based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Santa Clara.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
 Primeira Liga | 1 | 90 | 6.3 |
Scout report
Lucas França is a 30-year-old goalkeeper at Nacional, rated 25.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 106th of 125 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (17.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on França.
Judged on this season alone, França graded 2 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 22nd of 24 of the 24 goalkeepers in the Primeira Liga, on 1 clean sheet across 6 appearances.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 2 → 2). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, 21st of 24 of the 24 goalkeepers in the Primeira Liga. At 30 França is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.9 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Nacional finished 14th of 18 · a lower-table side
1 clean sheet in 6 appearances (17% of games). Keeping that many behind a lower-table side (14th of 18) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 17.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 25.7, França carries the 21st-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Primeira Liga of 24 — though on just 6 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. A limited game time keeper carrying the gloves this season. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.
