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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Vitoria.
Injury-affected season
Missed 3 of Vitoria's ~38 games this season through 3 injury absences (inactive, yellow cards). He still appeared 28 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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2440 | 6.83 |
 Copa Do Brasil | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2124 | 6.81 |
 Baiano - 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 496 | — |
 Copa do Nordeste | 3 | 0 | 0 | 247 | — |
 CONMEBOL Sudamericana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 6.83 |
Scout report
Zé Marcos is a 28-year-old central defender at Vitoria, rated 49.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 163rd of 421 on scout potential in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (71.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.1 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Marcos.
Judged on this season alone, Marcos graded 32 — a strong campaign that ranks top 26% of the 86 centre-backs in the Serie A, on 9 clean sheets and 2.102 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 22 → 32).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 49, top 32% of the 86 centre-backs in the Serie A. At 28 Marcos is in his prime years, and a market index of 15.3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Marcos missed 3 games through injury (inactive, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 28 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.
A career still climbing — Marcos is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · Vitoria finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side
2.1 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 28 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 71.3% 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 49.1, Marcos carries the 27th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Serie A (top 32%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Vitoria finished 15th 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 moderate defensive volume (2.1 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 centre-backs in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
