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Gabriel Bontempo

Rising assetSantos · 21 yrsRotation

Profile

Full nameGabriel Morais Silva Bontempo
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityBrazil
Age21
Date of birth16 Jan 2005
Shirt number#49
ClubSantos
Central midfielder
23
Appearances
0
Goals
2
Assists
1561
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Santos.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Serie A170211056.71
CONMEBOL Sudamericana6204787.1
Paulista - A13112256.93
Copa Do Brasil2101477.55

Scout report

Rising assetCentral midfielder

Gabriel Bontempo is a 21-year-old central midfielder at Santos, rated 71.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 14th of 324 on scout potential in the Serie A and 55th of 1532 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been a regular starter this season (69.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.65 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bontempo.

Judged on this season alone, Bontempo graded 28 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 33rd of 71 of the 71 central midfielders in the Serie A, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 2.652 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 21 → 28).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 71, top 5% of the 71 central midfielders in the Serie A. At 21 Bontempo is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 30.5 reflects that trajectory.

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

Peak: 2026/27Trending up
71.4
Ratingi
3rd of 71 central midfielders
28.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
69.4%
Minutes
a regular starter
2.65
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Santos finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side

23
Apps
2.65
Def. / 90
31
Tackles
11
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

2.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 23 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 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 69.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Ceiling. High potential at just 21 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 71.4, Bontempo carries the 3rd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Serie A (top 5%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Santos 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 moderate defensive volume (2.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target4
Shots12

Passing

Assists2
Chances created34
Passes751
Pass accuracy86%

Possession

Successful dribbles16
Dribble success53.3%
Duels won88
Duels won %56.4%
Fouls won27
Penalties won1

Defending

Tackles31
Interceptions11
Blocks4
Fouls committed10

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.