Domestic-league season · Arouca.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Primeira Liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 668 | 6.73 |
Simão's current-season form is down 62% on last season (Season 24→9), while his Rating eased 18→12. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 44).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Arouca · 8th | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 12 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | Arouca · 12th | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6.99 | 18 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | Arouca · 7th | 32 | 0 | 7 | 7.13 | 27 | 44 |
| 2022/23 | Arouca · 5th | 31 | 0 | 4 | 6.99 | 32 | 39 |
| 2021/22 | Arouca · 15th | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6.94 | 25 | 19 |
| 2020/21 | Moreirense · 8th | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 28 | 12 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
David Simão is a 36-year-old defensive midfielder at Arouca, rated 12 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 310th of 315 in the Primeira Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (22.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.45 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Simão.
Judged on this season alone, Simão graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 39th of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.446 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 9). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 12, 40th of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 36 Simão is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.8 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4.45 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 12 appearances.
With a Rating of 12, Simão carries the 40th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga of 40 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.45 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 36, Simão sits on 3.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Simão's projected Rating — 12 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
