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Gonçalo Paciência

Experienced headSanta Clara · 32 yrsStarter
18.4
±0%
Ratingi
8
±0%
Seasoni
2.8
Valuei

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameGonçalo Mendes Paciência
PositionWinger
NationalityPortugal
Age32
Date of birth1 Aug 1994
BirthplacePorto
Height184 cm
Shirt number#9
ClubSanta Clara
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Winger

Season stats

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8
Appearances
5
Goals
1
Assists
608
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Santa Clara.

Also this season

Earlier this season at Sport Recife — Pernambucano - 1: 9 apps, 5g 0a, 517 min

Earlier this season at Sport Recife — Serie A: 6 apps, 0g 0a, 211 min

Earlier this season at Sport Recife — Copa do Nordeste: 5 apps, 0g 0a, 167 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Santa Clara; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Scout report

Experienced headWinger

Gonçalo Paciência is a 32-year-old winger at Santa Clara, rated 18.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 125th of 133 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. 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.

Judged on this season alone, Paciência graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 14th of 15 of the 15 wingers in the Primeira Liga, 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, 14th of 15 of the 15 wingers in the Primeira Liga. 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
Current potential14th of 15 wingers · Primeira Liga · 11 appsCurrent season14th of 15 wingers · Primeira Liga · 11 apps14th-best winger in the Primeira Liga125th in the Primeira Liga · potential14th-highest potential winger in the Primeira Liga
18.4
Ratingi
14th of 15 wingers
8
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

11
Apps
2
Goals
0
Assists
2
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

With a Rating of 18.4, Paciência carries the 14th-highest potential of the wingers in the Primeira Liga of 15 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. 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.

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 news

No transfer news found for this player.