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Tchê Tchê

Experienced headVasco DA Gama · 33 yrs

Profile

Full nameDanilo das Neves Pinheiro
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityBrazil
Age33
Date of birth30 Aug 1992
BirthplaceSão Paulo
Height176 cm
Shirt number#3
ClubVasco DA Gama
Central midfielderalso played DEF
29
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
2016
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Vasco DA Gama.

Injury-affected season

Missed 6 of Vasco DA Gama's ~38 games this season through 6 injury absences (personal reasons, thigh problems, yellow cards). He still appeared 29 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Serie A291020166.81
CONMEBOL Sudamericana6014877
Carioca - 15013836.88
Copa Do Brasil3113417.15

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

Tchê Tchê is a 33-year-old central midfielder at Vasco DA Gama, rated 24.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 325th of 413 on scout potential in the Serie A. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (70% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.52 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Tchê.

Judged on this season alone, Tchê graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 63 of the 63 central midfielders in the Serie A, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 1.518 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 7 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 25, 51st of 63 of the 63 central midfielders in the Serie A. At 33 Tchê is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.3 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Tchê missed 6 games through injury (personal reasons, thigh problems, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 29 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

From the career report
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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending downInjury-hit 2025/264 clubs
Current potential51st of 63 central midfielders · Serie ACurrent season41st of 63 central midfielders · Serie A41st-best central midfielder in the Serie A325th in the Serie A · potential51st-highest potential central midfielder in the Serie A
24.7
Ratingi
51st of 63 central midfielders
19.2
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
70%
Minutes
a regular starter
1.52
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · Vasco DA Gama finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side

1.52
Def. / 90
19
Tackles
13
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

1.52 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 20) 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 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 70% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Defensive numbers. Modest 1.52 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
  • Age curve. At 33, 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 24.7, Tchê carries the 51st-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Serie A of 63, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Vasco DA Gama finished 14th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.52 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).

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Transfer news

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