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Daniel Bragança

Sporting·Midfielder

Scoring skill

0.15Goals per 90 minutes above replacement
00.050.26 · 90% credible interval0.71
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What the number means: if Daniel Bragança plays 90 minutes at a neutral venue against an average Liga defence, the model expects 0.15 more goals than if that place were taken by a replacement-level player — the kind of signing any club can make for free. Goals are capped (winsorized) before the estimate, so one four-goal afternoon is not read as permanent skill.

The model puts 90% probability on the true value lying between 0.05 and 0.26. Fewer minutes, wider interval.

Attacking contribution

+0.24goals and assists per 90 minutes above replacement

#19 of 40 published

0.000.12 – 0.38 · 90% credible interval0.72
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The same structure as the finishing metric, but adding goals and assists together. It sees what the goals-only metric could not: who creates.

Few minutes pull the estimate toward replacement level and widen the interval.

Minutes
2,678
Matches
60
Goals
12
Actual goals/90
0.40
xG skill per 90
0.25
P(above replacement)
100%

Season by season

Goals go up and down; the skill estimate barely moves. That is by design: the model only admits a change in skill when the data demand one, and across three Liga Portugal seasons they never have.

SeasonMinutesGoalsSkill (with margin)
2023-241,0543
0.14
2024-251,0863
0.14
2025-265386
0.16

Did he improve? Can't say

Between 2024-25 and 2025-26 the estimate moved +0.021 — but the margin of error on that difference is ±0.099, 4.8 times larger. In other words: indistinguishable from zero. A big goal season is usually natural variation, not new skill.

Recent appearances

2026-05-16Gil Vicente (home)17' · sub
2026-05-11Rio Ave (away)82' · started
2026-05-04Vitória (home)90' · started1 goal
2026-04-29Tondela (home)86' · started
2026-04-26AVS (away)16' · sub
2026-04-19Benfica (home)9' · sub
2026-04-11Estrela (away)67' · started1 goal
2026-04-03Santa Clara (home)60' · started1 goal

Match-by-match data (SofaScore). The rating is the provider's, not the model's — the model only uses goals, minutes and opponent.

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Bayesian player model fitted on 29,019 individual appearances since 2023-24, with a 600-minute minimum to qualify. Club = the player's most recent club in the data (2023-24 to 2026-27); recent transfers may not be reflected.