Rui Silva

Silva's current-season form is level with last season (Season 63→63), while his Rating held around 33. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 63).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Sporting CP · 3rd	7	2	29%	6.77	33	63
2025/26	Sporting CP · 2nd	31	14	45%	7.1	33	63
2024/25	Sporting CPLoan · 1st	17	8	47%	6.82	34	38
2024/25	Real Betis · 6th	15	3	20%	7.03	41	7
2023/24	Real Betis · 7th	28	9	32%	7.14	55	31
2022/23	Real Betis · 6th	26	9	35%	6.92	61	32

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 9 earlier seasons in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal	3	0
Portugal U21	1	0

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

Scout report

Experienced headGoalkeeper

Rui Silva is a 32-year-old goalkeeper at Sporting CP, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 31 appearances, a Season grade of 63, top 14% of Primeira Liga goalkeepers. On long-term scout potential he's rated 33.3, ranking 76th of 98 in the Primeira Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (91.1% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Silva.

Judged on this season alone, Silva graded 63 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 14% of the 22 goalkeepers in the Primeira Liga, on 14 clean sheets across 31 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 63 → 63). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 33, 17th of 22 of the 22 goalkeepers in the Primeira Liga. At 32 Silva is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Silva is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26

Current potential17th of 22 goalkeepers · Primeira Liga Current seasonTop 14% goalkeepers · Primeira Liga 3rd-best goalkeeper in the Primeira Liga 76th in the Primeira Liga · potential 17th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Primeira Liga

33.3

Ratingi

17th of 22 goalkeepers

62.6

Seasoni

a strong, regular top-tier starter

91.1%

Minutes

near ever-present

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Sporting CP finished 2nd of 18 · a title-challenging side

Apps

Clean sheets

45%

CS rate

91.1%

Minutes

14 clean sheets in 31 appearances (45% of games). Playing behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 18) means a more protected goal, so the read is about command and distribution as much as raw shut-outs.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 91.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 32, 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 33.3, Silva carries the 17th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Primeira Liga of 22. A near ever-present keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %91.1%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.129

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 (~21), then tapers with age. At 32, Silva sits on 8.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Silva's projected Rating — 33.3 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 goalkeepers in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets14

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

Sporting CPJul 2025 – now

Sporting CP(on loan)Jan 2025 – Jul 2025

Real BetisJul 2021 – Jan 2025Free

Granada CFJan 2017 – Jul 2021

Nacionaluntil Jan 2017

About Rui Silva

Rui Tiago Dantas da Silva is a 32-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Sporting CP, born on February 7, 1994 in Maia, standing 191 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Sporting CP currently sit 3rd of 18 in the Primeira Liga.

This season

In the current season, Rui Silva has made 7 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 630 minutes, averaging a 6.7 match rating over his last 7 rated games.

When Rui Silva plays, Sporting CP's record this season is 4W-3D-0L — and his match ratings average 6.76 at home against 6.62 on the road.

Recent matches

September 19, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs Arouca (90 minutes, 7 rating)
September 13, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Famalicao (90 minutes, 6.97 rating)
September 5, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs Nacional (90 minutes, 7.14 rating)
August 28, 2026: 4-0 win away at Rio Ave (90 minutes, 6.7 rating)
August 22, 2026: 3-1 win at home vs Alverca (42 minutes, 6.6 rating)
August 14, 2026: 3-2 win at home vs Vitória SC (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)
August 8, 2026: 2-2 draw away at Estrela (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)

Rui Silva's next match is on October 9, 2026, when Sporting CP face SC Braga away in the Primeira Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Rui Silva at 33.3 with a Season form score of 62.6, ranking 76th of 98 goalkeepers in the Primeira Liga. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 8 career titles — among them the UEFA Nations League and the Primeira Liga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, Rui Silva has totalled 307 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2018/19, with 40 appearances for Granada CF.

Rui Silva's career has also included time at Real Betis, Granada CF and Nacional.

On the international stage, Rui Silva has represented Portugal and Portugal U21 — 4 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Sporting CP finished 2nd of 18 · a title-challenging side

Strengths

Watch points