is Joao Mario Naval da Costa Eduardo. He is the son of Joao Mario Eduardo and Lidia Costa, his father and mother. His brother name is Wilson. His nationality is Portuguese. His astrological sign is Capricorn. At the small age, he began his career with football. He was educated at the Sporting youth academy from where he later graduated.

Body Features of Joao

Joao Mario has got a great personality. Talking about his body, his height is 1.79 m. His weight is of 72 Kg. His eye color is Brown and the hair color is Bald. He has a balanced body with good health. He has an attractive body figure. His smiling face and charming personality have helped him to gain the attention of all the viewers. His sexual orientation is straight. His chest size is 39 in, biceps size is 15 in and waist size is 31.5 inch.

Early Career of Joao

• Joao started his career with football by joining FC Porto and played brilliantly for this club.
• At the age of only 11, in the year 2004, he shifted to the club, Sporting CP.
• He was later called for a UEFA Europa League group stage game on 14th December 2011 against the club, S.S. Lazio.
• In the full season of 2012-2013, he played as a senior.
• Altogether he made his appearance in 31 matches for Sporting FC.
• Later on 31st May 2015, he was in the squad to play in the final of the Taca de Portugal against S.C. Barga and won the game in a penalty shootout.
• After playing for Sporting CP for a long time, he made his next move to the club, Inter Milan on 27th August 2016 with a fee of €40 million.
• On 16th October 2016, he made his first goal for this team against Cagliari Calcio.
• Again on 25th January 2018 he signed to the agreement for the Premier League team West Ham United with a fee of €1.5 Million and made his debut on 27th January against Wigan Athletic in FA Cup of the fourth round.
• On 31st March 2018, he made his first goal to this team.
• João Mário joined Benfica on 13 July 2021, on a five-year deal. He scored his first competitive goal on 10 August, opening the 2–0 home victory over Spartak Moscow in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.

International Career of Joao

• He had represented himself in his national country, Portugal in both senior as well as junior levels in many tournaments.
• Altogether, he has earned 82 caps.
• On 11th October, he made his senior debut against France.
• In the year 2015, he also represented his national team in the UEFA European U21 Championship where he scored a goal against England and won the game.
• He was also selected in the UEFA Euro 2016 and won the Euro Cup in the final against France.
• On 10th November 2017, he made his first goal for the nation against Saudi Arabia.
• His name was also enlisted in the squad of the Portugal national team in this World cup 2018 Russia.
• He had played in the World cup 2018. He is the active player in this World cup.
• In November 2022, João Mário was named in the squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The following 28 May, he announced his retirement from international play.

Personal Life of Joao

Affairs

Joao has not revealed about his relationship to the media. He may be single and maybe he has a girlfriend. He is focusing on his career than in a relationship.

Net Worth

This excellent player makes good money from his work. The net worth of Joao is estimated to have $15 million. He is receiving an annual salary of €3.85 million from his present club. He is satisfied with his earning.