Domestic-league season · Genoa.
Missed 12 of Genoa's ~38 games this season through 12 injury absences (muscle, calf, inactive). He still appeared 20 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 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 675 | 6.99 |
 Coppa Italia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 6.7 |
Messias's current-season form is up 138% on last season (Season 8→19), while his Rating eased 19→17. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 45).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Genoa · 16th | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6.99 | 17 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | Genoa · 13th | 21 | 1 | 1 | 6.71 | 19 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | Genoa · 11th | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6.84 | 23 | 5 |
| 2022/23 | AC Milan · 4th | 25 | 5 | 2 | 6.84 | 38 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | AC Milan · 1st | 26 | 5 | 2 | 6.92 | 44 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | Crotone · 19th | 36 | 9 | 4 | 7.18 | 57 | 45 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Junior Messias is a 35-year-old winger at Genoa, rated 17.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 381st of 385 in the Serie A. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (28.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.53 goal contributions per 90 (0.4 goals, 0.13 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Messias.
Judged on this season alone, Messias graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 22nd of 35 of the 35 wingers in the Serie A, on 3 goals and 1 assist in 20 appearances (0.533 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 8 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 17, 34th of 35 of the 35 wingers in the Serie A. At 35 Messias is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8.9 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Messias missed 12 games through injury (muscle, calf, inactive) out of roughly 38 this season. The 20 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 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3 goals in 20 appearances (0.15 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 4 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 17.2, Messias carries the 34th-highest potential of the wingers in the Serie A of 35 — though on just 20 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.53 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
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 (~30), then tapers with age. At 35, Messias sits on 8.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Messias's projected Rating — 17.2 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.
€1.5M total transfer fees · 5 moves
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