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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Sport Recife.
Injury-affected season
Missed 11 of Sport Recife's ~38 games this season through 11 injury absences (sprained ankle, ankle, yellow cards). He still appeared 23 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 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 999 | 6.83 |
 Pernambucano - 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
 Copa do Nordeste | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
 Copa Do Brasil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Scout report
Sérgio Oliveira is a 34-year-old central midfielder at Sport Recife, enjoying a standout season — 1 goals and 1 assists in 23 appearances, a Season grade of 21, top 62% of Serie A central midfielders. On long-term scout potential he's rated 15.7, ranking 390th of 413 in the Serie A. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (41.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.7 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Oliveira.
Judged on this season alone, Oliveira graded 21 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 39th of 63 of the 63 central midfielders in the Serie A, on 1 goal, 1 assist and 2.703 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 2 → 21). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 16, 59th of 63 of the 63 central midfielders in the Serie A. At 34 Oliveira is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Oliveira missed 11 games through injury (sprained ankle, ankle, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 23 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.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Sport Recife finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
2.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 23 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.18 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 41.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 34, 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 15.7, Oliveira carries the 59th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Serie A of 63, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Sport Recife finished 20th 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 moderate defensive volume (2.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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