M. Elimbi Gilbert

Gilbert's current-season form is up 700% on last season (Season 5→40), while his Rating climbed 53→65. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	GIL Vicente · 6th	28	6.66	65	40
2024/25	GIL Vicente · 13th	23	6.81	53	5
2024/25	Torreense · 5th	1	5.3	42	0
2023/24	GIL Vicente	23	6.81	—	—
2023/24	Torreense · 7th	23	6.81	44	5
2022/23	OrleansLoan · 10th	23	6.81	35	8

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Key starterCentral defender

M. Elimbi Gilbert is a 23-year-old central defender at GIL Vicente, rated 64.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 31st of 317 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (79.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.4 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gilbert.

Judged on this season alone, Gilbert graded 40 — a strong campaign that ranks top 24% of the 56 centre-backs in the Primeira Liga, on 10 clean sheets and 2.405 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 40). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 65, top 4% of the 56 centre-backs in the Primeira Liga. At 23 Gilbert is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 25.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Gilbert is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2023/24

Current potentialTop 4% centre-backs · Primeira Liga Current seasonTop 24% centre-backs · Primeira Liga13th-best centre-back in the Primeira Liga31st in the Primeira Liga · potential2nd-highest potential centre-back in the Primeira Liga

64.6

Ratingi

2nd of 56 centre-backs

40.3

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

79.5%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.4

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

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

2.4

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.4 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 10 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 79.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 64.6, Gilbert carries the 2nd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Primeira Liga (top 4%). Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.4 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %79.5%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.405

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %28.6

Pass accuracy %85

Dribble success %60

Cards / 900.259

Foul involvement / 901.591

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 (~26), then tapers with age. At 23, Gilbert sits on 25.6, at or near its peak. The blue line is Gilbert's projected Rating — 64.6 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.