Domestic-league season · Ceara.
Missed 5 of Ceara's ~38 games this season through 5 injury absences (injury, yellow cards). He still appeared 32 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2690 | 7 |
 Cearense - 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 472 | — |
 Copa do Nordeste | 4 | 1 | 0 | 236 | — |
 Copa Do Brasil | 4 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 6.65 |
Following his move to Ceara, Dieguinho's current-season form is up 177% on last season (Season 13→36), while his Rating eased 46→42. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
Dieguinho is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at Ceara, rated 42 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 222nd of 413 in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (90.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.38 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dieguinho.
Judged on this season alone, Dieguinho graded 36 — a strong campaign that ranks top 16% of the 57 defensive midfielders in the Serie A, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 3.379 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 13 → 36). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, 28th of 57 of the 57 defensive midfielders in the Serie A. At 30 Dieguinho is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 14.3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Dieguinho missed 5 games through injury (injury, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 32 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Dieguinho is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
3.38 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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.
With a Rating of 42, Dieguinho carries the 28th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Serie A of 57, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Ceara finished 17th 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 (3.38 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
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 (~29), then tapers with age. At 30, Dieguinho sits on 14.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Dieguinho's projected Rating — 42 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.
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