Ferreira's current-season form is level with last season (Season 21→21), while his Rating held around 43. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 38).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Santa Clara · 3rd	3	0	0	6.9	43	21
2025/26	Santa Clara · 13th	30	0	0	6.75	43	21
2024/25	Santa Clara · 5th	32	0	4	6.86	57	38
2023/24	Santa Clara · 1st	32	0	4	6.86	50	35
2022/23	Aalborg · 3rd	27	2	0	6.88	41	33

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U17	6	0

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

Scout report

Project playerBall-winning Defensive midfielder

Pedro Ferreira is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at Santa Clara, rated 42.9 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (62.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.57 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ferreira.

On the season, Ferreira graded 21 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.571 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 21 → 21). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 43. At 28 Ferreira is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downRemarkably consistentStepped up 2024/25

42.9

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

21.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

62.4%

Minutes

a regular starter

4.57

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

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

Apps

4.57

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.57 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 30 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.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 62.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 4.57 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 42.9 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.57 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %62.4%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 904.571

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.141

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 (~16), then tapers with age. At 28, Ferreira sits on 9.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ferreira's projected Rating — 42.9 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.

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles61

Interceptions31

Blocks5

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

AAalborgAug 2020 – now

VVarzimJul 2019 – Aug 2020

MMafra(on loan)Jul 2018 – Jul 2019

Sporting CPuntil Jul 2018

About Pedro Ferreira

Pedro Miguel Dinis Ferreira is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for Santa Clara, born on January 5, 1998 in Marinha Grande, standing 183 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Santa Clara currently sit 3rd of 18 in the Primeira Liga.

This season

In the current season, Pedro Ferreira has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 270 minutes, averaging a 6.9 match rating over his last 3 rated games.

Recent matches

August 23, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Famalicao (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
August 15, 2026: 1-0 win away at Academico Viseu (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 10, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs Nacional (90 minutes, 6.6 rating)

Pedro Ferreira's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Santa Clara face Alverca away in the Primeira Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Pedro Ferreira at 42.9 with a Season form score of 21.4. 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 Júniores U19. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, Pedro Ferreira has totalled 233 club appearances with 5 goals and 9 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 32 appearances for Santa Clara.

Pedro Ferreira's career has also included time at AAalborg, VVarzim, MMafra and Sporting CP.

On the international stage, Pedro Ferreira has represented Portugal U17 — 6 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.