Carlos Mané

Mané's current-season form is down 29% on last season (Season 17→12), while his Rating eased 26→16. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 31).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Kayserispor · 17th	22	0	1	6.47	16	12
2024/25	Kayserispor · 13th	30	3	2	6.79	26	17
2023/24	Kayserispor · 14th	25	5	2	6.76	28	19
2022/23	Kayserispor · 9th	25	4	4	7.14	34	23
2021/22	Kayserispor · 14th	27	2	0	6.62	33	8
2021/22	Rio Ave	2	0	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U23	3	0
Portugal U21	19	6
Portugal U19	6	3
Portugal U17	6	1

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

Carlos Mané is a 32-year-old central midfielder at Kayserispor, rated 15.8 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (34.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.91 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mané.

On the season, Mané graded 12 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 1 assist and 2.912 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 17 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 16. At 32 Mané is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding level

15.8

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

34.3%

Minutes

limited game time

2.91

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Kayserispor finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

2.91

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 22 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 34.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
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

Rated 15.8 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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 %34.3%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.086

Goal contribution / 900.086

Defensive actions / 902.912

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.171

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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 32, Mané sits on 1.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Mané's projected Rating — 15.8 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the 1. Lig with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles23

Interceptions10

Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

Free agentJun 2026 – nowFree

KayserisporAug 2021 – Jun 2026

Rio AveJul 2019 – Aug 2021

Sporting CP(back from loan)Jul 2019 – Jul 2019

Union Berlin(on loan)Jan 2019 – Jul 2019

Sporting CP(back from loan)Jul 2018 – Jan 2019

VfB Stuttgart(on loan)Aug 2016 – Jul 2018

Sporting CPuntil Aug 2016

About Carlos Mané

Carlos Manuel Cardoso Mané is a 32-year-old central midfielder who plays for Kayserispor, born on March 11, 1994 in Lisboa, standing 173 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Kayserispor currently sit 1st of 20 in the 1. Lig.

This season

In the current season, Carlos Mané has made 22 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 1,051 minutes, with 2 yellow cards. His season has spanned the Friendlies and the World Cup.

Carlos Mané's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Kayserispor face Bursaspor at home in the 1. Lig.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Carlos Mané at 15.8 with a Season form score of 12. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the 2. Bundesliga and the Super Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, Carlos Mané has totalled 275 club appearances with 32 goals and 24 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 34 appearances for Rio Ave.

Carlos Mané's career has also included time at Rio Ave, Sporting CP, Union Berlin and VfB Stuttgart.

On the international stage, Carlos Mané has represented Portugal U23, Portugal U21, Portugal U19, Portugal U17 — 34 caps and 10 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Kayserispor finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Watch points