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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Juventude.
Injury-affected season
Missed 13 of Juventude's ~38 games this season through 13 injury absences (pubis bone contusion, adductor, injury). He still appeared 18 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 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1485 | 6.94 |
Scout report
Rodrigo Sam is a 31-year-old central defender at Juventude, rated 28.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 279th of 413 on scout potential in the Serie A. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (43.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sam.
Judged on this season alone, Sam graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 28th of 68 of the 68 centre-backs in the Serie A, on 3 clean sheets and 4.061 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 11 → 18).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 45th of 68 of the 68 centre-backs in the Serie A. At 31 Sam is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Sam missed 13 games through injury (pubis bone contusion, adductor, injury) out of roughly 38 this season. The 18 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.
Sam is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Juventude finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 18 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 43.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 28.1, Sam carries the 45th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Serie A of 68, 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 solid defensive volume (4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).
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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