Domestic-league season · Sporting CP.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Primeira Liga | 18 | 0 | 1 | 769 | 6.57 |
 UEFA Champions League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 654 | 6.58 |
 Taça de Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 6.25 |
Simões's current-season form is level with last season (Season 7→9), while his Rating held around 62. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Sporting CP · 2nd | 18 | 0 | 1 | 6.57 | 62 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | Sporting CP · 1st | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6.77 | 61 | 7 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
João Simões is a 19-year-old central midfielder at Sporting CP, rated 61.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 63rd of 315 in the Primeira Liga and 205th of 997 U-21 players tracked. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (25.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.99 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Simões.
Judged on this season alone, Simões graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 36th of 41 of the 41 central midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 1.99 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 7 → 9).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 62, top 20% of the 41 central midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 19 Simões is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 52.4 reflects that trajectory.
Simões is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
1.99 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 18 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 18) 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. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 61.8, Simões carries the 8th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Primeira Liga of 41 — though on just 18 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.99 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 19 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (99/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 19, 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.
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 (~66), then tapers with age. At 19, Simões sits on 52.4, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Simões's projected Rating — 61.8 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.
