Horta's current-season form is up 13% on last season (Season 48→54), while his Rating eased 49→36. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 69).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	SC Braga · 4th	28	14	4	7.25	36	54
2024/25	SC Braga · 4th	34	10	5	7.32	49	48
2023/24	SC Braga · 4th	28	9	4	7.36	51	43
2022/23	SC Braga · 3rd	30	14	8	7.35	59	63
2021/22	SC Braga · 4th	32	19	4	7.51	66	69
2020/21	SC Braga · 4th	32	9	3	7.03	67	42

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Experienced headGoal-getting Attacking midfielder

Ricardo Horta is a 31-year-old attacking midfielder at SC Braga, rated 35.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 272nd of 315 in the Primeira Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (70.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.75 goal contributions per 90 (0.59 goals, 0.17 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Horta.

Judged on this season alone, Horta graded 54 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 7% of the 48 attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 14 goals and 4 assists in 28 appearances (0.754 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 48 → 54). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 36, 47th of 48 of the 48 attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 31 Horta is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 17 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Trending upBreakout: 2021/22

Current potential47th of 48 attacking midfielders · Primeira Liga Current seasonTop 7% attacking midfielders · Primeira Liga3rd-best attacking midfielder in the Primeira Liga272nd in the Primeira Liga · potential47th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Primeira Liga

35.7

Ratingi

47th of 48 attacking midfielders

53.6

Seasoni

a solid contributor and squad regular

70.2%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.75

Goal contrib / 90

strong end product

Output in context · SC Braga finished 4th of 18 · an upper-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.5

Goals / app

14 goals in 28 appearances (0.5 per game) — double figures playing for an upper-table side (4th of 18). He also laid on 4 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 18 goal contributions (0.64 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 70.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.75 goal contributions per 90 (0.59 goals, 0.17 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Defensive numbers. Modest 1.84 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 35.7, Horta carries the 47th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga of 48. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.75 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %70.2%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.586

Assists / 900.168

Goal contribution / 900.754

Defensive actions / 901.843

Player flow

Goal involvements18

Shot conversion %45.2

Shot accuracy %62

Pass accuracy %88

Dribble success %39.1

Cards / 900.168

Foul involvement / 901.759

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 (~38), then tapers with age. At 31, Horta sits on 17, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Horta's projected Rating — 35.7 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.