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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Vitoria.
Injury-affected season
Missed 4 of Vitoria's ~38 games this season through 3 injury absences and 1 suspension (inactive, yellow cards). He still appeared 14 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.
Also this season
Earlier this season at Gremio — Gaúcho - 1: 14 apps, 0g 0a, 504 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Vitoria; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 14 | 0 | 0 | 666 | 6.6 |
 Gaúcho - 1at Gremio | 14 | 0 | 0 | 504 | 6.5 |
 Copa do Nordeste | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
 CONMEBOL Sudamericana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6.6 |
Scout report
Pepê is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at Vitoria, rated 39.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 236th of 421 on scout potential in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.6 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pepê.
Judged on this season alone, Pepê graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 33rd of 34 of the 34 defensive midfielders in the Serie A, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.595 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 20 → 7). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 39, 17th of 34 of the 34 defensive midfielders in the Serie A. At 28 Pepê is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Pepê missed 3 games through injury and 1 suspension (inactive, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 14 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 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Vitoria finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side
4.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 14 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th 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.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 19.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 39.2, Pepê carries the 17th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Serie A of 34 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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