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Full nameLuiz Gustavo da Silva Machado Duarte
PositionAttacking midfielder
NationalityBrazil
Age24
Date of birth2 Oct 2001
BirthplaceJoão Pessoa
Height178 cm
Shirt number#44
ClubJuventude
Attacking midfielderalso played MID
32
Appearances
2
Goals
1
Assists
2479
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Juventude.

Injury-affected season

Missed 5 of Juventude's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences and 1 suspension (thigh, 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

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Serie A322124796.93
Gaúcho - 1810414
Copa Do Brasil10067
Friendlies Clubs1000

Scout report

Key starterAttacking midfielder

Mandaca is a 24-year-old attacking midfielder at Juventude, rated 65.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 50th of 413 on scout potential in the Serie A. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (83.5% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mandaca.

Judged on this season alone, Mandaca graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 39th of 57 of the 57 attacking midfielders in the Serie A, on 2 goals and 1 assist in 32 appearances (0.109 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 19 → 17).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 66, top 15% of the 57 attacking midfielders in the Serie A. At 24 Mandaca is in his prime years, and a market index of 31.2 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Mandaca missed 4 games through injury and 1 suspension (thigh, 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.

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

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelInjury-hit 2025/26
Current potentialTop 15% attacking midfielders · Serie ACurrent season39th of 57 attacking midfielders · Serie A39th-best attacking midfielder in the Serie A50th in the Serie A · potential8th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Serie A
65.6
Ratingi
8th of 57 attacking midfielders
17.2
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
83.5%
Minutes
near ever-present
0.11
Goal contrib / 90
low end product

Output in context · Juventude finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

2
Goals
1
Assists
3
G+A
0.06
Goals / app

2 goals in 32 appearances (0.06 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 3 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 83.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Output. 0.11 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

With a Rating of 65.6, Mandaca carries the 8th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Serie A (top 15%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Juventude finished 19th 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 (0.11 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

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

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.