Rui Silva

AI Scouting Report

Silva is the rare Liga Portugal goalkeeper who earns his keep with his feet rather than his fists—a quietly modern operator in a league still dominated by traditional stoppers. His 76.5% pass accuracy places him in the top 20% among his positional peers, a genuine marker of technical reliability under pressure. The counterintuitive detail, though, is that his below-average passes-per-90 suggests he isn't asked to play out frequently—meaning that accuracy figure reflects quality over volume, not just a high-touch system inflating the number. His aerial output is concerningly low, sitting below the league average, and his ground duel numbers compound that physical limitation; against direct, physical attackers, he can be exposed.