Domestic-league season · Penafiel.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Segunda Liga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 765 | 6.58 |
Miguel's current-season form is level with last season (Season 13→12), while his Rating eased 32→15. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 28).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Penafiel · 14th | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.58 | 15 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | Penafiel · 11th | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7.02 | 32 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Penafiel · 13th | 33 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | Penafiel · 12th | 24 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | Mafra · 12th | 29 | 0 | 0 | — | 45 | 14 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
João Miguel is a 32-year-old central defender at Penafiel, rated 15.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 89th of 106 in the Segunda Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (25% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.82 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Miguel.
Judged on this season alone, Miguel graded 12 — a solid campaign that ranks top 38% of the 24 centre-backs in the Segunda Liga, on 3 clean sheets and 2.824 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 13 → 12). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 15, 17th of 24 of the 24 centre-backs in the Segunda Liga. At 32 Miguel is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.2 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th 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 15.4, Miguel carries the 17th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Segunda Liga of 24 — though on just 25 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.
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 32, Miguel sits on 4.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Miguel's projected Rating — 15.4 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
