Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Sport Recife.
Injury-affected season
Missed 4 of Sport Recife's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences (hamstring, inactive, yellow cards). He still appeared 28 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
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1771 | 6.79 |
 Copa Do Brasil | 14 | 0 | 2 | 956 | 6.69 |
 Copa do Nordeste | 6 | 0 | 0 | 496 | — |
 Pernambucano - 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 327 | — |
Scout report
Igor Cariús is a 33-year-old full-back at Sport Recife, enjoying a standout season — 1 goals and 0 assists in 28 appearances, a Season grade of 22, top 70% of Serie A full-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 21.7, ranking 347th of 413 in the Serie A. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (57.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.07 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cariús.
Judged on this season alone, Cariús graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 49th of 70 of the 70 full-backs in the Serie A, on 3 clean sheets and 4.065 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 15 → 22). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 22, 63rd of 70 of the 70 full-backs in the Serie A. At 33 Cariús is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Cariús missed 4 games through injury (hamstring, inactive, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 28 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 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Sport Recife finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
4.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th 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 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 57.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 33, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 21.7, Cariús carries the 63rd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Serie A of 70, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Sport Recife finished 20th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
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