Following his move to GIL Vicente, Fernandes's current-season form is down 33% on last season (Season 21→14), while his Rating climbed 49→58. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 21).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	GIL Vicente · 6th	24	1	3	6.68	58	14
2024/25	Hatayspor · 18th	34	3	3	6.77	49	21
2023/24	Hatayspor · 15th	31	0	3	6.71	46	9
2021/22	FC Basel 1893Loan	17	0	2	6.66	—	—
2019/20	Sporting CP	4	0	0	6.57	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U21	11	0
Portugal U20	2	0
Portugal U19	9	2
Portugal U18	2	0
Portugal U17	6	2

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCreative Attacking midfielder

Joelson Fernandes is a 23-year-old attacking midfielder at GIL Vicente, rated 57.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 122nd of 317 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (33.4% of available minutes). He brings 0.35 goal contributions per 90 (0.09 goals, 0.26 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Fernandes.

Judged on this season alone, Fernandes graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 32nd of 48 of the 48 attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 1 goal and 3 assists in 24 appearances (0.352 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 21 → 14). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 58, 23rd of 48 of the 48 attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 23 Fernandes is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 22.1 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 potential23rd of 48 attacking midfielders · Primeira Liga Current season32nd of 48 attacking midfielders · Primeira Liga32nd-best attacking midfielder in the Primeira Liga122nd in the Primeira Liga · potential23rd-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Primeira Liga

57.8

Ratingi

23rd of 48 attacking midfielders

13.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

33.4%

Minutes

limited game time

0.35

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

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

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.04

Goals / app

1 goal in 24 appearances (0.04 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 4 goal contributions (0.17 per appearance).

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.35 goal contributions per 90 (0.09 goals, 0.26 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 33.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 57.8, Fernandes carries the 23rd-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga of 48. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.35 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %33.4%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.088

Assists / 900.264

Goal contribution / 900.352

Defensive actions / 902.29

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Shot conversion %33.3

Shot accuracy %42.9

Pass accuracy %83

Dribble success %40.6

Cards / 900.264

Foul involvement / 904.491

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 (~22), then tapers with age. At 23, Fernandes sits on 22.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Fernandes's projected Rating — 57.8 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Shots on target3

Shots7

Passing

Assists3

Pass accuracy83%

Possession

Successful dribbles13

Dribble success40.6%

Fouls won32

Defending

Tackles21

Interceptions5

Fouls committed19

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

GIL Vicente2025/26 – now

Hataysporuntil 2025/26

Sporting CP B(back from loan)2022/23 – 2025/26

FC Basel 1893(on loan)2021/22 – 2022/23

Sporting CP Buntil 2021/22

About Joelson Fernandes

Joelson Augusto Mendes Mango Fernandes is a 23-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for GIL Vicente, born on February 28, 2003 in Bissau, standing 170 cm tall. He is from Portugal. GIL Vicente currently sit 6th of 18 in the Primeira Liga.

This season

In the current season, Joelson Fernandes has made 24 appearances with 1 goal and 3 assists across 1,022 minutes, averaging a 6.66 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 3 yellow cards. His season has spanned the Primeira Liga, the Taça de Portugal and the Friendlies.

When Joelson Fernandes plays, GIL Vicente's record this season is 9W-7D-8L — and his match ratings average 6.75 at home against 6.6 on the road.

Recent matches

May 16, 2026: 0-3 loss away at Sporting CP (45 minutes, 6.7 rating)
May 11, 2026: 1-3 loss at home vs Arouca (45 minutes, 6.6 rating)
April 18, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs Guimaraes (27 minutes, 6.3 rating)
April 13, 2026: 2-2 draw away at Tondela (15 minutes, 1 assist, 7 rating)
April 3, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs AVS (14 minutes, 6.3 rating)
March 2, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs Benfica (22 minutes, 6.9 rating)
February 22, 2026: 1-3 loss away at Estoril (52 minutes, 6.3 rating)
February 14, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs SC Braga (61 minutes, 6.7 rating)
February 7, 2026: 2-1 win away at Moreirense (35 minutes, 6.5 rating)
February 1, 2026: 5-0 win at home vs Famalicao (14 minutes, 1 assist, 7.3 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Joelson Fernandes at 57.8 with a Season form score of 13.5, ranking 122nd of 317 attacking midfielders in the Primeira Liga. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Primeira Liga and the Taça da Liga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 7 recorded seasons, Joelson Fernandes has totalled 143 club appearances with 20 goals and 11 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 34 appearances for Hatayspor.

Joelson Fernandes's career has also included time at Hatayspor, Sporting CP B and FC Basel 1893.

On the international stage, Joelson Fernandes has represented Portugal U21, Portugal U20, Portugal U19, Portugal U18, Portugal U17 — 30 caps and 4 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

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

Strengths

Watch points