Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Ceara.
Injury-affected season
Missed 3 of Ceara's ~38 games this season through 3 injury absences (inactive, muscle). He still appeared 13 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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 13 | 0 | 0 | 601 | 6.68 |
 Copa do Nordeste | 4 | 0 | 0 | 316 | — |
 Cearense - 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 190 | — |
 Copa Do Brasil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.2 |
Scout report
Nicolas is a 29-year-old central defender at Ceara, rated 33.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 275th of 413 on scout potential in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.7 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nicolas.
Judged on this season alone, Nicolas graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 63rd of 68 of the 68 centre-backs in the Serie A, on 2 clean sheets and 2.696 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 9). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 34, 44th of 68 of the 68 centre-backs in the Serie A. At 29 Nicolas is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Nicolas missed 3 games through injury (inactive, muscle) out of roughly 38 this season. The 13 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.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Ceara finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side
2.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 13 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 19.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 33.6, Nicolas carries the 44th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Serie A of 68 — though on just 13 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
