Amaral's current-season form is level with last season (Season 19→19), while his Rating eased 57→43. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 28).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Estoril · 10th	27	0	2	6.45	43	19
2024/25	Estoril · 8th	29	0	2	6.73	57	19
2023/24	Lamia · 4th	18	1	2	6.87	35	6
2022/23	Al Khaleej Saihat · 14th	15	1	1	6.84	48	14
2022/23	Rio Ave · 12th	13	1	2	6.83	55	13
2021/22	Rio Ave · 1st	28	0	0	—	53	28

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons and 6 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U21	2	0
Portugal U19	1	0
Portugal U17	1	0

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

Scout report

Project playerDefensive midfielder

Pedro Amaral is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at Estoril, rated 42.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 250th of 317 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (60.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.75 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Amaral.

Judged on this season alone, Amaral graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 27th of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 1.747 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 19 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, 32nd of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 28 Amaral is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Trending upStepped up 2022/234 clubs

Current potential32nd of 40 defensive midfielders · Primeira Liga Current season27th of 40 defensive midfielders · Primeira Liga27th-best defensive midfielder in the Primeira Liga250th in the Primeira Liga · potential32nd-highest potential defensive midfielder in the Primeira Liga

42.9

Ratingi

32nd of 40 defensive midfielders

19.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

60.6%

Minutes

a regular starter

1.75

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Estoril finished 10th of 18 · a mid-table side

1.75

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

1.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 60.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Defensive numbers. Modest 1.75 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 42.9, Amaral carries the 32nd-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Primeira Liga of 40. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.75 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 %60.6%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.097

Goal contribution / 900.097

Defensive actions / 901.747

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %33.3

Pass accuracy %82

Dribble success %26.7

Cards / 900.146

Foul involvement / 901.892

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 (~16), then tapers with age. At 28, Amaral sits on 9.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Amaral's projected Rating — 42.9 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.