João Teixeira (footballer, born 1996)


João Teixeira Almeida is a professional footballer who plays for Ukrainian Premier League club FC Oleksandriya as a midfielder. Born in France, Teixeira represents Portugal internationally.

Club career

Metz

Teixeira is a youth product of Metz, joining the French club when he was twelve years old. He started his football career at the French club's second team, in the summer of 2014. In 2016, after two seasons with Metz B, he terminated his contract by mutual consent.
Later that summer, Teixeira joined fellow Championnat National club Sarre-Union, and in the summer of 2017 he moved to Sarreguemines. In August 2018, he moved to Moldovan National Division side Zimbru Chișinău. On 26 August, Teixeira scored his first goal for Zimbru in a 1–0 victory over Speranța Nisporeni.

Politehnica Iași

In February 2019, after only half a year with Zimbru Chișinău, Teixeira moved to Romanian Liga I club Politehnica Iași. He later signed a one and a half year contract with the Moldavian team. On 10 March, he made his debut for Politehnica Iași in a 2–0 league loss against Voluntari.

Oleksandriya

Teixeira moved to in the summer of 2019 to Oleksandriya in Ukrainian first tier and proceeded to be qualified for UEFA Europa league group stage with his new club.

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