João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro

⚽ RefereePortugal

Football match official with 38 appearances across 6 competitions.

Career Stats

Total Appearances38
⚽ As Referee29
4️⃣ 4th Official3
📺 As VAR6
🌍 International37
🏟️ Domestic0
Competitions6

Season-by-Season Activity

'19/20
2
'21/22
4
'22/23
2
'23/24
3
'25/26
6
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SeasonTotalRef4thVAR
2025/2666——
2023/2432—1
2022/2322——
2021/2242—2
2019/2021—1
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Career Milestones

🎯
First tracked match
11/05/2019
FC Zenit vs RB Leipzig
Champions League
🌍
First international match
11/05/2019
FC Zenit vs RB Leipzig
Champions League
📺
First VAR appearance
11/05/2019
FC Zenit vs RB Leipzig
Champions League
🏆
First Champions League match
11/05/2019
FC Zenit vs RB Leipzig
Champions League

Match Activity

17 matches · 6 years
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Role:RefereeVARNo match

Top 3% among Portugal officials

Peer Benchmark

Match Count97%
Seasons Active94%
Competitions86%

Median in Portugal: 4 matches · 2 seasons

Recent Matches

All 38 →
Champions League01/28/2026
PSV EindhovenvsFC Bayern München
Referee
Champions League01/20/2026
FC Internazionale MilanovsArsenal FC
Referee
Champions League11/25/2025
Manchester City FCvsBayer 04 Leverkusen
Referee
Champions League11/04/2025
SSC NapolivsEintracht Frankfurt
Referee
FIFA WC European Qualifiers09/05/2025
ITALYvsESTONIA
Referee
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round (First Legs)08/05/2025
Malmö FFvsFC København
Referee
UEFA Europa Conference League10/05/2023
Astana FKvsFC Viktoria Plzeň
VAR
UEFA Europa Conference League08/31/2023
BeşiktaşvsFC Dynamo Kyiv
Referee
Champions League08/18/2023
Gnk DinamovsAek
Referee
Europa League08/18/2022
Hjk HelsinkivsSilkeborg IF
Referee

Least-Officiated Teams

Current championship only · teams with fewest meetings

  1. 1AC Omonia1×
  2. 2AFX AJAX1×
  3. 3AZ1×
  4. 4AZ Alkmaar1×
  5. 5Apóllon Lemesoú1×
  6. 6Ararat-armenia FC1×
  7. 7Atalanta1×
  8. 8Borussia Vfl 1900 Mönchengladbach1×
  9. 9Cosa Fola Esch1×
  10. 10Djurgårdens IF1×

Top Destinations

  1. 1Piraeus
    2×
  2. 2Zagreb
    2×
  3. 3Astana
    2×
  4. 4Bielsko-Biala
    2×
  5. 5Braga
    2×
  6. 6Razgrad
    2×
  7. 7Barcelona
    2×
  8. 8Helsinki
    2×
  9. 9Istanbul
    2×
  10. 10Bruges
    1×

Career Events

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Season Reports

2025/26 (6)2023/24 (3)2022/23 (2)2021/22 (4)2019/20 (2) (21)