Domestic-league season · Farense.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Segunda Liga | 29 | 0 | 0 | 676 | 6.73 |
 Taça de Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.3 |
Following his move to Farense, Fernandes's current-season form is down 74% on last season (Season 23→6), while his Rating eased 17→5. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 41).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Farense · 16th | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | GIL Vicente · 13th | 28 | 1 | 1 | 6.94 | 17 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | GIL Vicente · 12th | 29 | 1 | 0 | 6.86 | 17 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | GIL Vicente · 13th | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.85 | 20 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | GIL Vicente · 5th | 33 | 1 | 0 | 6.88 | 26 | 37 |
| 2020/21 | GIL Vicente · 11th | 32 | 1 | 0 | 6.73 | 24 | 41 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Rúben Fernandes is a 40-year-old central midfielder at Farense, rated 4.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 106th of 106 in the Segunda Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (20.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Fernandes.
Judged on this season alone, Fernandes graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 20th of 20 of the 20 central midfielders in the Segunda Liga, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.062 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 23 → 6). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 5, 20th of 20 of the 20 central midfielders in the Segunda Liga. At 40 Fernandes is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.8 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th 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 4.9, Fernandes carries the 20th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Segunda Liga of 20 — though on just 29 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× 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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 40, Fernandes sits on 0.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Fernandes's projected Rating — 4.9 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
