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).
MJ
54
Marlon Júnior 
Age 21 · Centre-Back · Portimonense SAD
Started 25 of 29 games
29apps
2090mins
25starts
€500Kvalue
54
Salvador Blopa
Age 19 · Right-Back · Sporting CP B
0.9 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
19apps
1002mins
10starts
€2.5Mvalue
54
Miguel Nogueira
Age 21 · Right Winger · Vitória Guimarães SC
Value up 5x in 12 months
30apps
1632mins
4+3G+A
€2.5Mvalue
RR
54
Rodrigo Rodrigues
Age 18 · Right Winger · Sporting CP B
Started 12 of 14 games
14apps
1020mins
2+2G+A
€500Kvalue
54
Kiko
Age 24 · Left-Back · Moreirense FC
Started 24 of 30 games
30apps
2085mins
24starts
€2.5Mvalue
JM
54
José Müller
Age 23 · Centre-Back · FC Lahti 
Started 27 of 29 games
29apps
2363mins
27starts
€150Kvalue
AA
54
Afonso Assis
Age 20 · Defensive Midfielder · Moreirense FC
Value up 67% in 12 months
16apps
836mins
1+1G+A
€500Kvalue
BF
53
Bruno Faria
Age 22 · Centre-Back · Lusitânia FC Lourosa
22-year-old Liga Portugal 2 player
25apps
1460mins
16starts
€400Kvalue
DB
53
Diogo Brasido
Age 23 · Right-Back · Avs Futebol
Value up more than 2x in 12 months
21apps
1477mins
16starts
€200Kvalue
53
Gilberto Batista 
Age 22 · Centre-Back · Moreirense FC
Value up 10x in 12 months
31apps
2451mins
27starts
€2Mvalue
DC
53
David Costa 
Age 22 · Attacking Midfielder · Eyüpspor 
Started 18 of 19 games
19apps
1516mins
4+2G+A
€800Kvalue
JR
52
João Resende
Age 23 · Striker · SC Farense
23-year-old Liga Portugal 2 player
39apps
2015mins
6+4G+A
€250Kvalue
MC
52
Melvin Costa
Age 22 · Left Winger · Amarante FC
2 goals, 1 assist in his last 5 games
13apps
917mins
4+1G+A
€300Kvalue
JG
52
Jastin Garcia 
Age 22 · Left Winger · Girona FC
Value up more than 2x in 12 months
28apps
1383mins
5+2G+A
€500Kvalue
52
Rui Silva
Age 19 · Centre-Back · SL Benfica B
Value up nearly 3x since his first valuation
19apps
1482mins
15starts
€1Mvalue
52
Leandro Santos
Age 21 · Right-Back · Moreirense FC
21-year-old Liga Portugal player
22apps
1134mins
12starts
€1Mvalue
GM
52
Gil Martins
Age 20 · Attacking Midfielder · Gil Vicente FC
1 goal, 2 assists in his last 5 games
13apps
914mins
1+2G+A
€1.5Mvalue
DS
51
Diogo Spencer
Age 22 · Right-Back · FC Alverca
Senior debut at 17
23apps
1535mins
17starts
€2Mvalue
TV
51
Tiago Ventura
Age 24 · Right Midfielder · FC Felgueiras 1932
24-year-old Liga Portugal 2 player
19apps
1145mins
3+0G+A
€325Kvalue
RB
51
Rafael Brito
Age 24 · Defensive Midfielder · SC Otelul Galati 
Senior debut at 17
27apps
1521mins
2+1G+A
€600Kvalue
AL
51
André Liberal
Age 24 · Striker · Septemvri Sofia 
24-year-old Bulgarian First League player
25apps
1308mins
5+1G+A
€150Kvalue
AB
51
Amadu Baldé
Age 21 · Central Midfielder · Leixões SC
Started 24 of 27 games
27apps
2125mins
0+1G+A
€450Kvalue
50
Diogo Ferreira
Age 19 · Goalkeeper · SL Benfica B
Started 26 of 26 games
26apps
2340mins
26starts
€1.5Mvalue
MT
50
Miguel Teixeira
Age 23 · Central Midfielder · Lusitânia FC Lourosa
Value up 60% since his first valuation
35apps
1856mins
1+2G+A
€600Kvalue
TP
50
Tiago Parente
Age 22 · Left-Back · GD Estoril Praia
0.82 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
23apps
1205mins
12starts
€500Kvalue
50
Cardoso Varela 
Age 17 · Left Winger · FC Porto B
Value up more than 3x in 12 months
24apps
716mins
2+1G+A
€1Mvalue
CM
50
Christian Marques 
Age 23 · Centre-Back · CD Tondela
Started 33 of 34 games
34apps
2919mins
33starts
€2Mvalue
DM
50
Duarte Moreira
Age 24 · Striker · Hamarkameratene 
Started 27 of 30 games
30apps
2307mins
3+3G+A
€600Kvalue
50
Samuel Justo
Age 22 · Central Midfielder · Sporting CP B
Value up more than 4x in 12 months
33apps
2586mins
4+1G+A
€1.7Mvalue
FD
50
Francisco Dias
Age 23 · Left-Back · Vitória Guimarães SC
0.69 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
12apps
1047mins
12starts
€200Kvalue
MF
49
Martim Ferreira
Age 20 · Defensive Midfielder · SL Benfica B
Value up more than 2x since his first valuation
28apps
2091mins
0+1G+A
€800Kvalue
49
Leonardo Barroso
Age 21 · Right-Back · Chicago Fire FC 
Started 13 of 15 games
15apps
987mins
13starts
€1Mvalue
PC
49
Pedro Carvalho
Age 23 · Right-Back · GD Estoril Praia
Value up 60% in 12 months
27apps
975mins
9starts
€800Kvalue
V
48
Vlad
Age 17 · Left Winger · RC Celta Fortuna
Senior debut at 16
24apps
765mins
1+1G+A
€700Kvalue
48
Gonçalo Ribeiro
Age 20 · Goalkeeper · FC Porto B
Started 16 of 16 games
16apps
1435mins
16starts
€1Mvalue
SS
48
Samuel Soares
Age 24 · Goalkeeper · SL Benfica
0.76 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
15apps
1305mins
15starts
€3Mvalue
AC
48
André Candeias
Age 23 · Right Winger · SC Farense
23-year-old Liga Portugal 2 player
31apps
1641mins
4+2G+A
€650Kvalue
47
Mauro Couto
Age 20 · Right Winger · Sporting CP B
2 goals, 1 assist in his last 5 games
31apps
2225mins
2+4G+A
€1.5Mvalue
B
47
Bernardes
Age 20 · Left Winger · SL Benfica B
20-year-old Liga Portugal 2 player
17apps
835mins
4+0G+A
€200Kvalue
LH
47
Liam Hermesh 
Age 22 · Defensive Midfielder · Grazer AK 1902 
Started 18 of 20 games
20apps
1423mins
1+1G+A
€200Kvalue
PS
47
Pedro Santos
Age 23 · Right Winger · FC Famalicão
23-year-old Liga Portugal player
25apps
922mins
2+3G+A
€600Kvalue
47
André Miranda
Age 19 · Right Winger · FC Porto B
Value up more than 2x since his first valuation
16apps
924mins
2+1G+A
€1.2Mvalue
47
Tiago Andrade
Age 20 · Left Winger · Moreirense FC
20-year-old Liga Portugal player
29apps
1318mins
4+1G+A
€1.5Mvalue
HA
46
Henrique Araújo
Age 24 · Striker · Casa Pia AC
24-year-old Liga Portugal player
18apps
1009mins
3+3G+A
€1Mvalue
46
Eduardo Felicíssimo
Age 19 · Defensive Midfielder · Sporting CP B
Senior debut at 17
27apps
1457mins
0+3G+A
€2Mvalue
AG
46
André Gonçalves
Age 23 · Left Winger · NK Veres Rivne 
2 goals, 1 assist in his last 5 games
22apps
1506mins
2+3G+A
€600Kvalue
HF
46
Hugo Faria
Age 22 · Centre-Back · Leixões SC
22-year-old Liga Portugal 2 player
16apps
1036mins
12starts
€200Kvalue
DN
46
Diogo Nascimento
Age 23 · Central Midfielder · Rio Ave FC
23-year-old Liga Portugal player
24apps
1421mins
1+2G+A
€3Mvalue
More nationalities
Dutch players464Turkish players462French players379Belgian players321Brazilian players316Italian players296Spanish players290American players267German players243Serbian players231Croatian players227Uruguayan players207Swedish players191Colombian players189Nigerian players180Hungarian players172Ukrainian players164Bosnian players159Finnish players158Danish players156Japanese players155Polish players147Norwegian players142