Domestic-league season · Akron.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1113 | 6.75 |
 Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | — |
Escoval's current-season form is down 64% on last season (Season 33→12), while his Rating eased 28→18. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 33).
João Escoval is a 29-year-old central defender at Akron, rated 18.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 229th of 274 in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (41.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.72 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Escoval.
Judged on this season alone, Escoval graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 40th of 48 of the 48 centre-backs in the Premier League, on 2 clean sheets and 3.72 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 33 → 12). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 40th of 48 of the 48 centre-backs in the Premier League. At 29 Escoval is in his prime years, and a market index of 3 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 22 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 16) 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. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 18.1, Escoval carries the 40th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premier League of 48, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Akron finished 13th of 16) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
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 (~5), then tapers with age. At 29, Escoval sits on 3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Escoval's projected Rating — 18.1 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.
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