Players · Best young Portuguese footballers
Nationality · PortugalBest young Portuguese footballers
The ScoutChefAI radar has 245 young Portuguese players with at least 90 minutes in the last 12 months, dual nationals included. Of these, 59 play abroad and 186 play in Portugal. They play in 24 leagues, led by Liga Portugal 2 (128 players), Liga Portugal (58) and Ekstraklasa (6). Ranked by ScoutChefAI score, the leaders are Kasimpasa's Elson Mendes (78), CD Tondela's Cascavel (76) and CD Santa Clara's Emanuel Moreira (75).
78
Elson Mendes 
Age 21 · Defensive Midfielder · Kasimpasa 
A goal or assist every 276 minutes
29apps
1935mins
5+2G+A
€1.8Mvalue
C
76
Cascavel
Age 21 · Right Winger · CD Tondela
Started 16 of 18 games
18apps
1244mins
5+2G+A
€325Kvalue
EM
75
Emanuel Moreira
Age 23 · Centre-Back · CD Santa Clara
0.94 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
31apps
2777mins
31starts
€800Kvalue
75
Daniel Dos Santos 
Age 23 · Attacking Midfielder · FC Lugano
A goal or assist every 147 minutes
40apps
2652mins
11+7G+A
€3Mvalue
75
Lutfi Dalipi
Age 20 · Attacking Midfielder · FC Vaduz
A goal or assist every 104 minutes
34apps
2808mins
11+16G+A
€1.5Mvalue
CA
73
Cláudio Araújo
Age 23 · Central Midfielder · Leixões SC
A goal or assist every 241 minutes
35apps
2654mins
3+8G+A
€600Kvalue
73
Lucas Silva
Age 19 · Attacking Midfielder · FC Luzern
Senior debut at 17
39apps
2065mins
5+4G+A
€2.5Mvalue
71
Mateus Mide 
Age 18 · Attacking Midfielder · FC Porto B
A goal or assist every 136 minutes
23apps
950mins
2+5G+A
€2.5Mvalue
71
Francisco França
Age 24 · Defensive Midfielder · FC Felgueiras 1932
A goal or assist every 178 minutes
17apps
1243mins
6+1G+A
€275Kvalue
GC
71
Gu Costa
Age 21 · Left-Back · Académico Viseu FC
0.79 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
31apps
2619mins
29starts
€1.4Mvalue
71
Bernardo Lima
Age 18 · Central Midfielder · FC Porto B
Age 18, 925 minutes in the last 12 months
21apps
925mins
2+1G+A
€1Mvalue
TR
70
Tiago Ribeiro
Age 24 · Central Midfielder · CD Santa Clara
Value up 4x in 12 months
32apps
2274mins
3+2G+A
€600Kvalue
70
Gonçalo Sousa
Age 20 · Right Winger · Kocaelispor
Senior debut at 17
31apps
2045mins
5+8G+A
€3Mvalue
69
Bica
Age 23 · Striker · Leixões SC
Started 27 of 28 games
28apps
2270mins
11+2G+A
€500Kvalue
67
Flávio Gonçalves 
Age 19 · Left Winger · Sporting CP
2 goals, 1 assist in his last 5 games
32apps
1673mins
7+4G+A
€15Mvalue
66
Gonçalo Nogueira
Age 22 · Central Midfielder · Vitória Guimarães SC
Value up more than 8x in 12 months
33apps
1928mins
1+4G+A
€5Mvalue
HN
66
Hugo Nunes
Age 24 · Central Midfielder · Académica Coimbra
A goal or assist every 188 minutes
18apps
1127mins
2+4G+A
€100Kvalue
66
Dinis
Age 21 · Right-Back · FC Porto B
Started 26 of 28 games
28apps
2301mins
26starts
€1.3Mvalue
64
Martim Duarte
Age 23 · Goalkeeper · FC Arouca
0.6 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
10apps
900mins
10starts
—value
JR
64
João Ricardo
Age 24 · Left-Back · Amarante FC
Started 18 of 20 games
20apps
1583mins
18starts
€250Kvalue
63
José Neto
Age 18 · Left-Back · SL Benfica B
0.39 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
20apps
1376mins
17starts
€3Mvalue
GC
63
Gonçalo Cunha
Age 24 · Centre-Back · Amarante FC
Started 18 of 18 games
18apps
1606mins
18starts
€200Kvalue
62
André Simões
Age 23 · Central Midfielder · SC União Torreense
A goal or assist every 282 minutes
33apps
1410mins
1+4G+A
€900Kvalue
62
Vivaldo Semedo 
Age 21 · Striker · FC Alverca
A goal or assist every 124 minutes
28apps
871mins
5+2G+A
€2Mvalue
SV
61
Samuel Vivas
Age 22 · Centre-Back · FC Felgueiras 1932
0.68 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
15apps
1195mins
13starts
€200Kvalue
60
Afonso Silva
Age 22 · Centre-Back · Wisla Plock 
Started 33 of 34 games
34apps
2973mins
33starts
€800Kvalue
60
Zé Pedro
Age 24 · Centre-Back · UD Leiria
Started 25 of 26 games
26apps
2187mins
25starts
€750Kvalue
DP
60
Diogo Prioste
Age 22 · Central Midfielder · Gil Vicente FC
A goal or assist every 228 minutes
31apps
2503mins
4+7G+A
€2Mvalue
60
João Fonseca
Age 20 · Centre-Back · SL Benfica B
Started 22 of 22 games
22apps
1774mins
22starts
€800Kvalue
59
Guilherme Montóia
Age 23 · Left-Back · Jagiellonia Bialystok
Value up 88% in 12 months
36apps
2541mins
26starts
€750Kvalue
GN
59
Gonçalo Negrão
Age 23 · Right-Back · FC Penafiel
Started 24 of 29 games
29apps
1860mins
24starts
€300Kvalue
FD
59
Filipe de Carvalho
Age 22 · Left Winger · Vitesse Arnhem 
2 goals, 1 assist in his last 5 games
36apps
2278mins
6+6G+A
€300Kvalue
58
Gonçalo Moreira
Age 20 · Attacking Midfielder · SL Benfica B
A goal or assist every 149 minutes
29apps
1637mins
5+6G+A
€1.8Mvalue
N
58
Nuninho
Age 23 · Left Winger · FC Penafiel
23-year-old Liga Portugal 2 player
21apps
1337mins
7+1G+A
€100Kvalue
SN
58
Serif Nhaga 
Age 21 · Left-Back · Leixões SC
0.9 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
25apps
1305mins
13starts
€400Kvalue
MF
58
Martim Ferreira
Age 23 · Left Winger · FC Lahti 
Started 25 of 28 games
28apps
1796mins
2+5G+A
€100Kvalue
57
Rafael Nel
Age 21 · Striker · Sporting CP B
A goal or assist every 117 minutes
34apps
1865mins
11+5G+A
€4Mvalue
MM
57
Manuel Mendonça
Age 21 · Attacking Midfielder · Moreirense FC
Value up 67% since his first valuation
32apps
1887mins
2+3G+A
€2Mvalue
M
57
Mamede 
Age 24 · Right Winger · Portimonense SAD
Value up more than 4x in 12 months
29apps
2145mins
3+3G+A
€450Kvalue
L
57
Lourenço
Age 22 · Centre-Back · Leixões SC
Started 28 of 31 games
31apps
2454mins
28starts
€800Kvalue
JP
57
João Pinto
Age 22 · Right Winger · Vitesse Arnhem
Value up more than 5x in 12 months
36apps
1867mins
6+4G+A
€275Kvalue
VM
57
Vladimir Mendes
Age 21 · Left-Back · Botev Plovdiv 
21-year-old Bulgarian First League player
11apps
858mins
10starts
€100Kvalue
56
Tiago Freitas
Age 20 · Central Midfielder · SL Benfica B
A goal or assist every 189 minutes
27apps
1135mins
2+4G+A
€550Kvalue
55
Rodrigo Dias
Age 21 · Left-Back · Sporting CP B
Started 26 of 30 games
30apps
2259mins
26starts
€1.5Mvalue
55
João Veloso
Age 21 · Central Midfielder · Moreirense FC
21-year-old Liga Portugal player
17apps
941mins
2+1G+A
€1.5Mvalue
V
55
Vasconcelos
Age 21 · Attacking Midfielder · CD Santa Clara
A goal or assist every 136 minutes
14apps
815mins
4+2G+A
€1Mvalue
GB
55
Gabriel Brás
Age 22 · Centre-Back · NEC Nijmegen
Started 28 of 29 games
29apps
2504mins
28starts
€2Mvalue
54
Duarte Cunha
Age 18 · Right Winger · FC Porto B
18-year-old Liga Portugal 2 player
18apps
780mins
3+1G+A
€1.5Mvalue
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