Nilton Varela

Nilton Varela Lopes

Position: MF ▪ Footed: Left

182cm, 71kg (5-11½, 157lb)

Born: May 25, 2001 in Portugal, Portugal pt

Citizenship: Portugal pt

Club: Estrela

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2023-2024

Primeira Liga

Min

472

Gls

Ast

0.1

npxG

0.1

xAG

0.1

SCA

GCA

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Nilton Varela Scouting Report

Last 365 Days
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Nilton Varela Scouting Report Table
Statistic	Per 90	Percentile
Non-Penalty Goals	0.00	12
npxG: Non-Penalty xG	0.02	9
Shots Total	0.57	18
Assists	0.00	10
xAG: Exp. Assisted Goals	0.02	7
npxG + xAG	0.04	4
Shot-Creating Actions	1.14	6

Passes Attempted	40.04	22
Pass Completion %	61.4%	1
Progressive Passes	2.67	4
Progressive Carries	0.76	26
Successful Take-Ons	1.14	82
Touches (Att Pen)	0.76	40
Progressive Passes Rec	4.00	84

Tackles	3.81	98
Interceptions	0.76	26
Blocks	0.95	25
Clearances	1.72	80
Aerials Won	1.72	85

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Last 5 Matches

Last 5 Matches Table
											Performance												Expected			SCA		Passes				Carries		Take-Ons
Date	Day	Comp	Round	Venue	Result	Squad	Opponent	Start	Pos	Min	Gls	Ast	PK	PKatt	Sh	SoT	CrdY	CrdR	Touches	Tkl	Int	Blocks	xG	npxG	xAG	SCA	GCA	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	PrgP	Carries	PrgC	Att	Succ	Match Report
2024-05-05	Sun	Primeira Liga	Matchweek 32	Away	D 0–0	Estrela	Arouca	Y	LM	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	14	21	66.7	0	6	0	0	0	Match Report
2024-04-29	Mon	Primeira Liga	Matchweek 31	Home	L 0–3	Estrela	Farense	N	LB	40	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	1	0	2	0.1	0.1	0.0	1	0	20	28	71.4	4	16	0	0	0	Match Report
2024-04-20	Sat	Primeira Liga	Matchweek 30	Away	D 1–1	Estrela	Boavista	N	LM	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	7	13	53.8	2	9	0	0	0	Match Report
2024-04-14	Sun	Primeira Liga	Matchweek 29	Home	D 2–2	Estrela	Rio Ave	N	WB	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	13	20	65.0	2	11	0	2	2	Match Report
2024-03-16	Sat	Primeira Liga	Matchweek 26	Away	D 0–0	Estrela	Famalicão	N	LM,RM	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	0	4	9	44.4	0	1	0	0	0	Match Report

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Standard Stats: Domestic Leagues

Goal Logs

Standard Stats: Domestic Leagues Table
							Playing Time			Performance								Expected				Progression			Per 90 Minutes
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	xG	npxG	xAG	npxG+xAG	PrgC	PrgP	PrgR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK	xG	xAG	xG+xAG	npxG	npxG+xAG	Matches
2019-2020	18	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	18	17	1,423	15.8	1	2	3	1	0	0	5	0	0.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	21	38	60	0.06	0.13	0.19	0.06	0.19	0.04	0.12	0.15	0.04	0.15	Matches
2020-2021	19	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	10th	5	0	52	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	2	1	5	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.09	0.09	0.09	Matches
2021-2022	20	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	18th	17	10	781	8.7	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	10	13	26	0.12	0.12	0.23	0.12	0.23	0.04	0.07	0.11	0.04	0.11	Matches

2023-2024	22	Estrela	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	10	5	472	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	4	14	21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.04	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		1 League		50	32	2,728	30.3	2	3	5	2	0	0	11	0	1.1	1.1	2.5	3.7	37	66	112	0.07	0.10	0.16	0.07	0.16	0.04	0.08	0.12	0.04	0.12
			Country	Comp	LgRank	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	xG	npxG	xAG	npxG+xAG	PrgC	PrgP	PrgR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK	xG	xAG	xG+xAG	npxG	npxG+xAG	Matches
B-SAD (3 Seasons)				1 League		40	27	2,256	25.1	2	3	5	2	0	0	9	0	1.0	1.0	2.4	3.4	33	52	91	0.08	0.12	0.20	0.08	0.20	0.04	0.10	0.14	0.04	0.14
Estrela (1 Season)				1 League		10	5	472	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	4	14	21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.04

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Shooting: Domestic Leagues

Goal Logs

Shooting: Domestic Leagues Table
							Standard												Expected
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	FK	PK	PKatt	xG	npxG	npxG/Sh	G-xG	np:G-xG	Matches
2019-2020	18	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	15.8	1	13	3	23.1	0.82	0.19	0.08	0.33	20.5	0	0	0	0.6	0.6	0.05	+0.4	+0.4	Matches
2020-2021	19	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	10th	0.6	0	2	0	0.0	3.46	0.00	0.00		30.5	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.03	-0.1	-0.1	Matches
2021-2022	20	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	18th	8.7	1	7	3	42.9	0.81	0.35	0.14	0.33	18.4	0	0	0	0.4	0.4	0.05	+0.6	+0.6	Matches

2023-2024	22	Estrela	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	5.2	0	3	0	0.0	0.57	0.00	0.00		21.7	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.03	-0.1	-0.1	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		1 League		30.3	2	25	6	24.0	0.82	0.20	0.08	0.33	20.9	0	0	0	1.1	1.1	0.05	+0.9	+0.9
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	FK	PK	PKatt	xG	npxG	npxG/Sh	G-xG	np:G-xG	Matches
B-SAD (3 Seasons)				1 League		25.1	2	22	6	27.3	0.88	0.24	0.09	0.33	20.7	0	0	0	1.0	1.0	0.05	+1.0	+1.0
Estrela (1 Season)				1 League		5.2	0	3	0	0.0	0.57	0.00	0.00		21.7	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.03	-0.1	-0.1

Passing: Domestic Leagues

Passing: Domestic Leagues Table
							Total					Short			Medium			Long					Expected
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	TotDist	PrgDist	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Ast	xAG	xA	A-xAG	KP	1/3	PPA	CrsPA	PrgP	Matches
2019-2020	18	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	15.8	361	551	65.5	5892	2656	171	205	83.4	145	211	68.7	30	86	34.9	2	1.8	0.9	+0.2	12	19	10	7	38	Matches
2020-2021	19	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	10th	0.6	17	27	63.0	167	59	12	15	80.0	4	5	80.0	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	2	1	0	1	Matches
2021-2022	20	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	18th	8.7	153	238	64.3	2364	1184	76	99	76.8	57	82	69.5	11	30	36.7	1	0.6	0.4	+0.4	3	9	4	2	13	Matches

2023-2024	22	Estrela	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	5.2	129	210	61.4	2336	1154	69	83	83.1	43	60	71.7	16	51	31.4	0	0.1	0.2	-0.1	3	11	5	4	14	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		1 League		30.3	660	1026	64.3	10759	5053	328	402	81.6	249	358	69.6	57	171	33.3	3	2.5	1.5	+0.5	18	41	20	13	66
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	TotDist	PrgDist	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Ast	xAG	xA	A-xAG	KP	1/3	PPA	CrsPA	PrgP	Matches
B-SAD (3 Seasons)				1 League		25.1	531	816	65.1	8423	3899	259	319	81.2	206	298	69.1	41	120	34.2	3	2.4	1.3	+0.6	15	30	15	9	52
Estrela (1 Season)				1 League		5.2	129	210	61.4	2336	1154	69	83	83.1	43	60	71.7	16	51	31.4	0	0.1	0.2	-0.1	3	11	5	4	14

Pass Types: Domestic Leagues

Pass Types: Domestic Leagues Table
								Pass Types								Corner Kicks			Outcomes
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Att	Live	Dead	FK	TB	Sw	Crs	TI	CK	In	Out	Str	Cmp	Off	Blocks	Matches
2019-2020	18	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	15.8	551	396	153	11	2	3	50	139	3	2	1	0	361	2	22	Matches
2020-2021	19	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	10th	0.6	27	21	4	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	Matches
2021-2022	20	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	18th	8.7	238	187	49	3	0	0	19	46	0	0	0	0	153	2	13	Matches

2023-2024	22	Estrela	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	5.2	210	139	69	4	0	3	27	60	5	5	0	0	129	2	9	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		1 League		30.3	1026	743	275	18	2	6	98	249	8	7	1	0	660	8	44
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Att	Live	Dead	FK	TB	Sw	Crs	TI	CK	In	Out	Str	Cmp	Off	Blocks	Matches
B-SAD (3 Seasons)				1 League		25.1	816	604	206	14	2	3	71	189	3	2	1	0	531	6	35
Estrela (1 Season)				1 League		5.2	210	139	69	4	0	3	27	60	5	5	0	0	129	2	9

Goal and Shot Creation: Domestic Leagues

Goal and Shot Creation: Domestic Leagues Table
							SCA		SCA Types						GCA		GCA Types
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	SCA	SCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def	GCA	GCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def	Matches
2019-2020	18	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	15.8	28	1.77	14	4	4	3	1	2	3	0.19	2	0	1	0	0	0	Matches
2020-2021	19	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	10th	0.6	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	Matches
2021-2022	20	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	18th	8.7	9	1.04	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	0	0	0	Matches

2023-2024	22	Estrela	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	5.2	6	1.14	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		1 League		30.3	43	1.42	23	6	6	3	3	2	4	0.13	3	0	1	0	0	0
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	SCA	SCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def	GCA	GCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def	Matches
B-SAD (3 Seasons)				1 League		25.1	37	1.47	19	5	6	3	2	2	4	0.16	3	0	1	0	0	0
Estrela (1 Season)				1 League		5.2	6	1.14	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Actions: Domestic Leagues

Defensive Actions: Domestic Leagues Table
							Tackles					Challenges				Blocks
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Tkl	TklW	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Tkl	Att	Tkl%	Lost	Blocks	Sh	Pass	Int	Tkl+Int	Clr	Err	Matches
2019-2020	18	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	15.8	29	19	17	10	2	14	24	58.3	10	23	5	18	20	49	47	0	Matches
2020-2021	19	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	10th	0.6	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	50.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	Matches
2021-2022	20	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	18th	8.7	18	12	12	6	0	8	18	44.4	10	19	2	17	15	33	9	0	Matches

2023-2024	22	Estrela	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	5.2	20	15	15	5	0	16	22	72.7	6	5	1	4	4	24	9	0	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		1 League		30.3	68	47	45	21	2	39	66	59.1	27	47	8	39	39	107	65	0
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Tkl	TklW	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Tkl	Att	Tkl%	Lost	Blocks	Sh	Pass	Int	Tkl+Int	Clr	Err	Matches
B-SAD (3 Seasons)				1 League		25.1	48	32	30	16	2	23	44	52.3	21	42	7	35	35	83	56	0
Estrela (1 Season)				1 League		5.2	20	15	15	5	0	16	22	72.7	6	5	1	4	4	24	9	0

Possession: Domestic Leagues

Possession: Domestic Leagues Table
							Touches							Take-Ons					Carries								Receiving
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Touches	Def Pen	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Att Pen	Live	Att	Succ	Succ%	Tkld	Tkld%	Carries	TotDist	PrgDist	PrgC	1/3	CPA	Mis	Dis	Rec	PrgR	Matches
2019-2020	18	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	15.8	783	41	229	334	230	22	783	53	28	52.8	25	47.2	327	1691	734	21	18	7	34	8	337	60	Matches
2020-2021	19	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	10th	0.6	37	1	6	13	19	1	37	6	2	33.3	4	66.7	20	92	54	2	1	1	2	0	24	5	Matches
2021-2022	20	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	18th	8.7	343	13	109	157	82	11	343	14	6	42.9	8	57.1	155	993	395	10	4	2	16	4	166	26	Matches

2023-2024	22	Estrela	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	5.2	281	11	94	95	94	4	281	15	6	40.0	8	53.3	110	549	299	4	9	0	11	4	118	21	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		1 League		30.3	1444	66	438	599	425	38	1444	88	42	47.7	45	51.1	612	3325	1482	37	32	10	63	16	645	112
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Touches	Def Pen	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Att Pen	Live	Att	Succ	Succ%	Tkld	Tkld%	Carries	TotDist	PrgDist	PrgC	1/3	CPA	Mis	Dis	Rec	PrgR	Matches
B-SAD (3 Seasons)				1 League		25.1	1163	55	344	504	331	34	1163	73	36	49.3	37	50.7	502	2776	1183	33	23	10	52	12	527	91
Estrela (1 Season)				1 League		5.2	281	11	94	95	94	4	281	15	6	40.0	8	53.3	110	549	299	4	9	0	11	4	118	21

Playing Time: Domestic Leagues

Playing Time: Domestic Leagues Table
							Playing Time				Starts			Subs			Team Success						Team Success (xG)
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90	On-Off	onxG	onxGA	xG+/-	xG+/-90	On-Off	Matches
2019-2020	18	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	18	1,423	79	46.5	15.8	17	83	11	1	5	2	1.11	14	18	-4	-0.25	+1.01	14.9	19.9	-5.0	-0.32	+0.45	Matches
2020-2021	19	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	10th	5	52	10	1.7	0.6	0		0	5	10	4	1.20	0	2	-2	-3.46	-3.22	0.2	1.8	-1.5	-2.53	-2.15	Matches
2021-2022	20	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	18th	17	781	46	25.5	8.7	10	63	3	7	21	6	0.53	6	15	-9	-1.04	-0.13	7.7	14.4	-6.7	-0.77	-0.03	Matches

2023-2024	22	Estrela	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	10	472	47	16.4	5.2	5	65	1	5	29	2	0.80	6	9	-3	-0.57	-0.05	7.0	6.6	+0.4	+0.07	+0.40	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		1 League		50	2,728	55	22.6	30.3	32	74	15	18	20	14	0.86	26	44	-18	-0.59	+0.06	29.8	42.7	-12.9	-0.42	+0.10
			Country	Comp	LgRank	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90	On-Off	onxG	onxGA	xG+/-	xG+/-90	On-Off	Matches
B-SAD (3 Seasons)				1 League		40	2,256	56	24.6	25.1	27	76	14	13	16	12	0.87	20	35	-15	-0.60	+0.10	22.9	36.1	-13.2	-0.53	+0.06
Estrela (1 Season)				1 League		10	472	47	16.4	5.2	5	65	1	5	29	2	0.80	6	9	-3	-0.57	-0.05	7.0	6.6	+0.4	+0.07	+0.40

Miscellaneous Stats: Domestic Leagues

Miscellaneous Stats: Domestic Leagues Table
							Performance													Aerial Duels
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG	Recov	Won	Lost	Won%	Matches
2019-2020	18	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	15.8	5	0	0	30	32	0	50	20	19	0	0	0	74	24	33	42.1	Matches
2020-2021	19	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	10th	0.6	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	5	0.0	Matches
2021-2022	20	B-SAD	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	18th	8.7	4	0	0	22	15	0	19	15	12	0	0	0	46	15	12	55.6	Matches

2023-2024	22	Estrela	pt POR	1. Primeira Liga	15th	5.2	2	0	0	7	13	0	27	4	15	0	0	0	23	9	1	90.0	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		1 League		30.3	11	0	0	62	61	0	98	39	47	0	0	0	148	48	51	48.5
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG	Recov	Won	Lost	Won%	Matches
B-SAD (3 Seasons)				1 League		25.1	9	0	0	55	48	0	71	35	32	0	0	0	125	39	50	43.8
Estrela (1 Season)				1 League		5.2	2	0	0	7	13	0	27	4	15	0	0	0	23	9	1	90.0

Leaderboard Appearances, Awards, and Honors

Expected Goals (xG explained) and other Advanced Data provided by Opta, and is available for these competitions.

About FBref.com

FBref.com launched (June 13, 2018) with domestic league coverage for England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and United States. Since then we have been steadily expanding our coverage to include domestic leagues from over 40 countries as well as domestic cup, super cup and youth leagues from top European countries. We have also added coverage for major international cups such as the UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores.

FBref is the most complete sources for women's football data on the internet. This includes the entire history of the FIFA Women's World Cup as well as recent domestic league seasons from nine countries, including advanced stats like xG for most of those nine.

In collaboration with Opta, we are including advanced analytical data such as xG, xA, progressive passing, duels and more for over twenty competitions. For more information on the expected goals model and which competitions have advanced data, see our xG explainer.

Note that player records are likely not complete for their careers. Players may come from or move to leagues we don't currently cover. This issue will go down over time, as we add new leagues and seasons. We will never in the future have less data than we do today.

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For more information, see our Launch Blog Post, the overall leagues/competition page with details on leagues and seasons we include, or our About Page. Let us know if you find an issue or have a suggestion.

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Match Logs (Summary)

Match Logs (Passing)

Match Logs (Pass Types)

Match Logs (Goal and Shot Creation)

Match Logs (Defensive Actions)

Match Logs (Possession)

Match Logs (Miscellaneous Stats)

Scouting Report

Stathead & Player Comparison