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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 (injury). He still appeared 21 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 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1097 | 6.93 |
 Baiano - 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 503 | — |
 CONMEBOL Sudamericana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 360 | 7.28 |
 Copa do Nordeste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
Scout report
Edu is a 26-year-old central defender at Vitoria, rated 51.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 151st of 422 on scout potential in the Serie A. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (32.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.02 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Edu.
Judged on this season alone, Edu graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 44th of 86 of the 86 centre-backs in the Serie A, on 4 clean sheets and 4.02 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 19). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 52, top 28% of the 86 centre-backs in the Serie A. At 26 Edu is in his prime years, and a market index of 24.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Edu missed 3 games through injury (injury) out of roughly 38 this season. The 21 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 — Edu is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · Vitoria finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side
4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 21 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.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 32.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 51.9, Edu carries the 24th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Serie A (top 28%), 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 solid defensive volume (4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. 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 Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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