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Full namePaolo Mauricio Lemos Merladett
PositionCentre-back
NationalityUruguay
Age30
Date of birth28 Dec 1995
BirthplaceRivera
Height187 cm
ClubVasco DA Gama
Centre-back
10
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
244
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Vasco DA Gama.

Injury-affected season

Missed 6 of Vasco DA Gama's ~38 games this season through 6 injury absences (injury, inactive). He still appeared 10 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 A10002447.17
CONMEBOL Sudamericana5002256.8
Carioca - 1100246.9
Carioca A21000
Copa Do Brasil2000

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Central defender

M. Lemos is a 30-year-old central defender at Vasco DA Gama, rated 26.5 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (8.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.8 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lemos.

On the season, Lemos graded 3 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets and 4.795 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 8 → 3). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 27. At 30 Lemos is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.3 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Lemos missed 6 games through injury (injury, inactive) out of roughly 38 this season. The 10 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.

From the career report
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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24StreakyInjury-hit 2025/264 clubs
26.5
Ratingi
below regular-starter level
2.8
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
8.5%
Minutes
limited game time
4.8
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Vasco DA Gama finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side

4.8
Def. / 90
1
Tackles
3
Interceptions
0
Clean sheets

4.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume across 10 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th 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.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 4.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 8.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 26.5 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.8 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.