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Pedro Sá

Experienced headPenafiel · 32 yrsFringe player

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full namePedro Miguel Cunha Sá
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityPortugal
Age32
Date of birth1 Dec 1993
BirthplacePóvoa de Varzim
Height188 cm
Shirt number#21
ClubPenafiel
Defensive midfielder
26
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
462
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Penafiel.

Scout report

Experienced headDefensive midfielder

Pedro Sá is a 32-year-old defensive midfielder at Penafiel, rated 13.7 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (12.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.95 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sá.

On the season, Sá graded 4 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.953 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 4 → 4). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 14. At 32 Sá is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.3 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending downRemarkably consistent
13.7
Ratingi
below regular-starter level
3.6
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
12.6%
Minutes
limited game time
3.95
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Penafiel finished 14th of 18 · a lower-table side

7
Apps
3.95
Def. / 90
10
Tackles
6
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 7 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th 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.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 12.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 13.7 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Segunda Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles10
Interceptions6
Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.