Douglas Santos

Santos's current-season form is level with last season (Season 24→24), while his Rating held around 16. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 66).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Zenit · 4th	3	0	0	6.8	16	24
2025/26	Zenit · 1st	23	1	0	7.18	16	24
2024/25	Zenit · 2nd	30	0	3	7.5	23	66
2023/24	Zenit · 1st	27	3	3	7.36	26	34
2022/23	Zenit · 1st	28	0	3	7.44	29	64

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 10 earlier seasons in the full career.

Brazil · international

Side	Apps	G
Brazil	12	0
Brazil U23	6	0

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

Scout report

Experienced headFull-back

Douglas Santos is a 32-year-old full-back at Zenit, enjoying a standout season — 1 goals and 0 assists in 23 appearances, a Season grade of 49. On long-term scout potential he's rated 15.9. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (71.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.75 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Santos.

On the season, Santos graded 49 for current form (age-blind), on 11 clean sheets and 3.748 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 24 → 24). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 16. At 32 Santos is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2024/25

15.9

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

49.3

Seasoni

a solid contributor and squad regular

71.1%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.75

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Zenit finished 1st of 16 · a title-challenging side

Apps

3.75

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 11 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (1st of 16) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 71.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

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 15.9 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.75 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 %71.1%

Available fixtures30 of 30

Goals / 900.047

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.047

Defensive actions / 903.748

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.094

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, Santos sits on 1.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Santos's projected Rating — 15.9 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 full-backs in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1—

Passing

Assists0—

Defending

Tackles52—

Interceptions24—

Blocks4—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

€27.1M total transfer fees · 6 moves

ZenitJul 2019 – now€ 13M

Hamburger SVAug 2016 – Jul 2019€ 6.5M

Atletico-MGJul 2015 – Aug 2016€ 3M

Atletico-MG(on loan)Aug 2014 – Jul 2015

UdineseJan 2014 – Aug 2014€ 2.3M

Granada CFJul 2013 – Jan 2014€ 2.3M

NNautico Recifeuntil Jul 2013

About Douglas Santos

Douglas dos Santos Justino de Melo is a 32-year-old full-back who plays for Zenit, born on March 22, 1994 in João Pessoa, standing 175 cm tall. He is from Brazil. Zenit currently sit 4th of 16 in the Premier League.

This season

In the current season, Douglas Santos has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 70 minutes, averaging a 6.8 match rating over his last 3 rated games.

Recent matches

August 16, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs Dynamo (12 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 9, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs Rodina Moskva (13 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 2, 2026: 3-0 win away at FC Orenburg (45 minutes, 6.6 rating)

Douglas Santos's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Zenit face Fakel away in the Premier League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Douglas Santos at 15.9 with a Season form score of 49.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 26 career titles — among them the Super Cup and the Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 15 recorded seasons, Douglas Santos has totalled 365 club appearances with 12 goals and 26 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2018/19, with 33 appearances for Hamburger SV.

Douglas Santos's career has also included time at Hamburger SV, Atletico-MG, Udinese, Granada CF and NNautico Recife.

On the international stage, Douglas Santos has represented Brazil and Brazil U23 — 18 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.