Marcelo Alves

Alves's current-season form is up 71% on last season (Season 7→12), while his Rating held around 23. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 20).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	FC Sochi · 16th	19	2	6.54	23	12
2024/25	FC Sochi · 5th	9	2	—	22	7
2023/24	FC Sochi · 16th	28	2	7	31	17
2022/23	Madureira	1	0	—	—	—
2022/23	Tondela · 11th	31	4	—	50	18
2021/22	TondelaLoan · 17th	9	0	6.5	50	4
2021/22	Vitoria	13	0	6.85	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

Marcelo Alves is a 28-year-old central defender at FC Sochi, rated 22.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 187th of 274 on scout potential in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (60.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.91 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Alves.

Judged on this season alone, Alves graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 48 of the 48 centre-backs in the Premier League, on 2 clean sheets and 2.911 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 7 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 23, 27th of 48 of the 48 centre-backs in the Premier League. At 28 Alves is in his prime years, and a market index of 1.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24

Current potential27th of 48 centre-backs · Premier League Current season41st of 48 centre-backs · Premier League41st-best centre-back in the Premier League187th in the Premier League · potential27th-highest potential centre-back in the Premier League

22.5

Ratingi

27th of 48 centre-backs

11.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

60.4%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.91

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · FC Sochi finished 16th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side

2.91

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 16) 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

Availability. On the pitch for 60.4% 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 22.5, Alves carries the 27th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premier League of 48, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (FC Sochi finished 16th of 16) — 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 (2.91 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %60.4%

Available fixtures29 of 30

Goals / 900.114

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.114

Defensive actions / 902.911

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %50

Shot accuracy %80

Pass accuracy %82

Dribble success %100

Cards / 900.399

Foul involvement / 901.655

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~2), then tapers with age. At 28, Alves sits on 1.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Alves's projected Rating — 22.5 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals2

Shots on target4

Shots5

Passing

Assists0

Pass accuracy82%

Possession

Successful dribbles2

Dribble success100%

Fouls won9

Defending

Tackles12

Interceptions22

Blocks17

Fouls committed20

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards7

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.5M total transfer fees · 7 moves

FC Sochi2023/24 – now€ 500K

Madureira(back from loan)2021/22 – 2023/24

Vitoria(on loan)until 2021/22

Tondela(on loan)2021/22 – 2021/22

Vasco DA Gama(on loan)2020/21 – 2021/22

Vitoria(on loan)2020/21 – 2020/21

Rio Branco ES(on loan)2019/20 – 2020/21

Madureira(back from loan)2019/20 – 2019/20

Rio Branco ESuntil 2019/20

About Marcelo Alves

Marcelo Alves Santos is a 28-year-old centre-back who plays for FC Sochi, born on February 7, 1998 in Rio de Janeiro, standing 188 cm tall. He is from Brazil. FC Sochi currently sit 16th of 16 in the Premier League.

This season

In the current season, Marcelo Alves has made 19 appearances with 2 goals and 0 assists across 1,577 minutes, averaging a 6.64 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 7 yellow cards. His season has spanned the Premier League and the Cup.

When Marcelo Alves plays, FC Sochi's record this season is 5W-1D-12L — and his match ratings average 6.56 at home against 6.52 on the road.

Recent matches

May 10, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Zenit (90 minutes, 6.6 rating)
May 3, 2026: 3-1 win at home vs FC Orenburg (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)
April 26, 2026: 0-2 loss away at Dynamo (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)
April 21, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Krylia Sovetov (90 minutes, 2 goals, 8.9 rating)
April 17, 2026: 1-0 win away at FC Rostov (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)
April 12, 2026: 1-0 win away at CSKA Moscow (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
April 6, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs Rubin (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)
March 14, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs FC Krasnodar (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
March 7, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Nizhny Novgorod (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)
March 2, 2026: 2-3 loss at home vs Spartak Moscow (90 minutes, 5.9 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Marcelo Alves at 22.5 with a Season form score of 11.7, ranking 187th of 274 centre-backs in the Premier League. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Availability: Marcelo Alves has missed 1 match this season through injury.

Career

Across 7 recorded seasons, Marcelo Alves has totalled 140 club appearances with 10 goals and 0 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 31 appearances for Tondela.

Marcelo Alves's career has also included time at Madureira, Vitoria, Tondela, Vasco DA Gama and Rio Branco ES.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · FC Sochi finished 16th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points