Araújo's current-season form is up 13% on last season (Season 23→26), while his Rating climbed 54→56. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 32).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Gent · 2nd	7	2	2	7.41	56	26
2025/26	Gent · 5th	33	1	4	6.92	54	23
2024/25	Gent · 6th	28	0	1	6.63	48	16
2023/24	Estoril · 13th	29	2	1	6.8	63	32
2022/23	Estoril · 14th	25	1	0	6.54	55	9

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U21	2	0

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

Scout report

Solid contributorAttacking midfielder

Tiago Araújo is a 25-year-old attacking midfielder at Gent, rated 57.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 20th of 113 on scout potential in the Jupiler Pro League. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (70.7% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Araújo.

Judged on this season alone, Araújo graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 4th of 5 of the 5 attacking midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League, on 1 goal and 4 assists in 33 appearances (0.172 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 23 → 26). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 57, top 40% of the 5 attacking midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League. At 25 Araújo is in his prime years, and a market index of 18.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2021/224 clubs

Current potentialTop 40% attacking midfielders · Jupiler Pro League Current season4th of 5 attacking midfielders · Jupiler Pro League 4th-best attacking midfielder in the Jupiler Pro League 20th in the Jupiler Pro League · potential 2nd-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Jupiler Pro League

57.3

Ratingi

2nd of 5 attacking midfielders

16.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

70.7%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.17

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

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

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.03

Goals / app

1 goal in 33 appearances (0.03 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 4 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 5 goal contributions (0.15 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 70.7% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Output. 0.17 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

With a Rating of 57.3, Araújo carries the 2nd-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League (top 40%). In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.17 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %70.7%

Available fixtures41 of 41

Goals / 900.034

Assists / 900.138

Goal contribution / 900.172

Defensive actions / 902.483

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.276

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 (~18), then tapers with age. At 25, Araújo sits on 18.2, at or near its peak. The blue line is Araújo's projected Rating — 57.3 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 attacking midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1—

Passing

Assists4—

Defending

Tackles38—

Interceptions34—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards8

Red cards0

Transfer history

€1.3M total transfer fees · 3 moves

GentAug 2024 – now€ 1.3M

EstorilJul 2022 – Aug 2024

Aroucauntil Jul 2022

Benfica BJul 2021 – Jul 2022

Aroucauntil Jul 2021

About Tiago Araújo

Tiago Filipe Alves Araújo is a 25-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for Gent, born on March 27, 2001 in Vila do Conde, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Gent currently sit 2nd of 18 in the Jupiler Pro League.

This season

In the current season, Tiago Araújo has made 7 appearances with 2 goals and 2 assists across 629 minutes, averaging a 7.37 match rating over his last 7 rated games, with 1 yellow card. Though primarily a attacking midfielder, he has also lined up in defence this season.

When Tiago Araújo plays, Gent's record this season is 6W-1D-0L — and his match ratings average 7.81 at home against 6.78 on the road.

Recent matches

September 18, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Standard Liege (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
September 13, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Genk (90 minutes, 1 assist, 7.02 rating)
September 6, 2026: 3-0 win away at Cercle Brugge (89 minutes, 6.42 rating)
September 3, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs OH Leuven (90 minutes, 1 goal, 7.84 rating)
August 30, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Club Brugge KV (90 minutes, 1 assist, 7.9 rating)
August 16, 2026: 2-1 win away at RAAL La Louvière (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 9, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs KV Mechelen (90 minutes, 1 goal, 8.2 rating)

Tiago Araújo's next match is on October 10, 2026, when Gent face Zulte Waregem away in the Jupiler Pro League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Tiago Araújo at 57.3 with a Season form score of 16.5, ranking 20th of 113 attacking midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 9 recorded seasons, Tiago Araújo has totalled 173 club appearances with 10 goals and 8 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 33 appearances for Gent.

Tiago Araújo's career has also included time at Estoril, Arouca and Benfica B.

On the international stage, Tiago Araújo has represented Portugal U21 — 2 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

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

Strengths

Watch points