Esmaël Gonçalves

306Appearances

85Goals

17Assists

40Yellow cards

3Red cards

73Full matches (90′)

Full name	Esmaël Gonçalves
Name in home country	Esmaël Ruti Tavares Cruz da Silva Gonçalves
Date of birth	1991-06-25 (35 yrs)
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Citizenship	Guinea-Bissau Portugal
Position	Attack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Foot	right
Height	184.00 m
Current club	ASD Virtus Rosarno
Joined	2025-07-25
Contract expires	2026-06-30
Agent	Just Love Football
Outfitter	Nike

Jul 2025

Transfer: Lusitânia → Virtus Rosarno

25/26 · Transfer

Mar 2025

Transfer: Without Club → Lusitânia

24/25 · Transfer

Sep 2024

Transfer: Ibri Club → Without Club

24/25 · Transfer

Sep 2024

Transfer: Sohar SC → Ibri Club

24/25 · Transfer

Jul 2024

Transfer: Without Club → Sohar SC

24/25 · Transfer

Jul 2024

24/25 - SC Lusitânia dos Açores, Ibri Club, Sohar SC

9 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions

Sep 2023

Transfer: Livingston FC → Without Club

23/24 · Transfer

May 2023

Transfer: Raith Rovers → Livingston FC

22/23 · Return from loan

Feb 2023

Transfer: Livingston FC → Raith Rovers

22/23 · Loan

Sep 2022

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2022

22/23 - Raith Rovers FC, Livingston FC

20 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2022

Transfer: Without Club → Livingston FC

22/23 · Transfer

Apr 2022

Transfer: Sheikh Russel → Without Club

21/22 · Transfer

Nov 2021

Transfer: Without Club → Sheikh Russel

21/22 · Transfer

Aug 2021

Transfer: Chennaiyin FC → Without Club

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2021

21/22 - Sheikh Russel KC

10 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Dec 2020

Injury: unknown

4 games missed

Oct 2020

Transfer: Matsumoto Yama. → Chennaiyin FC

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2020

20/21 - Chennaiyin FC

16 matches · 4 G · 1 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2020

2020 - Matsumoto Yamaga

6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Sep 2019

Transfer: Esteghlal FC → Matsumoto Yama.

19/20 · Transfer

Jul 2019

2019 - Matsumoto Yamaga

3 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition

May 2019

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jan 2019

Transfer: Pakhtakor → Esteghlal FC

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

18/19 - Esteghlal FC

18 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2018

2018 - Pakhtakor Tashkent

35 matches · 18 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2018

Transfer: Heart of Midl. → Pakhtakor

17/18 · Transfer · €400k

Jul 2017

17/18 - Heart of Midlothian FC

25 matches · 7 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2017

Transfer: Anorthosis → Heart of Midl.

16/17 · Transfer · €200k

Jul 2016

16/17 - Heart of Midlothian FC, Anorthosis Famagusta

36 matches · 16 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2016

Transfer: Al-Ettifaq → Anorthosis

15/16 · Transfer

Jul 2015

Transfer: Anorthosis → Al-Ettifaq

15/16 · Transfer · €350k

Jul 2015

15/16 - Anorthosis Famagusta, Al-Ettifaq FC

16 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2015

Transfer: Rio Ave → Anorthosis

15/16 · Transfer · €200k

May 2015

Transfer: Anorthosis → Rio Ave

14/15 · Return from loan

Jan 2015

Transfer: Rio Ave → Anorthosis

14/15 · Loan

Jul 2014

14/15 - Rio Ave FC, Anorthosis Famagusta

36 matches · 13 G · 1 A · across 7 competitions

Jun 2014

Transfer: PAE Veria → Rio Ave

13/14 · Return from loan

Jan 2014

Transfer: Rio Ave → PAE Veria

13/14 · Loan

Dec 2013

Transfer: APOEL Nicosia → Rio Ave

13/14 · Return from loan

Jul 2013

Transfer: Rio Ave → APOEL Nicosia

13/14 · Loan

Jul 2013

13/14 - APOEL Nicosia, PAE Veria

32 matches · 7 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

May 2013

Transfer: St. Mirren → Rio Ave

12/13 · Return from loan

Jan 2013

Transfer: Rio Ave → St. Mirren

12/13 · Loan

Aug 2012

Transfer: OGC Nice → Rio Ave

12/13 · Transfer · €400k

Jul 2012

12/13 - Rio Ave FC, St. Mirren FC

24 matches · 8 G · 2 A · across 6 competitions

Jul 2011

11/12 - OGC Nice

19 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2011

Transfer: OGC Nice B → OGC Nice

11/12 · Transfer

Jul 2010

10/11 - OGC Nice

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2009

Transfer: Nizza U19 → OGC Nice B

09/10 · Transfer

Jan 2009

Transfer: Boavista Y19 → Nizza U19

08/09 · Transfer

Jul 2008

Transfer: Boavista U17 → Boavista Y19

08/09 · Transfer

Jul 2007

Transfer: Pasteleira S17 → Boavista U17

07/08 · Transfer

Jul 2006

Transfer: Boavista U15 → Pasteleira S17

06/07 · Transfer

Jul 2005

Transfer: Pasteleira S15 → Boavista U15

05/06 · Transfer

Jul 2004

Transfer: Boavista CJ → Pasteleira S15

04/05 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €1.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Ibri Club 0.0%

Sohar SC 0.0%

SC Lusitânia dos Açores 0.0%

Livingston FC 0.0%

Raith Rovers FC 4.2%

Sheikh Russel KC 4.6%

Matsumoto Yamaga 0.0%

Pakhtakor Tashkent 7.0%

Chennaiyin FC 3.3%

Esteghlal FC 3.3%

Heart of Midlothian FC 14.9%

Anorthosis Famagusta 15.2%

Al-Ettifaq FC 2.9%

Rio Ave FC 12.7%

APOEL Nicosia 10.1%

PAE Veria 7.5%

St. Mirren FC 6.7%

OGC Nice 7.4%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Ibri Club	1	24/25	24/25	2	0	0	0
Sohar SC	1	24/25	24/25	1	0	0	0
SC Lusitânia dos Açores	1	24/25	24/25	6	0	2	0
Livingston FC	1	22/23	22/23	12	0	0	0
Raith Rovers FC	1	22/23	22/23	8	2	0	276
Sheikh Russel KC	1	21/22	21/22	10	2	1	303
Matsumoto Yamaga	2	2019	2020	9	0	1	0
Pakhtakor Tashkent	1	2018	2018	35	18	0	461
Chennaiyin FC	1	20/21	20/21	16	4	1	217
Esteghlal FC	1	18/19	18/19	18	3	1	219
Heart of Midlothian FC	2	16/17	17/18	42	15	3	979
Anorthosis Famagusta	3	14/15	16/17	48	18	2	999
Al-Ettifaq FC	1	15/16	15/16	2	1	0	191
Rio Ave FC	2	12/13	14/15	29	4	1	833
APOEL Nicosia	1	13/14	13/14	17	5	0	664
PAE Veria	1	13/14	13/14	15	2	0	489
St. Mirren FC	1	12/13	12/13	16	8	2	440
OGC Nice	2	10/11	11/12	20	3	3	483

Career trajectory, goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
24/25	Liga 3 - Relegation round	SC Lusitânia dos Açores	6	0	2	1	0	0
24/25	Oman Pro League	Ibri Club	2	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	Oman Pro League	Sohar SC	1	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	Challenge Cup	Raith Rovers FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	Championship	Raith Rovers FC	5	1	0	0	0	177
22/23	Premiership	Livingston FC	8	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	SFA Cup	Raith Rovers FC	2	1	0	0	0	99
22/23	Viaplay Cup	Livingston FC	4	0	0	0	1	0
21/22	Bangladesh PL	Sheikh Russel KC	8	2	1	2	0	303
21/22	Federation Cup	Sheikh Russel KC	2	0	0	0	0	0
2020	J2 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	6	0	0	0	0	0
2019	J1 League	Matsumoto Yamaga	3	0	1	1	0	0
2018	Superliga	Pakhtakor Tashkent	21	12	0	4	0	137
2018	Superligasi Playoff I	Pakhtakor Tashkent	10	4	0	0	0	187
2018	Uzbekistan Cup	Pakhtakor Tashkent	4	2	0	0	0	137
20/21	Indian Super League	Chennaiyin FC	16	4	1	2	0	217
18/19	AFC Champions League	Esteghlal FC	5	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	Persian Gulf League	Esteghlal FC	13	3	1	2	0	219
17/18	Betfred Cup	Heart of Midlothian FC	4	1	1	0	0	390
17/18	Premiership	Heart of Midlothian FC	20	6	1	3	1	228
17/18	SFA Cup	Heart of Midlothian FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Premiership	Heart of Midlothian FC	15	7	1	2	0	181
16/17	Protathlima Cyta	Anorthosis Famagusta	19	8	2	6	0	198
16/17	SFA Cup	Heart of Midlothian FC	2	1	0	1	0	180
15/16	Champions Round	Anorthosis Famagusta	10	1	0	0	0	460
15/16	Protathlima Cyta	Anorthosis Famagusta	4	0	0	1	0	0
15/16	Saudi Crown Prince's Cup	Al-Ettifaq FC	2	1	0	0	0	191
14/15	Allianz Cup	Rio Ave FC	3	1	0	0	0	191
14/15	Europa League	Rio Ave FC	3	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	Europa League Qualifying	Rio Ave FC	1	1	0	1	0	11
14/15	Liga NOS	Rio Ave FC	12	1	1	1	0	523
14/15	Meisterrunde	Anorthosis Famagusta	10	7	0	2	0	116
14/15	Protathlima ML	Anorthosis Famagusta	5	2	0	1	0	225
14/15	Taça de Portugal	Rio Ave FC	2	1	0	0	0	108
13/14	Champions League Qu.	APOEL Nicosia	2	1	0	1	1	176
13/14	Cypriot Super Cup	APOEL Nicosia	1	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	Europa League	APOEL Nicosia	4	1	0	1	0	274
13/14	Protathlima ML	APOEL Nicosia	10	3	0	0	0	214
13/14	Super League 1	PAE Veria	15	2	0	1	0	489
12/13	Allianz Cup	Rio Ave FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	Liga ZON Sagres	Rio Ave FC	6	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	Premiership	St. Mirren FC	12	3	1	2	0	290
12/13	Scot. League Cup	St. Mirren FC	2	2	1	1	0	90
12/13	SFA Cup	St. Mirren FC	2	3	0	0	0	60
12/13	Taça de Portugal	Rio Ave FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	Coupe de France	OGC Nice	2	1	0	1	0	96
11/12	Coupe de la Ligue	OGC Nice	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	Ligue 1	OGC Nice	17	2	3	2	0	387
10/11	Ligue 1	OGC Nice	1	0	0	1	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
04/05	2004-07-01	Boavista CJ	Pasteleira S15	Transfer	0	-
05/06	2005-07-01	Pasteleira S15	Boavista U15	Transfer	0	-
06/07	2006-07-01	Boavista U15	Pasteleira S17	Transfer	0	-
07/08	2007-07-01	Pasteleira S17	Boavista U17	Transfer	0	-
08/09	2008-07-01	Boavista U17	Boavista Y19	Transfer	0	-
08/09	2009-01-01	Boavista Y19	Nizza U19	Transfer	0	-
09/10	2009-07-01	Nizza U19	OGC Nice B	Transfer	0	-
11/12	2011-07-01	OGC Nice B	OGC Nice	Transfer	0	-
12/13	2012-08-03	OGC Nice	Rio Ave	Transfer	1000000	€400k
12/13	2013-01-22	Rio Ave	St. Mirren	Loan	1000000	-
12/13	2013-05-31	St. Mirren	Rio Ave	Return from loan	1000000	-
13/14	2013-07-03	Rio Ave	APOEL Nicosia	Loan	1000000	-
13/14	2013-12-31	APOEL Nicosia	Rio Ave	Return from loan	1000000	-
13/14	2014-01-14	Rio Ave	PAE Veria	Loan	1000000	-
13/14	2014-06-30	PAE Veria	Rio Ave	Return from loan	750000	-
14/15	2015-01-27	Rio Ave	Anorthosis	Loan	750000	-
14/15	2015-05-31	Anorthosis	Rio Ave	Return from loan	750000	-
15/16	2015-07-01	Rio Ave	Anorthosis	Transfer	750000	€200k
15/16	2015-07-05	Anorthosis	Al-Ettifaq	Transfer	750000	€350k
15/16	2016-01-12	Al-Ettifaq	Anorthosis	Transfer	750000	-
16/17	2017-01-30	Anorthosis	Heart of Midl.	Transfer	700000	€200k
17/18	2018-01-28	Heart of Midl.	Pakhtakor	Transfer	600000	€400k
18/19	2019-01-26	Pakhtakor	Esteghlal FC	Transfer	1500000	-
19/20	2019-09-09	Esteghlal FC	Matsumoto Yama.	Transfer	1500000	-
20/21	2020-10-11	Matsumoto Yama.	Chennaiyin FC	Transfer	800000	-
21/22	2021-08-18	Chennaiyin FC	Without Club	Transfer	550000	-
21/22	2021-11-17	Without Club	Sheikh Russel	Transfer	450000	-
21/22	2022-04-16	Sheikh Russel	Without Club	Transfer	350000	-
22/23	2022-07-01	Without Club	Livingston FC	Transfer	350000	-
22/23	2023-02-11	Livingston FC	Raith Rovers	Loan	325000	-
22/23	2023-05-31	Raith Rovers	Livingston FC	Return from loan	325000	-
23/24	2023-09-01	Livingston FC	Without Club	Transfer	300000	-
24/25	2024-07-10	Without Club	Sohar SC	Transfer	200000	-
24/25	2024-09-14	Sohar SC	Ibri Club	Transfer	200000	-
24/25	2024-09-22	Ibri Club	Without Club	Transfer	200000	-
24/25	2025-03-01	Without Club	Lusitânia	Transfer	150000	-
25/26	2025-07-25	Lusitânia	Virtus Rosarno	Transfer	0	-

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
18/19	Muscle injury	2019-05-12	2019-06-12	32	2
20/21	Hamstring strain	2020-12-09	2020-12-26	18	4
22/23	Back problems	2022-09-29	2022-10-13	15	2

Current-

Peak€1.50m

Low-

Δ since start−€400k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	-
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€325k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€550k
Jan 1, 1970	€450k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€650k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€50k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #23137	#15	3	-	-	former national player
Team #16373	-	0	-	-	former national player
Team #3701	-	1	-	-	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Eldorbek Suyunov	2	0
Tiago Bezerra	2	1
Jamie Walker	1	1
Jaloliddin Masharipov	2	1
Dilshod Rakhmatullaev	2	0
Gabriel Moura	1	0
Azimzhon Akhmedov	2	0
Marko Simic	2	1
Farrukh Sayfiev	2	0
Jack Hamilton	1	0
Vladimir Kozak	2	0
Michael Smith	1	1
John Souttar	1	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
2018	Superliga	Pakhtakor Tashkent	12	21
16/17	Protathlima Cyta	Anorthosis Famagusta	8	19
14/15	Meisterrunde	Anorthosis Famagusta	7	10

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
11/12	Ligue 1	OGC Nice	3	17
16/17	Protathlima Cyta	Anorthosis Famagusta	2	19
24/25	Liga 3 - Relegation round	SC Lusitânia dos Açores	2	6

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
22/23	2023-05-31	Raith Rovers	Livingston FC	Return from loan	-	€325k
22/23	2023-02-11	Livingston FC	Raith Rovers	Loan	-	€325k
14/15	2015-05-31	Anorthosis	Rio Ave	Return from loan	-	€750k
14/15	2015-01-27	Rio Ave	Anorthosis	Loan	-	€750k
13/14	2014-06-30	PAE Veria	Rio Ave	Return from loan	-	€750k
13/14	2014-01-14	Rio Ave	PAE Veria	Loan	-	€1.00m
13/14	2013-12-31	APOEL Nicosia	Rio Ave	Return from loan	-	€1.00m
13/14	2013-07-03	Rio Ave	APOEL Nicosia	Loan	-	€1.00m
12/13	2013-05-31	St. Mirren	Rio Ave	Return from loan	-	€1.00m
12/13	2013-01-22	Rio Ave	St. Mirren	Loan	-	€1.00m

Teams faced most often by Esmaël Gonçalves's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals, see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
FC Nantes	16	7	6	3	24	17	+7	44%
AS Monaco	16	5	3	8	22	18	+4	31%
Paris Saint-Germain	16	2	3	11	12	32	-20	13%
Olympique Lyonnais	16	8	3	5	27	28	-1	50%
Olympique Marseille	16	5	2	9	21	28	-7	31%
Lille OSC	16	7	6	3	19	16	+3	44%
Montpellier HSC	16	8	3	5	23	16	+7	50%
Stade Rennais	16	8	4	4	24	16	+8	50%
Girondins Bordeaux	14	8	4	2	19	9	+10	57%
AS Saint-Étienne	14	8	2	4	20	15	+5	57%
Angers SCO	14	6	5	3	17	13	+4	43%
FC Lorient	12	6	5	1	16	10	+6	50%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
10/11	Senior debut season
11/12	First senior goal
17/18	Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
24/25	9	0	1	0	0	0
22/23	20	276	0	0	1	0.33
21/22	10	303	2	0	0	0.59
2019	3	0	1	0	0	0
2018	35	461	4	0	0	0.78
20/21	16	217	2	0	0	0.83
18/19	18	219	2	0	0	0.82
17/18	25	618	3	0	1	0.58
16/17	36	559	9	1	0	1.61
15/16	16	651	1	0	0	0.14
14/15	36	1,174	5	0	0	0.38
13/14	32	1,153	3	0	1	0.31
12/13	24	440	3	0	0	0.61
11/12	19	483	3	0	0	0.56
10/11	1	0	1	0	0	0