Domestic-league season · Vasco DA Gama.
Missed 4 of Vasco DA Gama's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences (calf). He still appeared 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Copa Do Brasil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 412 | 6.87 |
 Serie A | 8 | 0 | 0 | 301 | 6.69 |
Following his move to Vasco DA Gama, Mendes's current-season form is down 94% on last season (Season 32→2), while his Rating eased 43→11. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 32).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Vasco DA Gama · 14th | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.69 | 11 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | Lyon · 7th | 31 | 1 | 1 | 6.9 | 43 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | Lyon · 8th | 29 | 1 | 1 | 6.96 | 47 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | Lyon · 4th | 32 | 0 | 1 | 6.83 | 56 | 25 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Thiago Mendes is a 34-year-old defensive midfielder at Vasco DA Gama, rated 10.5 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (9.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.39 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mendes.
On the season, Mendes graded 2 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 2.392 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 32 → 2). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 11. At 34 Mendes is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Mendes missed 4 games through injury (calf) out of roughly 38 this season. The 8 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 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 8 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th 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.
Rated 10.5 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× 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 (~5), then tapers with age. At 34, Mendes sits on 1.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Mendes's projected Rating — 10.5 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.
€35.2M total transfer fees · 5 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
