Nuno Santos

No seasonal row in tracked leagues — check recent matches below.

Season rates refresh weekly · peer percentiles from league cohorts · match log ~6h after FT.

Availability

Injury & sideline log · current status + two-year history

• Patellar tendon rupture

  Oct 2024 – Jan 2026

  462d · 74 missed

• Knee injury

  Jul 2024 – Aug 2024

  27d · 3 missed

489 days out recorded in last 2 years

Status clears when return date has passed or the daily injury sync marks the player fit · not medical advice.

RT estimated values · updated every few days · may lag breaking news by one revision.

Transfer path

Documented moves (11 on record) · "Fee not public" = transfer fee was not reported

1. Club not on file→Sporting CP

   Aug 2020 · 20/21

   Fee not public

2. SL Benfica B→Club not on file

   Jul 2017 · 17/18

   Fee not public

3. Club not on file→SL Benfica B

   Jun 2017 · 16/17

   Loan

4. SL Benfica B→Club not on file

   Jul 2016 · 16/17

   Loan

Career profile

Estimated value rank vs peer groups, plus where they have played by position.

• Liga PTWvsVitória Guimarães

  4 May 26 · 20'

  5–1

  Match rating6.8
• Liga PTDvsTondela

  29 Apr 26 · 3'

  2–2

  Match rating

AI scouting report

Santos is the rare defender who creates more danger than most attackers in Liga Portugal—his 3.07 key passes per 90 and 2.05 shots per 90 both land in the top 5% of all defenders in the division, numbers that belong on a winger's profile, not a backline one. His 100% duel win rate sounds like a small-sample anomaly—and with only 352 minutes, it partly is—but his 90.9% pass accuracy suggests genuine technical quality rather than a player simply avoiding contact. Here's the counterintuitive read: his low press intensity isn't laziness, it's positioning intelligence; he intercepts above average precisely because he reads the game rather than chasing it. The genuine concern is aerial duels, where he falls below average—a real liability against direct opponents.