Domestic-league season · Tondela.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Primeira Liga | 20 | 0 | 0 | 602 | 6.66 |
Tavares's current-season form is down 54% on last season (Season 13→6), while his Rating eased 16→11. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 13).
Hélder Tavares is a 36-year-old central midfielder at Tondela, rated 10.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 312th of 315 in the Primeira Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.59 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Tavares.
Judged on this season alone, Tavares graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 41 of the 41 central midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.588 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 13 → 6). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 11, 41st of 41 of the 41 central midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 36 Tavares is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.4 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.59 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 20 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th 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.
With a Rating of 10.8, Tavares carries the 41st-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Primeira Liga of 41 — though on just 20 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.59 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~11), then tapers with age. At 36, Tavares sits on 3.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Tavares's projected Rating — 10.8 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
