Jacinto João won 10 caps for the Portugal national team, scoring two goals.
[1] His debut was on 27 October 1968, in a 3–0 win over Romania in a World Cup qualifying match, when he came on as substitute for António Simões, and scored a goal.
He played for 14 seasons for Vitória de Setúbal, scoring 66 goals in 268 games, helping them to 2nd place in the Portuguese league in 1971/72.
He was one of the few great Portuguese football players of his generation who never played for Benfica, Sporting Lisbon or Porto.
[2] Jacinto João shared a birthday with his contemporary football legend Eusébio, January 25.