Archetype
All-Action Defender
Up and down all day — tackles, carries, repeats.
Ball Winning96
Take-Ons35
Involvement4
Top rating96Percentile
Identity
Tackles won
1.12(19)
Interceptions
1.33(23)
Aerials won
1.69(29)
Touches
61.7
- Errors → shot / 90Top 1%
- Key passes / 90Top 25%
- Tackles / 90Top 25%
- Interceptions / 90Top 25%
- Pass accuracy %Bottom 5%
- Passes / 90Bottom 5%
- Prog. carries / 90Bottom 25%
Validation
Output is real: finishing sits in line with xG.
Goals vs xG0 · 0.4
Assists vs xA0 · 1.2
PenaltiesNo goals this season
Shows up against the best — output holds against top-third opponents.
| Stat | Top third | Middle | Bottom third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 7 | 11 | 9 |
| Tackles /90 | 3.40 | 1.25 | 2.42 |
| Interceptions /90 | 1.31 | 1.80 | 0.81 |
| Blocks /90 | 0.26 | 0.55 | 0.48 |
| Duels won /90 | 5.76 | 4.02 | 6.29 |
| Pass accuracy | 72.6% | 62.6% | 74.0% |
League-adjustedBPrimeira Liga → Big-5 baseline
Goals / 90raw 0.00
0.00–0.00
Assists / 90*raw 0.00
0.00–0.00
Shots / 90raw 0.35
0.17–0.84
Key passes / 90raw 0.87
0.61–1.71
Tackles / 90raw 2.15
1.60–4.60
Interceptions / 90raw 1.33
0.85–1.81
Adjustment v1.1 · calibrated against 1401 league transitions + 1004 cross-league cup fixtures · methodology
Trajectory
Rising: ball winning and take-ons up sharply vs last season.
2024-25 → 2025-26 · percentile shift
Take-Ons
2335
+11Ball Winning
8696
+10Involvement
64
-3Control
52
-2Elite among his peers: 95th percentile for ball winning among defenders aged 29–33.
vs defenders aged 29–33 · 171 peers · pool pct → age bandBall Winning
9695th
-1Take-Ons
3542nd
+7| Season | Team | League | Min | Apps | Tk/90 | Int/90 | KP/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | AVS | Primeira Liga | 1,551 | 27 | 2.15 | 1.33 | 0.87 |
| 2024-25 | AVS | Primeira Liga | 1,635 | 27 | 1.71 | 0.99 | 0.94 |
| 2022-23 | Vizela | Primeira Liga | 2,230 | 28 | 1.90 | 1.94 | 0.89 |
| 2021-22 | Vizela | Primeira Liga | 1,783 | 25 | 2.27 | 1.72 | 1.16 |
Projection
Profiles like L. Rivas — defenders with this shape at 31.
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92match
Luis PérezGaziantep FK · Süper Lig
91match
Hevertton SantosGIL Vicente · Primeira Liga
91match
D. MachadoNantes · Ligue 1
90match
Ç. KurukalıpFatih Karagümrük · Süper Lig
90match
Danilo VeigaLecce · Serie A
90match
J. CurrieOxford United · Championship
90match
Risk
Watch the downside: aerial (1st pct) is a real weakness for the role.
Weakest traits for the role
Aerial1
Sweeping1
Distribution1
Reliable: form in line with his season rate — no meaningful swings.
Steady — recent form is in line with his season rate across all 4 tracked stats.
Availability27 apps · 1,551 min · ~57/game — last 5: ~18 min/gameMinutes risk · medium — starts 63% of available games, 1551 minutes played
Market value
Valuation holding steady.
Current value
€400K
Peak value
€800K
Jun 2023
Career transfers
0
Market-value timeline
20 valuations · AS OF 06 MAY 2026Match evidence
Top underlying game: 0.08 xG away to Estrela.
Biggest underlying gamesxGxGOTG
@ Estrela0.080.000
@ Santa Clara0.070.000
@ Alverca0.060.00010 of 31 matches