Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Cagliari.
Injury-affected season
Missed 8 of Cagliari's ~38 games this season through 8 injury absences (knee, yellow cards). He still appeared 23 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 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1713 | 6.63 |
 Coppa Italia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.6 |
 Primeira Ligaat FC Porto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
Scout report
Zé Pedro is a 29-year-old central defender at Cagliari, rated 49 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 287th of 388 on scout potential in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (63.4% 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 Pedro.
Judged on this season alone, Pedro graded 26 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 40th of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Serie A, on 4 clean sheets and 3.363 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 36 → 26). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 49, 37th of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Serie A. At 29 Pedro is in his prime years, and a market index of 16.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Pedro missed 8 games through injury (knee, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 23 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Cagliari finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side
3.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th 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 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 63.4% 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, Pedro carries the 37th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Serie A of 52, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Cagliari finished 14th 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 (3.36 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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
