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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Juventude.
Injury-affected season
Missed 6 of Juventude's ~38 games this season through 5 injury absences and 1 suspension (knock, yellow cards). He still appeared 19 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 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1395 | 6.68 |
 Gaúcho - 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 650 | 6.69 |
 Copa Do Brasil | 13 | 0 | 0 | 650 | 6.69 |
Scout report
Marcos Paulo is a 23-year-old central defender at Juventude, rated 59.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 91st of 413 on scout potential in the Serie A. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (40.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.9 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Paulo.
Judged on this season alone, Paulo graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 58th of 70 of the 70 full-backs in the Serie A, on 3 clean sheets and 2.903 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 1 → 13).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 60, top 32% of the 70 full-backs in the Serie A. At 23 Paulo is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 28.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Paulo missed 5 games through injury and 1 suspension (knock, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 19 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.
Output in context · Juventude finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
2.9 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (19th 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 40.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 59.7, Paulo carries the 22nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Serie A (top 32%), 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. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.9 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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