Daniel's current-season form is down 12% on last season (Season 24→21), while his Rating eased 28→19. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 34).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Maritimo · 1st	33	6	1	6.83	19	21
2024/25	Maritimo · 12th	30	6	0	6.83	28	24
2023/24	Nacional · 2nd	34	9	0	—	37	34
2022/23	Nacional · 13th	31	5	0	—	37	22
2020/21	Mafra · 12th	31	2	0	—	42	11

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Experienced headGoal-getting Attacking midfielder

Carlos Daniel is a 32-year-old attacking midfielder at Maritimo, rated 19.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 86th of 106 in the Segunda Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (35.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.57 goal contributions per 90 (0.49 goals, 0.08 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Daniel.

Judged on this season alone, Daniel graded 21 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 10% of the 10 attacking midfielders in the Segunda Liga, on 6 goals and 1 assist in 33 appearances (0.575 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 24 → 21). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 19, 9th of 10 of the 10 attacking midfielders in the Segunda Liga. At 32 Daniel is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.2 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending down

Current potential9th of 10 attacking midfielders · Segunda Liga Current seasonTop 10% attacking midfielders · Segunda Liga1st-best attacking midfielder in the Segunda Liga86th in the Segunda Liga · potential9th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Segunda Liga

19.3

Ratingi

9th of 10 attacking midfielders

21.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

35.8%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.57

Goal contrib / 90

strong end product

Output in context · Maritimo finished 1st of 18 · a title-challenging side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.18

Goals / app

6 goals in 33 appearances (0.18 per game) for a title-challenging side. Add 1 assist for 7 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.57 goal contributions per 90 (0.49 goals, 0.08 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 35.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Defensive numbers. Modest 1.64 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 19.3, Daniel carries the 9th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Segunda Liga of 10. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.57 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %35.8%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.493

Assists / 900.082

Goal contribution / 900.575

Defensive actions / 901.642

Player flow

Goal involvements7

Shot conversion %54.5

Shot accuracy %45.8

Pass accuracy %70

Dribble success %33.3

Cards / 900.411

Foul involvement / 901.642

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~13), then tapers with age. At 32, Daniel sits on 5.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Daniel's projected Rating — 19.3 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.