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Rio Ave - transfers & net spend
Rio Ave signed 12 players for £772k and sold 10 for £600k in the 2026/27 window. Their current wage bill is on the Rio Ave salaries page. Every club in the league is on the Primeira Liga transfers page.
SPENT £772k
RECEIVED £600k
NET SPEND £171k
MOVES 22
Data as of the 2026/27 window, the most recent transfer window held for Rio Ave.
Biggest deals since 2024/25
Biggest signings 5
| PLAYER | FEE | FROM | WINDOW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton | £2.6m | Vasco da Gama | 2025/26 |
| Ryan Guilherme | £2.1m | Cruzeiro Esporte Clube | 2025/26 |
| André Luiz | £1.9m | Club Football Estrela da Amadora | 2024/25 |
| Tamble | £1.7m | Portimonense | 2025/26 |
| Diogo Bezerra | £1.7m | OFK Beograd | 2025/26 |
Biggest sales 5
| PLAYER | FEE | TO | WINDOW |
|---|---|---|---|
| André Luiz | £5.8m | Olympiacos SF Piraeus | 2025/26 |
| Clayton | £4.3m | Olympiacos SF Piraeus | 2025/26 |
| Costinha | £2.1m | Olympiacos SF Piraeus | 2024/25 |
| Aziz Yakubu | £1.1m | Shimizu S-Pulse | 2024/25 |
| Ole Pohlmann | £600k | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2026/27 |
2026/27
£772k spent · £600k received · net spend £171kSignings 12
| PLAYER | FEE | FROM | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Alves | £514k | Botafogo FR U20 | Centre-Forward | 18 | Brazil |
| Malik Sellouki | £257k | Stade Lavallois | Attacking Midfield | 26 | France/Morocco |
| Antoine Wenck | Undisclosed | Rio Ave FC U23 | Central Midfield | 20 | Senegal |
| Antzelo Sina | Loan ended | PAS Giannina | Goalkeeper | 22 | Albania/Greece |
| Caike | Undisclosed | Rio Ave FC U23 | Centre-Back | 21 | Brazil |
| Dai Baldé | Undisclosed | Rio Ave FC U23 | Defensive Midfield | 19 | Guinea-Bissau/Portugal |
| Diogo Nascimento | Loan | Olympiacos Piraeus | Central Midfield | 23 | Portugal |
| Ennio van der Gouw | Undisclosed | Zulte Waregem | Goalkeeper | 26 | Netherlands |
| Georgios Okkas | Loan ended | Panionios FC | Defensive Midfield | 22 | Cyprus/Australia |
| Miguel Patricío | Undisclosed | Rio Ave FC U19 | Attacking Midfield | 19 | Portugal |
| Pedro Amaral | Free | GD Estoril Praia | Left-Back | 29 | Portugal |
| Roland Galcik | Undisclosed | Zeleziarne Podbrezova | Right Winger | 24 | Slovakia |
Departures 10
| PLAYER | FEE | TO | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ole Pohlmann | £600k | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Attacking Midfield | 25 | Germany |
| Antonis Papakanellos | Loan ended | Olympiacos Piraeus | Attacking Midfield | 20 | Greece |
| Ennio van der Gouw | Loan ended | Zulte Waregem | Goalkeeper | 26 | Netherlands |
| Georgios Okkas | Free | Olympiakos Nicosia | Defensive Midfield | 22 | Cyprus/Australia |
| Gustavo Mancha | Loan ended | Olympiacos Piraeus | Centre-Back | 22 | Brazil |
| João Graça | Undisclosed | Without Club | Central Midfield | 31 | Portugal |
| Karem Zoabi | Free | SC União Torreense | Centre-Forward | 20 | Israel |
| Leonardo Buta | Loan ended | Udinese Calcio | Left-Back | 24 | Portugal/Angola |
| Marc Gual | Free | Kairat Almaty | Centre-Forward | 30 | Spain |
| Omar Richards | Loan ended | Nottingham Forest | Left-Back | 28 | England/Jamaica |
2025/26
£11.3m spent · £10.1m received · net spend £1.2mSignings 28
| PLAYER | FEE | FROM | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton | £2.6m | Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama | Centre-Forward | 26 | Brazil |
| Ryan Guilherme | £2.1m | Cruzeiro Esporte Clube | Central Midfield | 23 | Brazil |
| Diogo Bezerra | £1.7m | OFK Beograd | Right Winger | 23 | Brazil |
| Tamble | £1.7m | Portimonense SAD | Centre-Forward | 25 | Guinea-Bissau/Portugal |
| Jalen Blesa | £1.5m | Cesena FC | Centre-Forward | 24 | Spain/United States |
| Dario Špikić | £514k | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | Right Winger | 26 | Croatia |
| Georgios Liavas | £429k | Panetolikos | Defensive Midfield | 24 | Greece |
| Tamás Nikitscher | £429k | Real Valladolid CF | Defensive Midfield | 25 | Hungary |
| Marc Gual | £214k | Legia Warszawa | Centre-Forward | 29 | Spain |
| Kevin Chamorro | £86k | Deportivo Saprissa | Goalkeeper | 25 | Costa Rica/Nicaragua |
| Alfonso Pastor | Free | Levante UD | Goalkeeper | 24 | Spain |
| Amine Rehmi | Loan ended | CD Feirense | Right Winger | 23 | Netherlands/Morocco |
| Andreas Ntoi | Free | Olympiacos Piraeus | Centre-Back | 22 | Greece/Albania |
| Antonis Papakanellos | Loan | Olympiacos Piraeus | Attacking Midfield | 19 | Greece |
| Antzelo Sina | Free | Olympiacos Piraeus | Goalkeeper | 21 | Albania/Greece |
| Ennio van der Gouw | Loan | Zulte Waregem | Goalkeeper | 25 | Netherlands |
| Eric da Silva Moreira | Loan | Nottingham Forest | Right-Back | 19 | Germany/Portugal |
| Georgios Okkas | Loan ended | CD Feirense | Defensive Midfield | 21 | Cyprus/Australia |
| Gustavo Mancha | Loan | Olympiacos Piraeus | Centre-Back | 21 | Brazil |
| Jakub Brabec | Free | Aris Thessaloniki | Centre-Back | 33 | Czech Republic |
| Jonathan Panzo | Free | Nottingham Forest | Centre-Back | 24 | England/Cote d'Ivoire |
| Julien Lomboto | Undisclosed | Rio Ave FC U23 | Centre-Back | 23 | France/DR Congo |
| Leonardo Buta | Loan | Udinese Calcio | Left-Back | 23 | Portugal/Angola |
| Miguel Nóbrega | Loan ended | Piast Gliwice | Centre-Back | 25 | Portugal |
| Nelson Abbey | Free | Olympiacos Piraeus | Centre-Back | 21 | England/Nigeria |
| Nikolaos Athanasiou | Loan | Olympiacos Piraeus | Left-Back | 24 | Greece |
| Omar Richards | Loan | Nottingham Forest | Left-Back | 27 | England/Jamaica |
| Rafael Lobato | Undisclosed | Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas | Right Winger | 19 | Brazil |
Departures 25
| PLAYER | FEE | TO | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| André Luiz | £5.8m | Olympiacos Piraeus | Right Winger | 23 | Brazil |
| Clayton | £4.3m | Olympiacos Piraeus | Centre-Forward | 27 | Brazil |
| Alfonso Pastor | Undisclosed | CS Marítimo | Goalkeeper | 25 | Spain |
| Andreas Ntoi | Loan ended | Olympiacos Piraeus | Centre-Back | 22 | Greece/Albania |
| Antzelo Sina | Loan ended | Olympiacos Piraeus | Goalkeeper | 21 | Albania/Greece |
| Antzelo Sina | Loan | PAS Giannina | Goalkeeper | 21 | Albania/Greece |
| Clayton | Loan ended | Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama | Centre-Forward | 26 | Brazil |
| Demir Ege Tıknaz | Loan ended | Besiktas JK | Defensive Midfield | 20 | Türkiye |
| Eric da Silva Moreira | Loan ended | Nottingham Forest | Right-Back | 19 | Germany/Portugal |
| Georgios Okkas | Loan | Panionios FC | Defensive Midfield | 21 | Cyprus/Australia |
| João Novais | Free | Al-Jabalain FC | Central Midfield | 32 | Portugal |
| João Pedro | Loan ended | Charlotte FC | Left-Back | 22 | Brazil |
| Jonathan Panzo | Loan ended | Nottingham Forest | Centre-Back | 24 | England/Cote d'Ivoire |
| Jonathan Panzo | Undisclosed | Birmingham City | Centre-Back | 25 | England/Cote d'Ivoire |
| Kiko Bondoso | Loan ended | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Left Winger | 29 | Portugal |
| Konstantinos Kostoulas | Loan ended | Olympiacos Piraeus | Centre-Back | 20 | Greece |
| Martim Neto | Loan ended | SL Benfica | Central Midfield | 22 | Portugal |
| Matheus Teixeira | Undisclosed | Without Club | Goalkeeper | 26 | Brazil |
| Miguel Nóbrega | Free | Vitória Guimarães SC | Centre-Back | 25 | Portugal |
| Nelson Abbey | Loan ended | Olympiacos Piraeus | Centre-Back | 21 | England/Nigeria |
| Nikolaos Athanasiou | Loan ended | Olympiacos Piraeus | Left-Back | 24 | Greece |
| Omar Richards | Loan ended | Nottingham Forest | Left-Back | 27 | England/Jamaica |
| Theofanis Bakoulas | Loan ended | Olympiacos Piraeus | Defensive Midfield | 21 | Greece |
| Tiago Morais | Loan ended | LOSC Lille | Left Winger | 21 | Portugal |
| Vítor Gomes | Undisclosed | Defensive Midfield | 37 | Portugal |
2024/25
£7.0m spent · £3.7m received · net spend £3.4mSignings 31
| PLAYER | FEE | FROM | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| André Luiz | £1.9m | CF Estrela Amadora | Right Winger | 22 | Brazil |
| Ole Pohlmann | £1.4m | Borussia Dortmund | Attacking Midfield | 23 | Germany |
| Tobías Medina | £943k | CA San Lorenzo de Almagro | Left Winger | 20 | Argentina |
| Cezary Miszta | £857k | Legia Warszawa | Goalkeeper | 22 | Poland |
| Karem Zoabi | £772k | Hapoel Jerusalem | Centre-Forward | 18 | Israel |
| Francisco Petrasso | £768k | CS Independiente Rivadavia | Centre-Back | 22 | Argentina |
| Marios Vrousai | £429k | Olympiacos Piraeus | Right-Back | 26 | Greece/Albania |
| Ahmed Hassan | Free | Alanyaspor | Centre-Forward | 31 | Egypt/Portugal |
| Amine Rehmi | Undisclosed | TOP Oss | Right Winger | 22 | Netherlands/Morocco |
| Andreas Ntoi | Loan | Olympiacos Piraeus | Centre-Back | 21 | Greece/Albania |
| Antzelo Sina | Loan | Olympiacos Piraeus | Goalkeeper | 20 | Albania/Greece |
| Brandon Aguilera | Undisclosed | Nottingham Forest | Central Midfield | 21 | Costa Rica |
| Bruno Ventura | Loan ended | Leixões SC | Attacking Midfield | 23 | Portugal |
| Clayton | Loan | Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama | Centre-Forward | 25 | Brazil |
| Demir Ege Tıknaz | Loan | Besiktas JK | Defensive Midfield | 20 | Türkiye |
| Georgios Okkas | Free | Fulham FC U21 | Defensive Midfield | 20 | Cyprus/Australia |
| Hélder Sá | Loan ended | CD Feirense | Left-Back | 22 | Portugal |
| João Muniz | Loan | Sporting CP B | Centre-Back | 19 | Portugal/Brazil |
| João Novais | Free | Alanyaspor | Central Midfield | 30 | Portugal |
| João Pedro | Loan | Charlotte FC | Left-Back | 21 | Brazil |
| João Tomé | Free | SL Benfica B | Right-Back | 21 | Portugal |
| Jonathan Panzo | Loan | Nottingham Forest | Centre-Back | 23 | England/Cote d'Ivoire |
| Kiko Bondoso | Loan | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Left Winger | 28 | Portugal |
| Konstantinos Kostoulas | Undisclosed | Rio Ave FC U23 | Centre-Back | 20 | Greece |
| Martim Neto | Loan | SL Benfica | Central Midfield | 21 | Portugal |
| Matheus Teixeira | Free | Esporte Clube Bahia | Goalkeeper | 25 | Brazil |
| Nelson Abbey | Loan | Olympiacos Piraeus | Centre-Back | 21 | England/Nigeria |
| Omar Richards | Loan | Nottingham Forest | Left-Back | 26 | England/Jamaica |
| Sávio | Loan ended | Clube do Remo (PA) | Left-Back | 29 | Brazil |
| Theofanis Bakoulas | Loan | Olympiacos Piraeus | Defensive Midfield | 20 | Greece |
| Tiago Morais | Loan | LOSC Lille | Left Winger | 20 | Portugal |
Departures 34
| PLAYER | FEE | TO | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costinha | £2.1m | Olympiacos Piraeus | Right-Back | 24 | Portugal |
| Aziz Yakubu | £1.1m | Shimizu S-Pulse | Centre-Forward | 25 | Ghana |
| Fábio Ronaldo | £446k | CF Estrela Amadora | Right Winger | 23 | Portugal |
| Aderllan Santos | Free | Avs Futebol | Centre-Back | 35 | Brazil/Portugal |
| Adrien Silva | Free | United FC (UAE) | Central Midfield | 35 | Portugal/France |
| Ahmed Hassan | Free | Le Havre AC | Centre-Forward | 31 | Egypt/Portugal |
| Amine Oudrhiri | Free | CF Estrela Amadora | Defensive Midfield | 32 | Morocco/France |
| Amine Rehmi | Loan | CD Feirense | Right Winger | 22 | Netherlands/Morocco |
| Amine Rehmi | Loan ended | TOP Oss | Right Winger | 22 | Netherlands/Morocco |
| André Pereira | Undisclosed | Centre-Forward | 29 | Portugal | |
| Bruno Ventura | Free | UD Oliveirense | Attacking Midfield | 23 | Portugal |
| Cezary Miszta | Loan ended | Legia Warszawa | Goalkeeper | 22 | Poland |
| Cristian Devenish | Loan ended | Atlético Nacional | Centre-Back | 23 | Colombia |
| Emmanuel Boateng | Free | Al-Orobah FC | Centre-Forward | 28 | Ghana |
| Georgios Okkas | Loan | CD Feirense | Defensive Midfield | 21 | Cyprus/Australia |
| Hélder Sá | Undisclosed | Rio Ave FC U23 | Left-Back | 22 | Portugal |
| Hélder Sá | Loan | CD Feirense | Left-Back | 21 | Portugal |
| Jhonatan | Free | Pakhtakor Tashkent | Goalkeeper | 33 | Brazil |
| João Muniz | Loan ended | Sporting CP B | Centre-Back | 19 | Portugal/Brazil |
| João Teixeira | Loan ended | Al-Markhiya SC | Central Midfield | 30 | Portugal |
| Joca | Free | Wuhan Three Towns | Right Winger | 28 | Portugal |
| Josué Sá | Free | Gil Vicente FC | Centre-Back | 32 | Portugal |
| Lucas Flores | Free | Ethnikos Achna | Goalkeeper | 21 | Brazil |
| Magrão | Undisclosed | Fortaleza Esporte Clube | Goalkeeper | 24 | Brazil |
| Marios Vrousai | Loan ended | Olympiacos Piraeus | Right-Back | 25 | Greece/Albania |
| Mateo Tanlongo | Loan ended | Sporting CP | Defensive Midfield | 20 | Argentina/Italy |
| Miguel Nóbrega | Loan | Piast Gliwice | Centre-Back | 24 | Portugal |
| Patrick William | Undisclosed | Kyoto Sanga | Centre-Back | 27 | Brazil |
| Renato Pantalon | Free | CF Estrela Amadora | Centre-Back | 27 | Croatia |
| Sávio | Undisclosed | Clube do Remo (PA) | Left-Back | 29 | Brazil |
| Sávio | Loan | Clube do Remo (PA) | Left-Back | 29 | Brazil |
| Ukra | Undisclosed | Right Winger | 36 | Portugal | |
| Úmaro Embaló | Loan ended | Fortuna Sittard | Right Winger | 23 | Portugal/Guinea-Bissau |
| Zé Manuel | Free | UD Oliveirense | Right Winger | 33 | Portugal |
Transfers at other clubs
Sporting Clube de PortugalSport Lisboa e BenficaSporting Clube de BragaFutebol Clube Paços de FerreiraClube Sport Marítimo - SADBoavista Futebol ClubeVitória Sport ClubePortimonense Sporting ClubeFutebol Clube do PortoSanta Clara Açores FutebolGil Vicente Futebol ClubeFutebol Clube de FamalicãoPeléPedro MendesEmmanuel BoatengPelé (Judilson Gomes)Hernâni (Hernâni Azevedo Júnior)Hernâni (Hernâni Fortes)Ryôtarô Meshino
Frequently asked questions
How much have Rio Ave spent on transfers?
Rio Ave spent £772k on 12 signings in the 2026/27 window.
What is Rio Ave's net spend?
Rio Ave had a net spend of £171k, having received £600k from 10 sales.
Who is Rio Ave's most expensive signing?
Samuel Alves from Botafogo FR U20 for £514k.