Dieguinho
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Ceara.
Injury-affected season
Missed 5 of Ceara's ~38 games this season through 5 injury absences (injury, yellow cards). He still appeared 32 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 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2690 | 7 |
 Cearense - 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 472 | — |
 Copa do Nordeste | 4 | 1 | 0 | 236 | — |
 Copa Do Brasil | 4 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 6.65 |
Scout report
Dieguinho is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at Ceara, rated 42 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 221st of 413 on scout potential in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (90.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.38 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dieguinho.
Judged on this season alone, Dieguinho graded 36 — a strong campaign that ranks top 16% of the 57 defensive midfielders in the Serie A, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 3.379 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 13 → 36). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, 28th of 57 of the 57 defensive midfielders in the Serie A. At 30 Dieguinho is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 14.3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Dieguinho missed 5 games through injury (injury, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 32 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.
Dieguinho is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Ceara finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side
3.38 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 90.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 42, Dieguinho carries the 28th-highest potential of the defensive 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. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.38 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
