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Zé Vitor

Key starterNacional · 25 yrsStarter

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameJosé Vitor Lima Cardoso
PositionCentre-back
NationalityBrazil
Age25
Date of birth9 Feb 2001
Height189 cm
Shirt number#38
ClubNacional
Centre-back
8
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
675
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Nacional.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Primeira Liga100907.2

Scout report

Key starterBall-winning Central defender

Zé Vitor is a 25-year-old central defender at Nacional, rated 62.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 28th of 133 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (87.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.28 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Vitor.

Judged on this season alone, Vitor graded 42 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 14% of the 36 centre-backs in the Primeira Liga, on 7 clean sheets and 4.276 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 42 → 42). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 62, top 17% of the 36 centre-backs in the Primeira Liga. At 25 Vitor is in his prime years, and a market index of 26.6 reflects that trajectory.

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Vitor is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistent
62.1
Ratingi
6th of 36 centre-backs
41.8
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
87.4%
Minutes
near ever-present
4.28
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Nacional finished 14th of 18 · a lower-table side

30
Apps
4.28
Def. / 90
56
Tackles
45
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

4.28 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 30 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th 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 4 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 87.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.17 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.
  • Defensive volume. 4.28 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

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

Outlook

With a Rating of 62.1, Vitor carries the 6th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Primeira Liga (top 17%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Nacional finished 14th of 18) — 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 (4.28 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals4

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles56
Interceptions45
Blocks26

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards10
Red cards2

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.