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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Santa Clara.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Primeira Liga | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2086 | 6.65 |
Scout report
Lucas Soares is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Santa Clara, rated 43.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 255th of 336 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (68.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.76 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Soares.
Judged on this season alone, Soares graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 43rd of 75 of the 75 central midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 2.761 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 25 → 16). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 44, 61st of 75 of the 75 central midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 28 Soares is in his prime years, and a market index of 10 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 · Santa Clara finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side
2.76 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th 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.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 68.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 43.6, Soares carries the 61st-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Primeira Liga of 75, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Santa Clara finished 13th 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 moderate defensive volume (2.76 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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