Domestic-league season · Fortaleza EC.
Missed 5 of Fortaleza EC's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences and 1 suspension (inactive, hamstring, yellow cards). He still appeared 19 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1302 | 6.98 |
 Copa do Nordeste | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 7.42 |
Following his move to Fortaleza EC, Pereira's current-season form is level with last season (Season 28→26), while his Rating eased 58→45. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 46).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Fortaleza EC · 18th | 19 | 1 | 3 | 6.98 | 45 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | Eibar · 9th | 32 | 1 | 4 | 7.1 | 58 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | Eibar · 3rd | 42 | 1 | 7 | 7.12 | 71 | 46 |
| 2022/23 | Eibar · 5th | 41 | 2 | 2 | 6.99 | 69 | 34 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Matheus Pereira is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Fortaleza EC, rated 44.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 259th of 506 in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (43.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.18 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pereira.
Judged on this season alone, Pereira graded 26 — a solid campaign that ranks top 33% of the 84 central midfielders in the Serie A, on 1 goal, 3 assists and 3.18 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 28 → 26). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 45, 46th of 84 of the 84 central midfielders in the Serie A. At 28 Pereira is in his prime years, and a market index of 35.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Pereira missed 4 games through injury and 1 suspension (inactive, hamstring, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 19 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.18 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 20) 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 1 goal and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 44.5, Pereira carries the 46th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Serie A of 84, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Fortaleza EC finished 18th of 20) — 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 (3.18 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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 (~59), then tapers with age. At 28, Pereira sits on 35.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Pereira's projected Rating — 44.5 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.
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