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Ricardo Esgaio 47

Gil Vicente Right Back Age 33 Height 172 cm Right foot Portugal
New signing · 1 Jul

Deployed as Right Back in 5 of last 5 starts

14% of team minutes · 423 minutes, 5 starts in 34 team matches 10th percentile
0 + 0 goals and assists · 0.00 per 90 · 0% of team goals 0th percentile
6.64 average rating over 5 rated matches 23rd percentile
0 no injury or suspension spells recorded in the last 12 months
Tackles oftenDangerous crosser Rarely involved in goalsFew aerials won

DNA strand · vs Liga Portugal defenders (n = 100) · 423 minutes · hollow tick = rank across all covered leagues

Overall

Rating 6.64 23 Goals + assists /90 0.00 0 Share of team minutes 14% 10 Cards /90 0.43 11 Fouls /90 1.49 25

Defence

Defensive actions /90 6.38 31 Tackles /90 2.34 87 Tackle success 27% 1 Interceptions /90 0.64 16 Clearances /90 2.98 30 Blocked shots /90 0.43 41 Recoveries /90 3.19 40 Duel success 47% 7 Aerials won /90 0.21 0 Aerial success no sample Dribbled past /90 0.85 14 Errors /90 0.21 7 Possession lost /90 14.26 19

On the ball

Passes /90 48.72 56 Pass accuracy 81% 22 Final-third passes /90 4.89 44 Accurate crosses /90 0.64 81 Long balls won /90 1.91 46

Threat

Goals /90 0.00 0 xG /90 0.00 0 Chances created /90 0.64 59 Key passes /90 0.64 67

Each rung is a percentile among Liga Portugal defenders over the same window (1 = best on every axis, so fewer cards or errors reads as a high rung). Rates need 270 minutes with detailed stats; ratios need a volume floor. Grey rungs are below their gate.

Started record · Gil Vicente results by his involvement

5 matches · 2–1–2 · 1.4 ppg · 0.8 scored, 0.8 conceded per game · 423 minutes

"Not in squad" counts the club's matches with lineup coverage while he was listed at the club. A record, not an effect.

Last 5 appearances anywhere, newest first.

365-day average 6.64 7.46.86.56.85.7
DateMatchPosMinGAxGShKPRating
2026-09-13 L 1–3 at Benfica · Liga Portugal Right Back 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7
2026-09-06 L 0–1 v Academico Viseu · Liga Portugal Right Back 63 0.0 0.0 2.0 6.8
2026-08-30 D 0–0 at Famalicão · Liga Portugal Right Back 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5
2026-08-24 W 2–0 v Casa Pia · Liga Portugal Right Back 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
2026-08-09 W 1–0 v Rio Ave · Liga Portugal Right Back 90 0.0 0.0 1.0 7.4

xG and shots need detailed match coverage; a dash means the match had none.

Gil Vicente

SeasonAppsStartsMinGAxGRatingTop scorersAssists
2026/2027 · Liga Portugal current New signing · 1 Jul 5 5 423 94% 0 0 0.0 6.64 19th – –

Rating percentile is within the domestic league and position for that season. Top-scorer and assist ranks come from the provider's season leaderboards where the competition publishes them.

Transfers · 7 moves · €5.5m in fees

  1. 1 Jul 2026 Transfer Fatih Karagümrük → Gil Vicente Right Back
  2. 1 Sep 2025 Free transfer Sporting CP → Fatih Karagümrük Right Back
  3. 3 Jul 2021 Transfer Sporting Braga → Sporting CP €5.5m Right Back
  4. 1 Jul 2017 Transfer Sporting CP → Sporting Braga Defender
  5. 30 Jun 2015 End of loan Académica → Sporting CP Defender
  6. 31 Jan 2015 Loan Sporting CP → Académica Defender
  7. 1 Jul 2014 Transfer Sporting CP II → Sporting CP Defender

Injuries and suspensions · 3 spells · 3 injuries · 6 games missed

  • injury COVID 19 at Sporting CP 13 Dec 2021 → 21 Dec 2021 2 missed · 8 days
  • injury Knee Injury at Sporting Braga 1 Mar 2019 → 14 Mar 2019 2 missed · 13 days
  • injury Knee Injury at Sporting Braga 1 Jan 2019 → 8 Jan 2019 2 missed · 7 days

Compare Ricardo Esgaio with any player in a current squad. The overall block is always mirrored; the positional strand and radar are mirrored when the declared position groups match.