Domestic-league season · Bari.
Missed 11 of Bari's ~40 games this season through 11 injury absences (thigh, fitness, achilles tendon). He still appeared 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie B | 16 | 0 | 1 | 786 | 6.61 |
 UEFA U21 Championship - Qualificationat Portugal U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
 Serie Aat Pisa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.2 |
Following his move to Bari, Esteves's current-season form is down 45% on last season (Season 20→11), while his Rating eased 63→55. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 20).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Bari · 17th | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6.61 | 55 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | Pisa · 13th | 29 | 1 | 2 | 6.97 | 63 | 20 |
| 2022/23 | Pisa · 11th | 23 | 0 | 1 | 6.65 | 59 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | FC Porto B · 10th | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | 47 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | Reading · 7th | 29 | 1 | 0 | 6.65 | 66 | 20 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Tomás Esteves is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder at Bari, rated 54.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 164th of 397 in the Serie B. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (30.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.29 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Esteves.
Judged on this season alone, Esteves graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 50th of 56 of the 56 defensive midfielders in the Serie B, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 2.29 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 20 → 11). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 55, 26th of 56 of the 56 defensive midfielders in the Serie B. At 24 Esteves is in his prime years, and a market index of 60.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Esteves missed 11 games through injury (thigh, fitness, achilles tendon) out of roughly 40 this season. The 16 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 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.29 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 16 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 54.6, Esteves carries the 26th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Serie B of 56 — though on just 16 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.29 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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 (~60), then tapers with age. At 24, Esteves sits on 60.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Esteves's projected Rating — 54.6 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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