Dário Essugo

Following his move to Strasbourg, Essugo's current-season form is level with last season (Season 1→1), while his Rating held around 70. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 31).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	StrasbourgLoan · 6th	2	0	1	6.96	70	1
2025/26	Chelsea · 10th	3	0	0	6.9	70	1
2024/25	Las PalmasLoan · 19th	28	1	0	6.87	77	31
2024/25	Sporting CP · 1st	2	0	0	6.45	54	0
2023/24	Sporting CP	3	0	0	—	—	—
2023/24	ChavesLoan · 18th	18	0	0	6.81	56	20
2022/23	Sporting CP · 4th	4	0	0	6.78	56	3

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U21	5	0
Portugal U19	8	0
Portugal U17	5	1

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

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Attacking midfielder

Dário Essugo is a 21-year-old attacking midfielder at Chelsea, rated 69.5 overall by Field Insider's model. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (1% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Essugo.

On the season, Essugo graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals and 0 assists in 3 appearances (0 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 1 → 1). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 70. At 21 Essugo is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 75.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Essugo is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2024/25Trending upInjury-hit 2025/265 clubs

69.5

Ratingi

a strong, regular top-tier starter

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

Minutes

limited game time

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Chelsea finished 10th of 20 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

Goals / app

0 goals in 3 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 15.88 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 95.3/100).
Ceiling. High potential at just 21 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

Rated 69.5 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0 goal contributions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 21, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %1%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 9015.882

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 905.294

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 age 21 (~75), then tapers with age. At 21, Essugo sits on 75.1, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Essugo's projected Rating — 69.5 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.

Transfer history

Strasbourg(on loan)Aug 2026 – now

ChelseaJun 2025 – Aug 2026

Sporting CP(back from loan)Jul 2025 – Jun 2025

Las Palmas(on loan)Aug 2024 – Jul 2025

Sporting CP(back from loan)Jul 2024 – Aug 2024

Chaves(on loan)Jan 2024 – Jul 2024

Sporting CPuntil Jan 2024

About Dário Essugo

Dário Cassia Luís Essugo is a 21-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for Strasbourg, born on March 14, 2005 in Lisboa, standing 178 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Strasbourg currently sit 6th of 18 in the Ligue 1.

This season

In the current season, Dário Essugo has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 72 minutes, averaging a 6.38 match rating over his last 2 rated games.

Recent matches

September 12, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Monaco (45 minutes, 6.71 rating)
September 6, 2026: 6-2 win away at Estac Troyes (27 minutes, 1 assist, 6.05 rating)

Dário Essugo's next match is on October 11, 2026, when Strasbourg face Nice away in the Ligue 1.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Dário Essugo at 69.5 with a Season form score of 0. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 8 career titles — among them the FIFA Club World Cup and the Taça da Liga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 7 recorded seasons, Dário Essugo has totalled 98 club appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 28 appearances for Las Palmas.

Dário Essugo's career has also included time at Chelsea, Sporting CP, Las Palmas and Chaves.

On the international stage, Dário Essugo has represented Portugal U21, Portugal U19, Portugal U17 — 18 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.