Domestic-league season · Arouca.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Primeira Liga | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2466 | 6.76 |
Esgaio's current-season form is down 26% on last season (Season 38→28), while his Rating held around 41. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 61).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Arouca · 8th | 29 | 3 | 5 | 6.76 | 41 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | Arouca · 12th | 25 | 2 | 1 | 7.11 | 40 | 38 |
| 2023/24 | Arouca · 7th | 28 | 2 | 3 | 7.01 | 48 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | Arouca · 5th | 26 | 0 | 2 | 6.84 | 53 | 49 |
| 2021/22 | Arouca · 15th | 20 | 0 | 2 | 6.54 | 47 | 13 |
| 2020/21 | Belenenses · 10th | 32 | 1 | 1 | 6.99 | 63 | 61 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Tiago Esgaio is a 30-year-old full-back at Arouca, rated 41.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 255th of 315 in the Primeira Liga. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (83% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.88 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Esgaio.
Judged on this season alone, Esgaio graded 28 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 24th of 55 of the 55 full-backs in the Primeira Liga, on 6 clean sheets and 2.883 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 38 → 28). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, 46th of 55 of the 55 full-backs in the Primeira Liga. At 30 Esgaio is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 21.8 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.88 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 5 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 41.2, Esgaio carries the 46th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Primeira Liga of 55. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.88 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× 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 (~44), then tapers with age. At 30, Esgaio sits on 21.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Esgaio's projected Rating — 41.2 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.
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