based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Benfica.
Scout report
Tomás Araújo is a 24-year-old full-back at Benfica, rated 60.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 35th of 133 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (55.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.53 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Araújo.
Judged on this season alone, Araújo graded 37 — a strong campaign that ranks top 24% of the 17 full-backs in the Primeira Liga, on 8 clean sheets and 3.525 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 37 → 37). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 61, top 24% of the 17 full-backs in the Primeira Liga. At 24 Araújo is in his prime years, and a market index of 23.8 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Benfica finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side
3.53 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 8 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (3rd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.16 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
- Defensive volume. 3.53 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 55.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 60.6, Araújo carries the 4th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Primeira Liga (top 24%). Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.53 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.
