João Graça

Graça's current-season form is down 100% on last season (Season 9→0), while his Rating eased 31→19. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 17).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Rio Ave · 12th	8	0	0	6.59	19	0
2024/25	Rio Ave · 11th	19	1	0	6.54	31	9
2023/24	Rio Ave · 11th	32	0	0	6.69	40	12
2022/23	Rio Ave · 12th	26	1	1	6.63	43	17
2021/22	Rio Ave · 1st	18	0	0	—	39	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 5 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

João Graça is a 31-year-old central midfielder at Rio Ave, rated 18.9 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (3% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Graça.

On the season, Graça graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 0.978 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 9 → 0). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 19. At 31 Graça is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2022/23Remarkably consistentStepped up 2022/23

18.9

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

0.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

Minutes

limited game time

0.98

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Rio Ave finished 12th of 18 · a mid-table side

0.98

Def. / 90

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Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

0.98 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume across 8 appearances.

Watch points

Game time. Only 3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 18.9 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0.98 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %3%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.978

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %90

Dribble success %75

Cards / 900.978

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 31, Graça sits on 3.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Graça's projected Rating — 18.9 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.