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Reko

Experienced headUnião de Leiria · 31 yrsFringe playerNew signing

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameLuís Manuel Gonçalves Silva
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityPortugal
Age31
Date of birth25 Jul 1995
BirthplaceBarcelos
Height180 cm
Shirt number#8
ClubUnião de Leiria
Central midfielder
31
Appearances
2
Goals
0
Assists
639
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Penafiel.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

Reko is a 31-year-old central midfielder at Penafiel, rated 18.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 87th of 112 on scout potential in the Segunda Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (20.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.83 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Reko.

Judged on this season alone, Reko graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 13th of 20 of the 20 central midfielders in the Segunda Liga, on 2 goals, 0 assists and 1.831 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 22 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 19, 18th of 20 of the 20 central midfielders in the Segunda Liga. At 31 Reko is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistent
18.6
Ratingi
18th of 20 central midfielders
10.9
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
20.9%
Minutes
limited game time
1.83
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

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

31
Apps
1.83
Def. / 90
10
Tackles
2
Interceptions
3
Clean sheets

1.83 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 31 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 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.28 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 20.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 18.6, Reko carries the 18th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Segunda Liga of 20 — though on just 31 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.83 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Segunda Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles10
Interceptions2
Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards8
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.