Pedro Pacheco

Pacheco's current-season form is level with last season (Season 5→5), while his Rating held around 29. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 14).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Santa Clara · 4th	3	0	7	29	5
2025/26	Santa Clara · 13th	3	0	6.97	29	5
2023/24	Santa Clara · 1st	1	0	—	35	0
2022/23	Mafra · 6th	30	3	—	51	14
2021/22	Mafra · 9th	27	1	—	47	9

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U19	3	1

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

★ Standout performer

All Primeira Liga standouts →

One of the biggest game-time risers in the Primeira Liga: on the pitch for 100% of Santa Clara's available minutes this season, up from 6% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.

Squad depthCentral defender

Pedro Pacheco is a 29-year-old central defender at Santa Clara, rated 28.7 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (6.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.23 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pacheco.

On the season, Pacheco graded 5 for current form (age-blind), on 1 clean sheet and 3.231 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 5 → 5). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29. At 29 Pacheco is in his prime years, and a market index of 6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Pacheco is operating at his career peak — the 2022/23 level is the level.

Peak: 2022/23Holding level

28.7

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

4.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

6.4%

Minutes

limited game time

3.23

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Santa Clara finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.23

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 3 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) 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 6.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 28.7 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.23 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %6.4%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.231

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900

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 (~11), then tapers with age. At 29, Pacheco sits on 6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Pacheco's projected Rating — 28.7 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.

Transfer history

Santa ClaraJul 2023 – nowFree

MMafrauntil Jul 2023

RRapperswil(on loan)Feb 2018 – Jul 2023

FC Basel 1893until Feb 2018

About Pedro Pacheco

Pedro Jorge Pacheco Seabra is a 29-year-old centre-back who plays for Santa Clara, born on January 27, 1997 in Castelões de Cepeda, standing 187 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Santa Clara currently sit 4th of 18 in the Primeira Liga.

This season

In the current season, Pedro Pacheco has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 270 minutes, averaging a 6.8 match rating over his last 4 rated games, with 1 yellow card.

Recent matches

August 29, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Alverca (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
August 23, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Famalicao (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
August 15, 2026: 1-0 win away at Academico Viseu (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
August 10, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs Nacional (90 minutes, 6.5 rating)

Pedro Pacheco's next match is on September 6, 2026, when Santa Clara face Rio Ave at home in the Primeira Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Pedro Pacheco at 28.7 with a Season form score of 4.5. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Segunda Liga and the Super League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, Pedro Pacheco has totalled 126 club appearances with 9 goals and 0 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 30 appearances for Mafra.

Pedro Pacheco's career has also included time at MMafra, RRapperswil and FC Basel 1893.

On the international stage, Pedro Pacheco has represented Portugal U19 — 3 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.