Gonçalo Paciência

Paciência's current-season form is level with last season (Season 8→8), while his Rating held around 18. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 14).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Santa Clara · 3rd	3	4	0	7.47	18	8
2025/26	Santa Clara · 13th	11	2	0	6.56	18	8
2025/26	Sport Recife · 20th	5	0	0	6.6	17	0
2024/25	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 2nd	8	2	0	6.96	24	6
2023/24	VfL BochumLoan · 16th	19	3	1	6.86	41	14
2022/23	Celta Vigo · 13th	34	2	0	6.6	49	9

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal	2	1
Portugal U23	4	3
Portugal U21	14	5
Portugal U19	3	3
Portugal U17	5	2

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

Scout report

Experienced headWinger

Gonçalo Paciência is a 32-year-old winger at Santa Clara, rated 18.4 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (16.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.36 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Paciência.

On the season, Paciência graded 8 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals and 0 assists in 11 appearances (0.364 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 8 → 8). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 18. At 32 Paciência is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2023/24Holding levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/266 clubs

18.4

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

16.1%

Minutes

limited game time

0.36

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Santa Clara finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.18

Goals / app

2 goals in 11 appearances (0.18 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.36 goals, 0 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 16.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
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 18.4 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.36 goal contributions 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 %16.1%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.364

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.364

Defensive actions / 901.457

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900.364

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 32, Paciência sits on 2.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Paciência's projected Rating — 18.4 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 wingers in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles6

Blocks2—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

€3M total transfer fees · 16 moves

Santa ClaraJan 2026 – nowFree

Sport RecifeJan 2025 – Jan 2026

Sanfrecce HiroshimaSept 2024 – Jan 2025Free

Celta Vigo(back from loan)Jul 2024 – Sept 2024

VfL Bochum(on loan)Sept 2023 – Jul 2024

Celta VigoAug 2022 – Sept 2023

Eintracht Frankfurt(back from loan)Jul 2021 – Aug 2022

FC Schalke 04(on loan)Sept 2020 – Jul 2021

Eintracht FrankfurtJul 2018 – Sept 2020€ 3M

FC Porto(back from loan)Jan 2018 – Jul 2018

Vitoria(on loan)Jul 2017 – Jan 2018

FC Porto(back from loan)Jul 2017 – Jul 2017

Rio Ave(on loan)Jan 2017 – Jul 2017

Olympiakos Piraeus(on loan)Aug 2016 – Jan 2017

FC Porto(back from loan)Jun 2016 – Aug 2016

AAcademica(on loan)Jul 2015 – Jun 2016

FC Portountil Jul 2015

About Gonçalo Paciência

Gonçalo Mendes Paciência is a 32-year-old winger who plays for Santa Clara, born on August 1, 1994 in Porto, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Santa Clara currently sit 3rd of 18 in the Primeira Liga.

This season

In the current season, Gonçalo Paciência has made 3 appearances with 4 goals and 0 assists across 227 minutes, averaging a 7.47 match rating over his last 3 rated games.

Recent matches

August 23, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Famalicao (74 minutes, 1 goal, 7.3 rating)
August 15, 2026: 1-0 win away at Academico Viseu (63 minutes, 1 goal, 6.9 rating)
August 10, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs Nacional (90 minutes, 2 goals, 8.2 rating)

Gonçalo Paciência's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Santa Clara face Alverca away in the Primeira Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Gonçalo Paciência at 18.4 with a Season form score of 8. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the Pernambucano 1 and the UEFA Europa League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, Gonçalo Paciência has totalled 255 club appearances with 51 goals and 10 assists for 13 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 34 appearances for Celta Vigo.

Gonçalo Paciência's career has also included time at Sport Recife, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Celta Vigo, VfL Bochum, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Schalke 04, FC Porto, Vitoria, Rio Ave, Olympiakos Piraeus and AAcademica.

On the international stage, Gonçalo Paciência has represented Portugal, Portugal U23, Portugal U21, Portugal U19, Portugal U17 — 28 caps and 14 goals in our records.

Transfer news

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