Zé Carlos

Carlos's current-season form is up 31% on last season (Season 35→46), while his Rating eased 57→53. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	GIL Vicente · 6th	32	0	0	6.78	53	46
2024/25	GIL Vicente · 13th	31	0	0	6.85	57	35
2023/24	GIL Vicente · 12th	26	1	2	6.8	57	33
2022/23	GIL Vicente · 13th	8	0	1	6.61	52	4
2021/22	GIL Vicente · 5th	30	0	3	6.89	68	45
2020/21	SC Braga · 4th	4	0	0	6.9	54	6

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Solid contributorFull-back

Zé Carlos is a 27-year-old full-back at GIL Vicente, rated 53.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 184th of 317 in the Primeira Liga. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (80.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.36 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Carlos.

Judged on this season alone, Carlos graded 46 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 10% of the 55 full-backs in the Primeira Liga, on 10 clean sheets and 3.356 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 35 → 46). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 53, 31st of 55 of the 55 full-backs in the Primeira Liga. At 27 Carlos is in his prime years, and a market index of 29.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Carlos is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2023/24

Current potential31st of 55 full-backs · Primeira Liga Current seasonTop 10% full-backs · Primeira Liga5th-best full-back in the Primeira Liga184th in the Primeira Liga · potential31st-highest potential full-back in the Primeira Liga

53.1

Ratingi

31st of 55 full-backs

46.1

Seasoni

a solid contributor and squad regular

80.6%

Minutes

near ever-present

3.36

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · GIL Vicente finished 6th of 18 · an upper-table side

3.36

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 10 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th 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.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 80.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 53.1, Carlos carries the 31st-highest potential of the full-backs in the Primeira Liga of 55. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %80.6%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.356

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %7.7

Pass accuracy %74

Dribble success %39.1

Cards / 900.292

Foul involvement / 902.773

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 (~29), then tapers with age. At 27, Carlos sits on 29.3, at or near its peak. The blue line is Carlos's projected Rating — 53.1 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.