Samu's current-season form is up 25% on last season (Season 28→35), while his Rating eased 44→38. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 53).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Guimaraes · 9th	29	7	3	6.77	38	35
2024/25	Guimaraes · 6th	31	2	1	7.03	44	28
2023/24	Guimaraes	32	4	2	7.25	—	—
2023/24	Vizela · 17th	32	4	2	7.25	53	50
2022/23	Vizela · 11th	33	3	4	6.95	59	53
2022/23	Guimaraes	32	3	4	6.95	—	—
2021/22	Vizela · 14th	30	4	3	7.03	63	52

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerAttacking midfielder

Samu is a 30-year-old attacking midfielder at Guimaraes, rated 37.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 265th of 317 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (66.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.44 goal contributions per 90 (0.31 goals, 0.13 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Samu.

Judged on this season alone, Samu graded 35 — a strong campaign that ranks top 28% of the 48 attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 7 goals and 3 assists in 29 appearances (0.442 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 28 → 35). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, 45th of 48 of the 48 attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 30 Samu is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 11.2 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: 2021/22Stepped up 2021/22

Current potential45th of 48 attacking midfielders · Primeira Liga Current seasonTop 28% attacking midfielders · Primeira Liga13th-best attacking midfielder in the Primeira Liga265th in the Primeira Liga · potential45th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Primeira Liga

37.8

Ratingi

45th of 48 attacking midfielders

35.3

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

66.6%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.44

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Guimaraes finished 9th of 18 · a mid-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.24

Goals / app

7 goals in 29 appearances (0.24 per game) for a mid-table side. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 10 goal contributions (0.34 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 66.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.44 goal contributions per 90 (0.31 goals, 0.13 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 37.8, Samu carries the 45th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga of 48. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.44 goal contributions per 90). 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %66.6%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.309

Assists / 900.132

Goal contribution / 900.442

Defensive actions / 903.003

Player flow

Goal involvements10

Shot conversion %36.8

Shot accuracy %51.4

Pass accuracy %77

Dribble success %36

Cards / 900.177

Foul involvement / 903.091

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 (~23), then tapers with age. At 30, Samu sits on 11.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Samu's projected Rating — 37.8 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.