Domestic-league season · Seattle Sounders.
Missed 9 of Seattle Sounders's ~37 games this season through 9 injury absences (jumpers knee). He still appeared 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 11 | 0 | 0 | 491 | 6.87 |
 CONCACAF Champions League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 7.05 |
 FIFA Club World Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7.05 |
Paulo's current-season form is down 43% on last season (Season 14→8), while his Rating eased 13→8. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 45).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Seattle Sounders · 5th | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.87 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | Seattle Sounders · 8th | 25 | 0 | 1 | 7.03 | 13 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | Seattle Sounders · 8th | 35 | 0 | 4 | 7.18 | 22 | 39 |
| 2022/23 | Seattle Sounders · 7th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7.13 | 16 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | Seattle Sounders · 7th | 32 | 3 | 8 | 7.39 | 28 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | Seattle Sounders · 2nd | 23 | 2 | 3 | 7.3 | 30 | 45 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
João Paulo is a 35-year-old defensive midfielder at Seattle Sounders, rated 8 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.68 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Paulo.
On the season, Paulo graded 8 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 5.682 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 14 → 8). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 8. At 35 Paulo is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Paulo missed 9 games through injury (jumpers knee) out of roughly 37 this season. The 11 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.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
5.68 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 11 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (5th of 15) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.
Rated 8 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.68 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 (~4), then tapers with age. At 35, Paulo sits on 1.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Paulo's projected Rating — 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.
