Nilton Varela Stats, Market Value & Form

Summary

Nilton Varela has already shown a remarkable ability to carry the ball past opponents this season. In his first appearance of the 2026/27 Primeira Liga campaign, he logged 10 minutes on the pitch, during which he completed 9 successful dribbles per 90 minutes, a figure that far exceeds the league baseline of 0.36. Varela also recorded 9 tackles per 90 minutes compared with the baseline 1.65, indicating a strong defensive presence. Although he has yet to register a goal, assist, shot, or key pass, his average match rating of 6.6 reflects his overall impact on the game. Nilton Varela’s performance so far demonstrates that he carries the ball past opponents far more than his peers, setting a high standard for the rest of the season.

Nilton Varela has played 10 minutes across 1 appearance in Primeira Liga, at 0.00 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.06 and averaging 6.60 a match.

Written by Pythia from this player's own numbers.

Tackles per match

Total

Per match

0.50

Interceptions per match

Total

Per match

0.20

Duels won per match

Dotted line: duels won %

Total

Win rate

54%

Blocks per match

Total

Per match

0.30

Pass accuracy per match

Dotted line: accuracy %

Completed

Accuracy

67%

Fouls per match

Total

Per match

0.30

Dribbled past per match

Total

Per match

0.30

Saves per match

Total

Per match

0.00

Save rate

Per 90 against his positional baseline

Tackles /90		9.00 1.66 1.60
Interceptions /90		0.00 1.12 0.89
Duels won /90		27.00 4.85 4.75
Blocks /90		0.00 0.66 0.40
Passes /90		18.00 49.76 40.68
Fouls /90		0.00 0.98 1.09

Black tick is the positional baseline: the average defender in Primeira Liga with 900+ minutes (158 players). Amber is the league average across every outfield position, which is what shows a defender out-passing most midfielders. Green means better for that metric, which for fouls and goals conceded means fewer.

Shape

Solid is the player, dashed ring is the positional baseline.

Player	Pos	Apps	Mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	On tgt	Goals /shot	Key passes	Pass acc	Dribbles	Drib %	Tackles	Interc.	Blocks	Duels won %	Fouls	Fouled	Yel	Saves	Rating	Form
Paulo Henrique	D	4	367	1	0	7	2	14%	1	79%	3	100%	3	3	0	55%	6	2	0	0	6.90	–
Martín Tejón	M	4	339	1	1	10	5	10%	6	77%	8	80%	6	1	0	54%	5	13	0	0	7.28	–
Raphael Guzzo	M	4	335	1	0	3	3	33%	3	69%	1	33%	8	3	6	47%	8	5	3	0	6.85	–
Adrián Butzke	F	4	328	1	0	6	1	17%	6	56%	0	0%	2	0	0	47%	5	5	1	0	6.88	–
Simo Bouzaidi	M	3	222	1	0	3	1	33%	5	81%	1	25%	1	0	0	19%	5	2	0	0	6.80	–
Maurice Boakye	F	4	77	1	0	1	1	100%	0	50%	0	0%	4	0	0	42%	2	2	0	0	6.78	–
Igor Julião	D	4	367	0	0	0	0	–	6	76%	1	25%	10	4	0	45%	4	2	2	0	6.38	–
Romain Correia	D	4	367	0	0	2	0	0%	1	91%	0	–	4	3	2	67%	1	1	0	0	6.92	–
Alfonso Pastor	G	4	367	0	0	0	0	–	0	56%	0	–	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	17	6.92	–
Rafael Fernandes	D	4	364	0	0	1	0	0%	1	86%	0	0%	3	1	2	64%	2	2	0	0	6.60	–
Rodrigo Andrade	M	4	358	0	0	2	1	0%	2	83%	1	50%	11	3	2	46%	10	4	0	0	6.72	–
Vladan Danilović	M	4	330	0	0	2	1	0%	0	89%	0	0%	5	5	0	57%	5	5	0	0	7.02	–
Samuel Bamba	F	4	91	0	0	2	1	0%	1	67%	0	0%	1	0	1	31%	2	3	0	0	6.45	–
Bryan Limbombe	F	2	77	0	0	0	0	–	0	87%	0	0%	1	0	0	25%	1	0	0	0	6.45	–
Tomás Tavares	D	2	28	0	0	0	0	–	0	100%	0	–	0	0	0	0%	0	0	1	0	6.80	–
Israel Ayuma	M	2	21	0	0	0	0	–	1	100%	0	0%	2	0	0	40%	0	0	0	0	6.65	–
Gábor Szalai	D	2	10	0	0	0	0	–	0	100%	0	–	1	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	6.60	–
Nilton Varela	D	1	10	0	0	0	0	–	0	0%	1	100%	1	0	0	75%	0	0	0	0	6.60	–
Maxime Dominguez	M	1	9	0	0	0	0	–	0	50%	0	–	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	6.60	–
Yellu Santiago	M	1	1	0	0	0	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	–	–

Per-player totals for 2026/27 from API-Football match stats, across 20 players. Click any column to sort. Goals/shot is conversion - goals divided by shots taken. Rating is API-Football's own 0-10 composite for each appearance, averaged here; it is their proprietary score, so treat it as a summary rather than an input. A blank from the provider means the player recorded none of that event, so it counts as zero. Form is 0-10: each appearance is scored as a per-90 composite of the stats that matter for that position, then the last 5 are compared with the player's own season baseline. 5 is their normal, green a hot run, red a cold one – it measures a player against themselves, not against the squad. Under 6 appearances shows a dash rather than a number off too small a sample.

Season	Club	Comp	Apps	Mins	Assists	Shots	On tgt	Goals /shot	Key passes	Pass acc	Dribbles	Tackles	Interc.	Duels won %	Fouls	Yel	Rating
2026/27	Maritimo	Primeira Liga	1	10	0	0	0	–	0	0%	1	1	0	75%	0	0	6.60
2025/26	Beerschot VA	Challenger Pro League	7	139	0	1	0	0%	0	74%	0	3	0	52%	3	1	6.58
2025/26	Beerschot VA	Jupiler Pro League	3	94	0	1	0	0%	0	58%	0	1	2	50%	0	0	6.37
2025/26	Estrela	Primeira Liga	1	58	0	0	0	–	0	60%	0	2	1	44%	2	0	6.20
2024/25	Estrela	Primeira Liga	28	2217	2	4	2	0%	10	65%	22	39	20	54%	28	4	6.61
2024/25	Estrela	Taça de Portugal	1	90	0	1	1	0%	2	82%	1	3	0	45%	0	0	5.70
2023/24	Estrela	Primeira Liga	12	552	0	3	0	0%	4	57%	7	20	4	65%	8	2	6.63

Date	Opponent	Res	Mins	Goals	Shots	On tgt	Tackles	Fouls	Yel	Rating	Form
29 Aug	a Arouca	L	10	–	0	–	1	–	0	6.60	–
09 May	v Lommel United	L	21	–	0	–	0	–	0	6.30	–
27 Apr	v Patro Eisden	D	63	–	1	–	1	–	0	6.50	–
23 Apr	a Patro Eisden	D	10	–	0	–	0	–	0	6.30	–
10 Apr	a AS Eupen	D	45	–	0	–	0	1	0	6.20	–
20 Mar	a Patro Eisden	W	8	–	0	–	1	–	0	6.60	–
14 Mar	a Liège	W	70	–	1	–	0	1	0	7.20	–
10 Mar	v RSC Anderlecht II	W	1	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–
28 Feb	a Francs Borains	W	13	–	0	–	2	1	1	6.30	–
01 Feb	a K. Lierse S.K.	W	1	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–
27 Jan	v Seraing United	D	1	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–
11 Aug	a Estoril	D	58	–	0	–	2	2	0	6.20	–
17 May	a Estoril	L	90	–	0	–	1	1	0	5.90	–
11 May	v AVS	L	88	–	0	–	1	1	0	7.00	–
05 May	a Rio Ave	L	10	–	0	–	0	1	1	6.20	–

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