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ratings updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

PositionCentre-back
Nationality
Age17
Shirt number#56
ClubNew York Red Bulls
Centre-back
20
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1355
Minutes

Domestic-league season · New York Red Bulls.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Major League Soccer170011416.42

Scout report

First senior season on record — and already on the pitch for 75% of New York Red Bulls's available minutes, one of the top game-time debuts in the Major League Soccer this season.

Rising starCentral defender

M. Dos Santos is a 17-year-old central defender at New York Red Bulls, rated 49.595000000000006 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 11th of 436 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer and 41st of 161 U-19 players tracked. A teenage prospect, he has been a regular starter this season (75.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.19 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Santos.

Judged on this season alone, Santos graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 79th of 101 of the 101 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 1 clean sheet and 3.188 defensive actions per 90.

We hold a single season for Santos, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 50, top 1% of the 101 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 17 Santos is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 6.5 reflects that trajectory.

49.595000000000006
Ratingi
1st of 101 centre-backs
14.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
75.3%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.19
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · New York Red Bulls finished 8th of 15 · a mid-table side

20
Apps
3.19
Def. / 90
23
Tackles
25
Interceptions
1
Clean sheets

3.19 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 20 appearances.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 75.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 49.595000000000006, Santos carries the 1st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Major League Soccer (top 1%). Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.19 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 17 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (100/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 17, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target1
Shots4

Passing

Assists0
Chances created20
Passes778
Pass accuracy80%

Possession

Successful dribbles7
Dribble success46.7%
Duels won45
Duels won %42.5%
Fouls won4

Defending

Tackles23
Interceptions25
Fouls committed15

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.