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Nuno Santos

Portugal Defender·8 apps·202 mins
Last 6
WDWWLW
Tackles /90
1.78
tackles
Interceptions /90
1.78
interceptions
Duels won
67%
of duels
Blocks /90
0.00
blocks
Pass accuracy
88%
of passes
Fouls /90
0.45
committed
Summary

Nuno Santos has been a standout in the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League season, making eight appearances and logging 202 minutes of play. He has contributed one assist, a single shot that landed on target, and has delivered 11 key passes, far exceeding the baseline of 0.55 key passes per 90 minutes. His defensive output includes four tackles and four interceptions, slightly above the baseline of 1.62 tackles per 90. Santos’s shots per 90 sit at 0.45, just above the baseline of 0.43, while his goal contribution remains zero, consistent with a defender’s typical output. Averaging a match rating of 6.74, he has consistently created more chances than a typical defender in this competition, underscoring his role as a key playmaker from the back.

Nuno Santos has played 202 minutes across 8 appearances in UEFA Champions League, at 0.00 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.08, converting 0% of 1 shots and averaging 6.74 a match.

Written by Pythia from this player's own numbers.
01 Historic Performance02 Player Strength Analysis03 VS other players04 Player value05 Squad Statistics06 Season log07 Match log
01Historic Performance📊
Tackles per match
Total
8
Per match
0.80
3STU22/101FAM26/10AVS05/02EST27/02POR03/031BOD11/032BOD17/03ALV22/03TON29/041GUI04/05
Interceptions per match
Total
4
Per match
0.40
STU22/10FAM26/10AVS05/02EST27/02POR03/032BOD11/032BOD17/03ALV22/03TON29/04GUI04/05
Duels won per match
Dotted line: duels won %
Total
12
Win rate
71%
5STU22/101FAM26/101AVS05/02EST27/02POR03/032BOD11/032BOD17/03ALV22/03TON29/041GUI04/05
Blocks per match
Total
0
Per match
0.00
STU22/10FAM26/10AVS05/02EST27/02POR03/03BOD11/03BOD17/03ALV22/03TON29/04GUI04/05
Pass accuracy per match
Dotted line: accuracy %
Completed
161
Accuracy
88%
53STU22/1017FAM26/1018AVS05/023EST27/022POR03/0325BOD11/0314BOD17/0319ALV22/031TON29/049GUI04/05
Fouls per match
Total
1
Per match
0.10
STU22/10FAM26/10AVS05/02EST27/02POR03/03BOD11/031BOD17/03ALV22/03TON29/04GUI04/05
Dribbled past per match
Total
2
Per match
0.20
STU22/101FAM26/10AVS05/02EST27/02POR03/03BOD11/03BOD17/031ALV22/03TON29/04GUI04/05
Saves per match
Total
0
Per match
0.00
Save rate
-
STU22/10FAM26/10AVS05/02EST27/02POR03/03BOD11/03BOD17/03ALV22/03TON29/04GUI04/05
Form per match
0-10 against his own baseline · 5 is normal
Average
5.0
Best
9.2
5.03.9AVS05/025.9EST27/022.7POR03/039.2BOD11/036.7BOD17/033.4ALV22/032.2TON29/046.0GUI04/05
02Player Strength Analysis💪
Where they rank
Tackles
=12926thof 16361 · 469 level4
Interceptions
=11235thof 16361 · 794 level4
Pass accuracy
1280thof 1635988%
Saves
=1293rdof 16361 · 15069 level0
Ranked against 16361 players in all competitions with 202+ minutes this season, every position included. Rates need 20+ attempts, so a percentage off a handful of tries is left out rather than ranked. Each chart draws the top 40, plus this player where he falls outside them.

🛡️ Tackles

Season total · per 90 beside it
Lorenzo Amatucci
151(3.87)
Fredrik Hammar
149(3.98)
Tyrick Mitchell
143(2.89)
Kevin Mac Allister
139(3.44)
João Palhinha
139(4.40)
Peer Koopmeiners
135(3.04)
Neco Williams
135(2.81)
Santiago Mouriño
134(4.13)
Conor McGrandles
133(2.94)
Samuel Dahl
132(2.77)
Jack Evans
132(3.07)
James Garner
131(3.17)
Caspar Jander
131(3.48)
Manuel Locatelli
129(3.09)
David Larrubia
129(3.20)
Moisés Caicedo
128(2.76)
Elliot Anderson
127(2.74)
Bryan Heynen
125(2.38)
Jon Aramburu
125(3.42)
Gonçalo Franco
123(3.19)
Daniel Muñoz
122(2.90)
Norbert Wojtuszek
122(3.37)
Carlos Puga
122(3.71)
Nathaniel Brown
121(3.15)
Elliot Bonds
120(3.04)
Alonzo Engwanda
120(2.84)
Ibou Touray
119(2.61)
João Gomes
119(3.34)
Jamie McDonnell
119(4.46)
Nicolas Raskin
118(2.73)
Oliver Norwood
117(2.61)
Ilaix Moriba
117(2.99)
Jeremy Ngakia
117(3.96)
Mateus Fernandes
117(3.00)
Mamadou Sangare
116(3.34)
Guille Rosas
115(3.09)
Bart van Rooij
113(3.15)
Juan Iglesias
112(3.16)
Kamiel Van de Perre
112(3.58)
Tom Iorpenda
112(2.50)
Nuno Santos
4(1.78)

🧲 Interceptions

Season total · per 90 beside it
Kevin Mouanga
101(2.12)
Miguel Atienza
97(2.37)
Kaishu Sano
91(1.97)
Benn Ward
86(2.67)
Ashley Charles
82(1.92)
Malang Sarr
82(2.13)
Sean McLoughlin
82(1.87)
Enrique Clemente
82(2.09)
Oleksandr Romanchuk
82(2.03)
Gabriel Pereira
81(2.15)
Senne Lynen
80(2.53)
Florian Lejeune
79(1.49)
Bryan Okoh
79(2.46)
Ethan Pye
79(1.58)
Michał Helik
78(1.77)
Kreshnik Hajrizi
78(2.35)
Batuhan İşçiler
77(2.52)
Moisés Caicedo
76(1.64)
Bryan Heynen
75(1.43)
Ryan Gravenberch
74(1.61)
Siebe Van Der Heyden
74(2.17)
Loris Benito
73(1.86)
Aurélien Tchouaméni
73(1.75)
Azor Matusiwa
73(1.66)
Tristan Crama
72(1.45)
Jordan Storey
71(1.67)
Jerdy Schouten
71(1.92)
Dominik Schmid
71(1.71)
Marc Guéhi
71(1.44)
Evan Ndicka
69(1.78)
Josip Mišić
69(1.74)
Regan Poole
69(1.66)
Giovanni Zaro
69(1.89)
Victor Nelsson
68(1.85)
Jonathan Clauss
68(1.68)
Rade Krunić
68(2.22)
Brandon Soppy
68(1.77)
Gregory Wüthrich
67(2.72)
Dominik Kohr
67(1.73)
Paudie O’Connor
67(1.88)
Nuno Santos
4(1.78)

📏 Pass accuracy

Completed / attempted · count beside it
Marlon
97%(627)
David Jiménez
96%(146)
Axel Tape
96%(96)
Carl Starfelt
96%(1523)
Jonathan Tah
96%(2974)
Andreas Christensen
96%(464)
Andrew Omobamidele
96%(2015)
Francesco Acerbi
95%(1495)
Manasse Kusu
95%(317)
Mamadou Sarr
95%(1401)
Valerii Bondar
95%(1843)
Ezri Konsa
95%(2725)
Gustavo Busatto
95%(75)
Simon Scherder
95%(273)
John Stones
95%(887)
Ville Tikkanen
95%(1026)
Peter Amoran
95%(144)
Vincent Sasso
95%(1890)
Julien Lomboto
95%(123)
Ilya Zabarnyi
95%(2455)
Pau Cubarsí
95%(3615)
Nehuén Pérez
95%(310)
Kim Min-jae
94%(1888)
Yoni Gomis
94%(647)
Alexander Busch
94%(355)
Aleksandar Pavlović
94%(2975)
Aaron Bouwman
94%(1137)
Marc-André Ter Stegen
94%(99)
Frenkie de Jong
94%(2069)
Alphonso Davies
94%(521)
Eduardo Quaresma
94%(1576)
Odin Luras Bjørtuft
94%(3119)
Ousseynou Ba
94%(1007)
Cameron Carter-Vickers
94%(1114)
Maestro
94%(684)
Edson Silva
94%(254)
Tobias Salquist
94%(2080)
Thomas Lam
94%(173)
Francis Nzaba
94%(1772)
Stephen Acquah
94%(450)
Nuno Santos
88%(91)

🧤 Saves

Season total · per 90 beside it
Jari De Busser
194(4.25)
Andrés Fernández
165(3.59)
Mike Penders
165(3.20)
Pepijn van de Merbel
164(3.98)
Sem Westerveld
163(4.17)
Michele Cerofolini
162(4.04)
Marwin Hitz
161(3.88)
Joe Day
161(3.28)
Stefanos Kapino
159(4.30)
Jack Butland
156(3.06)
Ronald Koeman Jr
155(4.32)
Nicolai Larsen
154(4.36)
Karlo Letica
153(3.00)
Alex Bass
153(3.73)
Kayne van Oevelen
153(4.67)
Marco Carnesecchi
152(3.02)
Vasilis Barkas
150(3.60)
Ivor Pandur
150(3.12)
Marvin Keller
149(3.24)
Aarón Escandell
148(4.11)
Alfonso Herrero
148(3.21)
Thomas Didillon
147(3.97)
Davy Roef
147(3.56)
Mike Havekotte
147(3.76)
Alexander Nübel
146(2.94)
Jonathan Fischer
146(3.38)
David De Gea
145(3.16)
Lawrence Vigouroux
145(3.22)
Moritz Nicolas
145(3.92)
Eduard Pap
144(3.89)
Noah Atubolu
144(2.88)
Lorenzo Palmisani
141(3.68)
Ties Wieggers
141(3.70)
Luca Unbehaun
140(3.97)
Ionuț Radu
139(2.78)
Joël Drommel
139(4.09)
Nacho Miras
139(4.28)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell
138(3.10)
Jamie Cumming
137(2.91)
Elías Ólafsson
136(3.64)
Nuno Santos
0(0.00)
03VS other players👥
Compare with
Up to 3 at once
Tackles /90
1.78
0.54
Interceptions /90
1.78
0.72
Duels won %
67%
72%
Blocks /90
0.00
0.69
Pass accuracy %
88%
89%
Fouls /90
0.45
0.67
1.781.7867%0.0088%0.450.540.7272%0.6989%0.67Tacklesrim 1.78Intrim 1.78Duelsrim 72%Blocksrim 0.69Pass accrim 89%Foulsrim 0.67
Each spoke has its own scale: rings are 25/50/75/100% of the rim value shown.
Nuno Santos Virgil van Dijk
04Player value💶
Current market value
€3.0m
Transfermarkt, 2026
Value by year
€9.0m2024€3.0m2025€3.0m2026
05Squad Statistics👥
Min apps6+
Team form
PlayerPosAppsMinsGoalsAssistsShotsOn tgtGoals
/shot
Key
passes
Pass
acc
DribblesDrib
%
TacklesInterc.BlocksDuels
won %
FoulsFouledYelRedSavesRatingForm
Luis Javier SuárezF4840893581508223%6275%4946%262347%679010007.31
6.7
Pedro GonçalvesM392716149804218%7179%3746%2114343%17277006.99
6.1
Francisco TrincãoM4941671114693316%10886%6847%5519447%32341007.19
4.9
Geny CatamoM44302383593214%4884%6238%2615245%25732007.07
3.9
Maximiliano AraújoD44350476402018%5085%2635%11045551%718712206.90
5.1
Daniel BragançaM248706112950%1188%643%2113160%9151007.04
3.7
Geovany QuendaM28139347201220%3079%2043%228150%9311006.98
7.1
Gonçalo InácioD4438023312425%2589%990%61462759%28315107.51
2.1
Morten HjulmandM41362035291210%4891%1267%88471766%437315007.22
3.5
Fotis IoannidisF186673110630%1185%1042%120154%6150006.70
4.6
Alisson SantosF263983216619%781%2974%63057%270006.83
6.4
Rafael NelF11229317543%382%020050%580006.89
2.7
QuaresmaD261951223267%594%1357%6921659%23134007.21
5.0
Ricardo MangasD1910772113515%1382%433%2414452%21176006.76
3.3
Luís GuilhermeM189382012717%1988%2059%94053%7151006.93
5.1
Iván FresnedaD342629101457%1988%1834%5425652%30267006.69
3.6
Hidemasa MoritaM452534151437%2786%1043%60251550%50134006.93
6.1
Ousmane DiomandeD292157111248%493%1100%22221354%3385007.03
5.3
Conrad HarderF467104425%080%031055%020006.75
Rui SilvaG4642150000085%001090%04501117.09
3.0
Giorgos VagiannidisD29164105840%2289%2158%4815259%33174006.82
5.4
João SimõesM301505011150%989%1753%279639%37194006.55
4.2
Zeno DebastD22145102830%691%4100%1671050%1883007.08
8.8
Giorgi KochorashviliM2174602620%691%114%2013154%15181006.81
4.5
Matheus ReisD1564302300%689%267%137550%641106.91
4.4
João VirgíniaG43900000085%0000100%0100106.82
Nuno SantosD820201110%1188%00%44067%121006.74
6.1
Souleymane FayeF917701310%483%00%40035%240006.56
4.3
Salvador BlopaD56201210%179%150%31044%202006.17
Flavio GoncalvesF3230000075%1100%00050%110006.55
RômuloD114000000%0000100%011006.20
Rodrigo RibeiroF1900001100%1100%000100%000007.00
Eduardo FelicíssimoM1800000100%0000000006.60
Per-player totals for 2025/26 from API-Football match stats, across 33 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.
06Season log🗂️
SeasonClubCompAppsMinsGoalsAssistsShotsOn tgtGoals
/shot
Key
passes
Pass
acc
DribblesTacklesInterc.Duels
won %
FoulsYelRedRating
2025/26Sporting CPUEFA Champions League2790000581%03480%1106.75
2025/26Sporting CPPrimeira Liga46901110%397%01033%0006.63
2025/26Sporting CPTaça de Portugal2540000391%000100%0006.95
2024/25Sporting CPPrimeira Liga735300410%1288%04450%3007.23
2024/25Sporting CPUEFA Champions League21631011100%385%13188%0007.45
2023/24Sporting CPPrimeira Liga312070510321316%6283%8272655%13607.41
2023/24Sporting CPUEFA Europa League940900420%483%15250%0006.69
2023/24Sporting CPTaça da Liga19000510%382%00233%3007.60
2022/23Sporting CPPrimeira Liga31228285371822%5486%11252456%16507.31
2022/23Sporting CPUEFA Europa League630901510%486%25542%3006.87
2022/23Sporting CPUEFA Champions League62981011100%586%37257%2106.97
07Match log📅
DateOpponentResMinsGoalsAssistsShotsOn tgtKey
passes
TacklesFoulsYelRedRatingForm
04 Mayv GuimaraesW2001111006.60
6.0
29 Aprv TondelaD100000006.00
2.2
22 Mara AlvercaW270000006.70
3.4
17 Marv Bodo/GlimtW5200521107.20
6.7
11 Mara Bodo/GlimtL270001006.30
9.2
03 Marv FC PortoW11000006.70
2.7
27 Febv EstorilW121020007.20
5.9
05 Febv AVSD430030007.20
3.9
26 Octa FamalicaoW450111006.90
22 Octa Sturm GrazW84101123008.00
05 Octv Casa PiaW260100006.90
01 Octa PSV EindhovenD790010006.90
27 Sepa EstorilW9000412007.60
22 Sepv AVSW900041007.50
13 Sepa AroucaW74011311007.20