Domestic-league season · Sport Recife.
Missed 11 of Sport Recife's ~38 games this season through 11 injury absences (international duty, yellow cards, inactive). He still appeared 24 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1624 | 6.84 |
 CONMEBOL - U17at Brazil U17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 996 | 6.81 |
 Pernambucano - 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 520 | 6.85 |
 Copa do Nordeste | 3 | 0 | 0 | 257 | — |
Zé Lucas is a 18-year-old defensive midfielder at Sport Recife, rated 67.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 35th of 413 in the Serie A and 21st of 207 U-19 players tracked. A teenage prospect, he has been a regular starter this season (66.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.21 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lucas.
Judged on this season alone, Lucas graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 27th of 57 of the 57 defensive midfielders in the Serie A, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.212 defensive actions per 90.
We hold a single season for Lucas, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 67, top 8% of the 57 defensive midfielders in the Serie A. At 18 Lucas is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 24 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Lucas missed 11 games through injury (international duty, yellow cards, inactive) out of roughly 38 this season. The 24 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.
4.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th 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.
With a Rating of 67.3, Lucas carries the 4th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Serie A (top 8%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Sport Recife finished 20th of 20) — 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 (4.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 18 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (100/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 18, 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 (~32), then tapers with age. At 18, Lucas sits on 24, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Lucas's projected Rating — 67.3 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.
