eFootball Joao Neves - Stats & Build (RuiCosta)

04/09/2026

In short

The card: a Highlight CMF that reaches 96 at max training
Strengths: Jumping (#1), Acceleration (#2), Tight Possession (#4)
How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Jumping
What this page covers: the Highlight version of Joao Neves (this player has 18 cards in total — see the position rankings for how the others compare)

Contents

Player Review
Basic info (Highlight)
Stats (Highlight · Lv1)
Position Proficiency
Player skills
Recommended Additional Skills
Player Progression
Compare with other players
Where this card ranks
Summary
More players from RuiCosta
More from eFootball LABO

Player Review

Rating★★☆☆☆B

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #79 of 5,086 CMF cards and #48 of 2,030 Orchestrator cards, with a max-level overall of 96.

How the rating is decided

SS Top 5 in either the position or the playing-style overall ranking
S Outside the top 5, but a max-level overall of 100 or more
A Overall 98–99
B Overall 95–97
C Overall below 95

Basic info (Highlight)

CMF

Joao Neves

PositionCMF

Preferred footRight

Attacking styleOrchestrator

Defensive styleBasic

Height174 cm

Age22

Max levelLv32

Progression points62

Overall at Lv184

Overall at max level96

Special skillsNone

Available fromRuiCosta

Stats (Highlight · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness62

Ball Control79

Dribbling77

Tight Possession82

Low Pass79

Lofted Pass76

Finishing63

Heading73

Set Piece Taking60

Curl68

Physical

Speed75

Acceleration79

Kicking Power75

Jumping78

Physical Contact68

Balance79

Stamina80

Defending

Defensive Awareness68

Tackling72

Aggression76

Defensive Engagement74

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40

GK Catching40

GK Parrying40

GK Reflexes40

GK Reach40

Weak foot usageHigh

Weak foot accuracyHigh

FormSteady

Injury resistanceAverage

Position Proficiency

LWF

LMF

AMF

CMF

DMF

RWF

RMF

Best position (CMF, DMF) / Also playable (AMF)

Not suited

Player skills

Dribbling

Double Touch

Sole Control

Passing

One-touch Pass

Through Passing

Weighted Pass

Outside Curler

Shooting

Heading

Defending

Gamesmanship

Interception

Mental

Fighting Spirit

Recommended Additional Skills

If you are adding skills through skill training, these suit a CMF.

＋Low Lofted Passfast, accurate balls in behind

＋Pinpoint Crossingbetter crossing

＋No Look Passdisguised distribution

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

Compare with other players

This card is already loaded against Joao Neves (Show Time, 99) — the strongest Joao Neves card released so far. Change either side to compare against anyone.

Where this card ranks

By position

CMF overall ranking

#178 ~~/ 5,086 cards~~

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By playing style

Orchestrator overall ranking

#112 ~~/ 2,030 cards~~

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Among this player’s cards

Joao Neves all-time cards

#11 ~~/ 18 cards~~

Rankings →

Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓Joao Neves (Highlight)

Joao Neves (Highlight) caps at Lv32 with a max-level overall of 96
It has 62 progression points to spend
Among the 18 cards of this player it ranks #11 — see the position rankings for how it compares to Epic and pack cards

More players from RuiCosta

The other players you can pull from RuiCosta.

AMF · 99

Rui Costa

Epic

Author of this article

Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.