Ferreira's current-season form is down 42% on last season (Season 38→22), while his Rating eased 57→44. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 38).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Santa Clara · 13th	31	0	0	6.76	44	22
2024/25	Santa Clara · 5th	32	0	4	6.86	57	38
2023/24	Santa Clara · 1st	32	0	4	6.86	50	35
2023/24	Aalborg	32	0	4	6.86	—	—
2022/23	Aalborg · 3rd	27	2	0	6.88	41	33
2021/22	Aalborg · 5th	17	2	0	6.88	40	24

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U17	6	0

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

Scout report

Project playerBall-winning Defensive midfielder

Pedro Ferreira is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at Santa Clara, rated 44.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 244th of 317 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (64.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.62 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ferreira.

Judged on this season alone, Ferreira graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 21st of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.617 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 38 → 22). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 44, 30th of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 28 Ferreira is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downRemarkably consistentStepped up 2024/25

Current potential30th of 40 defensive midfielders · Primeira Liga Current season21st of 40 defensive midfielders · Primeira Liga21st-best defensive midfielder in the Primeira Liga244th in the Primeira Liga · potential30th-highest potential defensive midfielder in the Primeira Liga

44.3

Ratingi

30th of 40 defensive midfielders

22.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

64.3%

Minutes

a regular starter

4.62

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Santa Clara finished 10th of 20 · a mid-table side

4.62

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 31 appearances.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 64.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 4.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 44.3, Ferreira carries the 30th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga of 40. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %64.3%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 904.617

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %16.7

Pass accuracy %74

Dribble success %41.2

Cards / 900.183

Foul involvement / 902.468

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 (~17), then tapers with age. At 28, Ferreira sits on 10.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ferreira's projected Rating — 44.3 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.