Domestic-league season · Nantes.
Missed 10 of Nantes's ~33 games this season through 10 injury absences (injury, knee, inactive). He still appeared 19 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1at Lens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 275 | 6.55 |
 Friendlies Clubsat Lens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 6.83 |
 Coupe de France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 6.7 |
Following his move to Nantes, Machado's current-season form is down 46% on last season (Season 37→20), while his Rating eased 44→30. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 57).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Nantes · 17th | 19 | 0 | 1 | 6.64 | 30 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | Lens · 8th | 27 | 1 | 4 | 6.84 | 44 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | Lens · 7th | 19 | 4 | 0 | 6.87 | 45 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | Lens · 2nd | 35 | 4 | 3 | 6.79 | 62 | 42 |
| 2021/22 | Lens · 7th | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6.54 | 52 | 6 |
| 2020/21 | Toulouse · 3rd | 33 | 1 | 4 | 6.96 | 61 | 57 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
D. Machado is a 32-year-old full-back at Nantes, rated 30 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 294th of 324 in the Ligue 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (57.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.43 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Machado.
Judged on this season alone, Machado graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 53rd of 61 of the 61 full-backs in the Ligue 1, on 3 clean sheets and 2.428 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 37 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 30, 54th of 61 of the 61 full-backs in the Ligue 1. At 32 Machado is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 19.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Machado missed 10 games through injury (injury, knee, inactive) out of roughly 33 this season. The 19 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.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 19 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.
With a Rating of 30, Machado carries the 54th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Ligue 1 of 61, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Nantes finished 17th of 18) — 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 moderate defensive volume (2.43 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.
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 (~49), then tapers with age. At 32, Machado sits on 19.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Machado's projected Rating — 30 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.
€1.8M total transfer fees · 5 moves
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