Tavares's current-season form is level with last season (Season 14→14), while his Rating held around 54. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 14).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Santa Clara · 3rd	3	0	0	6.6	54	14
2025/26	Santa Clara · 13th	24	0	1	6.68	54	14

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Central midfielder

José Luís Rocha Tavares is a 23-year-old central midfielder at Santa Clara, rated 53.1 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (30.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.11 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Tavares.

On the season, Tavares graded 14 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 1 assist and 4.113 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 14 → 14).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 53. At 23 Tavares is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 20.3 reflects that trajectory.

53.1

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

14.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

30.8%

Minutes

limited game time

4.11

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Santa Clara finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

4.11

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.11 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) 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.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 4.11 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 30.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 53.1 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.11 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %30.8%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.096

Goal contribution / 900.096

Defensive actions / 904.113

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.67

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 (~20), then tapers with age. At 23, Tavares sits on 20.3, at or near its peak. The blue line is Tavares'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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles30

Interceptions12

Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards7

Red cards0

About José Luís Rocha Tavares

José Luís Rocha Tavares is a 23-year-old central midfielder who plays for Santa Clara, born on June 2, 2003, standing 178 cm tall. He is from Cape Verde. Santa Clara currently sit 3rd of 18 in the Primeira Liga.

This season

In the current season, José Luís Rocha Tavares has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 234 minutes, averaging a 6.6 match rating over his last 3 rated games.

Recent matches

August 23, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Famalicao (88 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 15, 2026: 1-0 win away at Academico Viseu (78 minutes, 6.3 rating)
August 10, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs Nacional (68 minutes, 6.6 rating)

José Luís Rocha Tavares's next match is on September 6, 2026, when Santa Clara face Rio Ave at home in the Primeira Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates José Luís Rocha Tavares at 53.1 with a Season form score of 14.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 3 recorded seasons, José Luís Rocha Tavares has totalled 51 club appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist for 2 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 24 appearances for FC Alverca II.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.