Domestic-league season · Fatih Karagümrük.
Missed 4 of Fatih Karagümrük's ~34 games this season through 4 injury absences (injury, inactive). He still appeared 26 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Süper Lig | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2178 | 6.58 |
 Türkiye Kupası | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
 Super Cupat Sporting CP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Following his move to Fatih Karagümrük, Esgaio's current-season form is up 625% on last season (Season 4→29), while his Rating eased 22→18. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 49).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Fatih Karagümrük · 18th | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.58 | 18 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | Sporting CP · 1st | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 22 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | Sporting CP · 1st | 28 | 0 | 4 | 6.86 | 36 | 36 |
| 2022/23 | Sporting CP · 4th | 25 | 1 | 3 | 6.75 | 39 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | Sporting CP · 2nd | 27 | 0 | 4 | 6.67 | 46 | 42 |
| 2020/21 | SC Braga · 4th | 32 | 1 | 3 | 6.98 | 56 | 49 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Ricardo Esgaio is a 33-year-old full-back at Fatih Karagümrük, rated 18.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 602nd of 720 in the 1. Lig. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present this season (80.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.64 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Esgaio.
Judged on this season alone, Esgaio graded 29 — a solid campaign that ranks top 37% of the 129 full-backs in the 1. Lig, on 5 clean sheets and 3.636 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 4 → 29). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 104th of 129 of the 129 full-backs in the 1. Lig. At 33 Esgaio is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Esgaio missed 4 games through injury (injury, inactive) out of roughly 34 this season. The 26 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.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th 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.
With a Rating of 18.4, Esgaio carries the 104th-highest potential of the full-backs in the 1. Lig of 129, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Fatih Karagümrük finished 18th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~12), then tapers with age. At 33, Esgaio sits on 4.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Esgaio's projected Rating — 18.4 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.
€5.5M total transfer fees · 6 moves
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