Domestic-league season · Santa Clara.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Primeira Liga | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2933 | 6.82 |
Lima's current-season form is down 9% on last season (Season 45→41), while his Rating eased 54→44. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 58).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Santa Clara · 13th | 33 | 1 | 0 | 6.82 | 44 | 41 |
| 2024/25 | Santa Clara · 5th | 31 | 3 | 1 | 6.98 | 54 | 45 |
| 2023/24 | Santa Clara · 1st | 31 | 3 | 1 | 6.98 | 49 | 58 |
| 2022/23 | Feirense · 8th | 28 | 1 | 0 | — | 49 | 25 |
| 2021/22 | Feirense · 4th | 26 | 1 | 0 | — | 50 | 18 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Sidney Lima is a 29-year-old central defender at Santa Clara, rated 44 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 240th of 315 in the Primeira Liga. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (95.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.92 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lima.
Judged on this season alone, Lima graded 41 — a strong campaign that ranks top 20% of the 55 centre-backs in the Primeira Liga, on 10 clean sheets and 2.915 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 45 → 41). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 44, 36th of 55 of the 55 centre-backs in the Primeira Liga. At 29 Lima is in his prime years, and a market index of 25.7 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 10 clean sheets across 33 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 44, Lima carries the 36th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Primeira Liga of 55, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Santa Clara finished 13th 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 moderate defensive volume (2.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× 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 (~47), then tapers with age. At 29, Lima sits on 25.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Lima's projected Rating — 44 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.
