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Tamás Nikitscher 44

Rio Ave Defensive Midfield Age 26 Height 193 cm Right foot Hungary

Deployed as Central Midfield in 10 of last 10 starts · declared Defensive Midfield

56% of team minutes · 1824 minutes, 20 starts in 36 team matches 63rd percentile
1 + 1 goals and assists · 0.10 per 90 · 6% of team goals 32nd percentile
6.64 average rating over 31 rated matches 21st percentile
0 no injury or suspension spells recorded in the last 12 months
Reads the gameBusy defenderKeeps the ball No big chances createdLoses tackles

DNA strand · vs Liga Portugal midfielders (n = 108) · 1824 minutes · hollow tick = rank across all covered leagues

Overall

Rating 6.64 21 Goals + assists /90 0.10 32 Share of team minutes 56% 63 Cards /90 0.39 18 Fouls /90 2.22 8

Creation

Chances created /90 0.30 7 Key passes /90 0.30 8 Big chances created /90 0.00 0 Assists /90 0.05 45 Passes /90 36.51 50 Pass accuracy 88% 79 Final-third passes /90 3.75 42 Accurate crosses /90 0.05 19 Long balls won /90 1.18 41

Defence

Defensive actions /90 7.85 94 Tackles /90 2.71 86 Tackle success 42% 3 Interceptions /90 1.92 97 Recoveries /90 4.98 78 Duel success 56% 85 Possession lost /90 7.50 93

Threat

Goals /90 0.05 40 xG /90 0.02 10 Shots /90 0.59 18 Dribbles /90 0.39 29 Dribble success 50% 63 Touches /90 52.30 43

Each rung is a percentile among Liga Portugal midfielders 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 · Rio Ave results by his involvement

20 matches · 5–4–11 · 0.95 ppg · 0.8 scored, 1.75 conceded per game · 1642 minutes

Team 0.95 ppg when he starts (20) v 1.12 when he does not (16)

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

Last 20 appearances anywhere, newest first.

365-day average 6.64 6.56.47.37.06.87.16.96.47.76.56.37.06.36.86.67.36.96.56.36.3
DateMatchPosMinGAxGShKPRating
2026-09-14 D 3–3 v Estrela Amadora · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 68 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3
2026-09-06 L 0–4 at Santa Clara · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3
2026-08-28 L 0–4 v Sporting CP · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 74 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5
2026-08-22 W 2–0 at Estoril · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 0.02 1.0 0.0 6.9
2026-08-15 L 0–2 v Porto · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 0.04 1.0 1.0 7.3
2026-08-09 L 0–1 at Gil Vicente · Liga Portugal Midfielder sub 40 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.6
2026-05-16 D 1–1 at Casa Pia · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 0.0 0.0 1.0 6.8
2026-05-11 L 1–4 v Sporting CP · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 0.02 1.0 0.0 6.3
2026-05-03 D 0–0 v Gil Vicente · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 0.03 1.0 0.0 7.0
2026-04-25 L 0–2 at Vitória Guimarães · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 77 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3
2026-04-17 D 2–2 v AVS · Liga Portugal Midfielder sub 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5
2026-04-11 W 2–0 at Santa Clara · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 1 0.04 1.0 0.0 7.7
2026-04-04 L 1–2 v Alverca · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 42 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.4
2026-03-22 W 2–1 at Estoril · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.9
2026-03-15 W 2–1 v Estrela Amadora · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 0.0 0.0 1.0 7.1
2026-03-09 W 1–0 at Tondela · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
2026-03-01 D 0–0 v Famalicão · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 79 0.06 2.0 0.0 7.0
2026-02-22 L 0–1 at Porto · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 83 0.03 1.0 0.0 7.3
2026-02-16 L 1–2 v Moreirense · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 60 0.07 1.0 0.0 6.4
2026-02-08 L 0–3 at Sporting Braga · Liga Portugal Central Midfield 90 0.04 1.0 0.0 6.5

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

Rio Ave

SeasonAppsStartsMinGAxGRatingTop scorersAssists
2026/2027 · Liga Portugal current 6 5 452 84% 0 0 0.1 6.65 28th – –
2025/2026 · Liga Portugal 27 15 1377 45% 1 1 0.4 6.64 16th #190 (1) #171 (1)

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 · 3 moves · €1.5m in fees

  1. 1 Sep 2025 Transfer Real Valladolid → Rio Ave €500k Defensive Midfield
  2. 29 Jan 2025 Transfer Kecskemeti TE → Real Valladolid €1m Central Midfield
  3. 24 Jan 2023 Transfer Paksi SE W → Kecskemeti TE Central Midfield

Injuries and suspensions · 0 spells

No spells recorded.

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