Domestic-league season · FC Sochi.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1577 | 6.54 |
 Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | — |
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).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | FC Sochi · 16th | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6.54 | 23 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | FC Sochi · 5th | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | FC Sochi · 16th | 28 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | Tondela · 11th | 31 | 4 | 0 | — | 50 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | Tondela · 17th | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 50 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | Vasco DA Gama · 17th | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.87 | 60 | 20 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Marcelo Alves is a 28-year-old central defender at FC Sochi, rated 22.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 188th of 274 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 4.1 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
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.
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.
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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 28, Alves sits on 4.1, 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.
€0.5M total transfer fees · 6 moves
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