In our analysis, we evaluate all the Portuguese Players who played in the Top 7 European League in the 2023/24 Season (until 2024-05-15). In other words, we evaluate and filter the best performers in all the competitions. Assessing all the positions, coupled with the evaluation of a lot of factors and indicators in their games, we can generate the ratings for the players performances in the specific positions. As a matter of fact, the type of formation played doesnt influence or limit the ratings system.
| National Team | Games Played | Wins | Draws | Loses | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded | Goal Difference | Points |
| Portugal | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 34 | 30 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| Luxembourg | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 17 |
| Iceland | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 10 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 9 |
| Liechtenstein | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 28 | -27 | 0 |
Portugal qualified for the Euro 2024 in first place in its Qualifying Group. Despite being the favourites to win this group, Portugal were solid defensively and with an excellent attack. As can be seen in the table above, Portugal finished the Euro 2024 Qualification without defeats and only 2 goals conceded in 10 games!
Particularly for Portugal, the Euro 2024 will be the eighth European Competition in a row. In terms of the group drawn, Portugal will play Turkey, Georgia and Czechia. When assessing the National Teams in this group, we can say that Portugal are the favourites and should finish on top of their group.
GOALKEEPERS (GKs):
- Diogo Costa (FC Porto – Primeira Liga)
- Rui Silva (Real Betis – La Liga)
- Ricardo Velho (Farense – Primeira Liga)
- Ricardo Batista (Casa Pia – Primeira Liga)
- José Sá (Wolverhampton Wanderers – Premier League)
As shown above, Diogo Costa is the Best Performing Portuguese Goalkeeper. While playing for Real Betis, Rui Silva is having a solid season in La Liga achieving the 2nd highest average rating among Portuguese Goalkeepers.
CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):
- Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint-Germain – Ligue 1)
- Rúben Dias (Manchester City – Premier League)
- Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting CP – Primeira Liga)
- António Silva (Benfica – Primeira Liga)
- Pepe (FC Porto – Primeira Liga)
In terms of the Centre-Backs, the top part is stacked with quality players: as a matter of fact, Danilo Pereira leads the average rating of the Portuguese Centre-Backs. Equally, we can see that he is being followed by Manchester City’s Rúben Dias, Sporting’s Gonçalo Inácio and Benfica’s António Silva.
FULL-BACKS (FBs) and WING-BACKS (WBs):
- João Cancelo (FC Barcelona – La Liga)
- Costinha (Rio Ave – Primeira Liga)
- Tiago Santos (Lille – Ligue 1)
- Rodrigo Gomes (Estoril – Primeira Liga)
- João Mário (FC Porto – Primeira Liga)
As shown above, we can see that Barcelona’s João Cancelo archived the highest average ratings among Portuguese Full-Backs and Wing-Backs. Being, without doubt, quality players, Costinha, Tiago Santos & Rodrigo Gomes are three of the best performing players in this positions.
MIDFIELDERS (Ms) and WINGERS (Ws):
- Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United – Premier League)
- Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain – Ligue 1)
- Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP – Primeira Liga)
- Rafa Silva (Benfica – Primeira Liga)
- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City – Premier League)
As a result of his great impact in Manchester United’s style of play, Bruno Fernandes has the highest average rating among all Portuguese Midfielders and Wingers. Another case of great impact is Vitinha, Pedro Gonçalves & Rafa Silva: while playing for great teams, they are having really great performances.
CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):
- Diogo Jota (Liverpool – Premier League)
- Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal – La Liga)
- Vitinha (Marseille – Ligue 1)
- Jota Silva (Vitória Guimarães – Primeira Liga)
- Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain – Ligue 1)
As can be seen in the graph above, Portugal doesn’t have strikers with many minutes played (besides Gonçalo Ramos). With a 500+ minutes requirement, Diogo Jota has the highest average rating among all Portuguese Centre-Fowards. As a result of their performances, Diogo Jota is significantly ahead of his competition in this position.
THE TOP 26 SQUAD – TOP PERFORMING PLAYERS:
- Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United – Premier League)
- Rafa Silva (Benfica – Primeira Liga)
- Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP – Primeira Liga)
- Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain – Ligue 1)
- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City – Premier League)
All things considered, Portugal has a lot of players competing in the Top 7 European Leagues. Therefore, we can say that the Top 5 of this list features some incredible players like Bruno Fernandes from Manchester United, Vitinha from Paris Saint-Germain and Bernardo Silva from Manchester City.
As shown above, João Neves is the Best Performing Young Portuguese player in the Top 7 European Leagues!
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Data from FBref.
