Cáseres's current-season form is down 12% on last season (Season 24→21), while his Rating climbed 56→61. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 24).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	GIL Vicente · 6th	29	0	0	6.86	61	21
2024/25	GIL Vicente · 13th	21	0	0	7.06	56	24
2023/24	GIL Vicente	27	0	0	6.73	—	—
2023/24	Farense · 10th	27	0	0	6.73	57	15
2022/23	Istra 1961Loan	33	2	3	7.04	—	—
2021/22	Istra 1961Loan	17	2	0	6.64	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 earlier season in the full career.

Scout report

Key starterDefensive midfielder

F. Cáseres is a 25-year-old defensive midfielder at GIL Vicente, rated 60.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 86th of 317 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (72.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.71 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cáseres.

Judged on this season alone, Cáseres graded 21 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 23rd of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.713 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 24 → 21). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 61, top 28% of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 25 Cáseres is in his prime years, and a market index of 23.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potentialTop 28% defensive midfielders · Primeira Liga Current season23rd of 40 defensive midfielders · Primeira Liga23rd-best defensive midfielder in the Primeira Liga86th in the Primeira Liga · potential11th-highest potential defensive midfielder in the Primeira Liga

60.6

Ratingi

11th of 40 defensive midfielders

21.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

72.1%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.71

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · GIL Vicente finished 6th of 18 · an upper-table side

3.71

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th 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.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 72.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 60.6, Cáseres carries the 11th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga (top 28%). Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.71 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %72.1%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.713

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %25

Pass accuracy %89

Dribble success %66.7

Cards / 900.326

Foul involvement / 903.835

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 25, Cáseres sits on 23.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Cáseres's projected Rating — 60.6 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.