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Fernandinho

Squad depthCeara · 29 yrsTransferred to Mirassol

Profile

Full nameFernando José Marques Maciel
PositionAttacking midfielder
NationalityBrazil
Age29
Date of birth19 Jul 1997
BirthplaceSão Luís
Height174 cm
Shirt number#77
ClubCeara
Attacking midfielderalso played FWD
22
Appearances
0
Goals
1
Assists
1028
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Ceara.

Injury-affected season

Missed 7 of Ceara's ~38 games this season through 7 injury absences (shoulder, hamstring, inactive). He still appeared 22 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.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Serie A220110286.75
Cearense - 1930565
Copa do Nordeste410200
Copa Do Brasil20092

Scout report

Squad depthAttacking midfielder

Fernandinho is a 29-year-old attacking midfielder at Ceara, rated 36.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 257th of 413 on scout potential in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (36.8% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Fernandinho.

Judged on this season alone, Fernandinho graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 57th of 57 of the 57 attacking midfielders in the Serie A, on 0 goals and 1 assist in 22 appearances (0.088 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 6).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 36, 37th of 57 of the 57 attacking midfielders in the Serie A. At 29 Fernandinho is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.5 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Fernandinho missed 7 games through injury (shoulder, hamstring, inactive) out of roughly 38 this season. The 22 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.

From the career report
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Fernandinho is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelInjury-hit 2025/26
Current potential37th of 57 attacking midfielders · Serie ACurrent season57th of 57 attacking midfielders · Serie A57th-best attacking midfielder in the Serie A257th in the Serie A · potential37th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Serie A
36.4
Ratingi
37th of 57 attacking midfielders
5.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
36.8%
Minutes
rotation minutes
0.09
Goal contrib / 90
low end product

Output in context · Ceara finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side

0
Goals
1
Assists
1
G+A
0
Goals / app

0 goals in 22 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 1 goal contributions in all.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 36.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Output. 0.09 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 36.4, Fernandinho carries the 37th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Serie A of 57, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Ceara finished 17th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.09 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.