Thiago Santana

Santana's current-season form is down 60% on last season (Season 40→16), while his Rating eased 28→15. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 52).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Urawa · 7th	19	5	0	6.83	15	16
2024/25	Urawa · 13th	36	12	3	6.98	28	40
2022/23	Shimizu S-pulse · 17th	27	14	5	7.21	36	52
2021/22	Shimizu S-pulse · 14th	37	12	2	6.94	43	42
2020/21	Santa Clara · 6th	9	7	0	7.3	47	21

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Experienced headCentre-forward

Thiago Santana is a 33-year-old centre-forward at Urawa, rated 14.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 778th of 874 in the J3 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.42 goal contributions per 90 (0.42 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Santana.

Judged on this season alone, Santana graded 16 — a solid campaign that ranks top 40% of the 130 centre-forwards in the J3 League, on 5 goals and 0 assists in 19 appearances (0.421 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 40 → 16). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 15, 111th of 130 of the 130 centre-forwards in the J3 League. At 33 Santana is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2021/22

Current potential111th of 130 centre-forwards · J3 League Current seasonTop 40% centre-forwards · J3 League51st-best centre-forward in the J3 League778th in the J3 League · potential111th-highest potential centre-forward in the J3 League

14.7

Ratingi

111th of 130 centre-forwards

15.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

31.3%

Minutes

limited game time

0.42

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Urawa finished 7th of 20 · a mid-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.26

Goals / app

5 goals in 19 appearances (0.26 per game) for a mid-table side.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.42 goal contributions per 90 (0.42 goals, 0 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 31.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 33, 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 14.7, Santana carries the 111th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the J3 League of 130. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.42 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %31.3%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.421

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.421

Defensive actions / 900.421

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Shot conversion %26.3

Shot accuracy %73.1

Dribble success %47.6

Cards / 900.084

Foul involvement / 903.452

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 (~11), then tapers with age. At 33, Santana sits on 3.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Santana's projected Rating — 14.7 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.