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Defensive midfielderPortugalSegunda Liga

Gustavo Mendonça

Squad depthAVS · 23 yrsRotation
53.2
2.4%
Ratingi
12.7
19.8%
Seasoni
20.3
Valuei

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

Profile

Full nameGustavo Pinto Mendonça
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityPortugal
Age23
Date of birth11 Mar 2003
BirthplaceAmares
Height178 cm
Shirt number#23
ClubAVS
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Defensive midfielder

Season stats

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21
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1401
Minutes

Domestic-league season · AVS.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
UEFA Champions Leagueat Kairat Almaty000906.2

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

Gustavo Mendonça is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder at AVS, rated 53.2 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (42.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.71 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mendonça.

On the season, Mendonça graded 13 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.707 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 11 → 13). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 53. At 23 Mendonça is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 20.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Mendonça is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelStepped up 2024/25
53.2
Ratingi
a solid contributor and squad regular
12.7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
42.8%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.71
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · AVS finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

20
Apps
3.71
Def. / 90
40
Tackles
10
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 20 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th 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.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 42.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 53.2 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, 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 defensive midfielders in the Segunda Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles40
Interceptions10
Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.