Best U21 players from Portugal

The highest-potential U21 players from Portugal, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Diego Moreira of Strasbourg is the standout for raw talent across U21 players from Portugal, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.1, and Mathias De Amorim has been the form player this season, grading 48.4, and Gustavo Varela leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Tiago Gabriel has improved his Season rating most, up +29.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Tiago Gabriel of Lecce is the most valuable name in this group at 130.

Mathias De Amorim48.4SsN

Famalicao

Rising potential

Tiago Gabriel+28.3RTG

Lecce · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Tiago Gabriel+29.4SsN

28 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Diego Moreira Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	21	4227.9%	871.9%
2	Afonso Moreira Attacking midfielder	Lyon	21	41	8759.6%
3	João Neves Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	4424.6%	844.4%
4	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	44205.6%	8450.8%
5	Rodrigo Ribeiro Centre-forward	FC Augsburg	21	962.5%	7130.2%
6	Gustavo Sá Attacking midfielder	Famalicao	21	2623.8%	712.9%
7	Mathias De Amorim Defensive midfielder	Famalicao	21	48135%	7017.8%
8	Gustavo Varela Centre-forward	GIL Vicente	21	29427.3%	6533.8%
9	André Gomes Goalkeeper	Alverca	21	780.6%	6411.8%
10	Vivaldo Semedo Centre-forward	Watford	21	12	6343.9%
11	Martim Fernandes Full-back	FC Porto	20	3931.2%	636.4%
12	Rodrigo Mora Central midfielder	FC Porto	19	1658.1%	6210.2%
13	João Simões Central midfielder	Sporting CP	19	925.7%	621.3%
14	Francisco Chissumba Full-back	Alverca	21	2132.4%	613.2%
15	Diego Rodrigues Central midfielder	SC Braga	21	16500%	604.3%
16	Diogo Sousa Defensive midfielder	Guimaraes	20	20	59
17	Afonso Assis Defensive midfielder	Moreirense	20	15	5811.6%
18	Miguel Nogueira Attacking midfielder	Guimaraes	21	6	58
19	Roger Fernandes Defensive midfielder	Al-Ittihad FC	20	212.3%	5715.8%
20	João Pedro Moreira Teixeira Central midfielder	FC Porto B	20	8225%	484.1%
21	Martim Maria Ferreira Defensive midfielder	Benfica B	20	11	46
22	Gonçalo Ribeiro Goalkeeper	FC Porto B	20	12303.3%	461.3%
23	Diogo Ferreira Goalkeeper	Benfica B	19	4	46
24	Rodrigo Dias Full-back	Sporting CP B	21	10	45
25	Mauro Couto Winger	Sporting CP B	20	9	4518.2%
26	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Benfica B	20	9	453.5%
27	Leonardo Barroso Full-back	Chicago Fire	21	12	40
28	Alfa Baldé Attacking midfielder	Radnicki 1923	21	12	400.7%