Domestic-league season · Juventude.
Missed 13 of Juventude's ~38 games this season through 13 injury absences (pubis bone contusion, adductor, injury). He still appeared 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1485 | 6.94 |
Sam's current-season form is up 145% on last season (Season 11→27), while his Rating held around 37. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
Rodrigo Sam is a 30-year-old central defender at Juventude, rated 36.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 270th of 427 in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (66% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sam.
Judged on this season alone, Sam graded 27 — a solid campaign that ranks top 39% of the 72 centre-backs in the Serie A, on 3 clean sheets and 4.061 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 11 → 27).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 46th of 72 of the 72 centre-backs in the Serie A. At 30 Sam is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 24.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Sam missed 13 games through injury (pubis bone contusion, adductor, injury) out of roughly 38 this season. The 18 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.
Sam is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 18 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (19th of 20) 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 36.7, Sam carries the 46th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Serie A of 72, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Juventude finished 19th of 20) — 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 (4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
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 (~48), then tapers with age. At 30, Sam sits on 24.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Sam's projected Rating — 36.7 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.
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