Esmaël Gonçalves
35 yrs · Striker · Guinea-Bissau
Livingston FC · Scottish Premiership · Foot: right · Height: 184 cm
Contract: Data unavailable
No model evaluation for this player. MoneyballAI evaluates players with at least 450 league minutes last season in leagues where match-level player data is available from the current free source (14 European top divisions). Market value and transfer history are still shown below.
Market value
€200k
Updated 6 days ago
Estimated acquisition
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Estimated · 20–80% range
Model value
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Performance-implied · estimated
Projected (24m)
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Resale range · estimated
Potential value gap
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Model value − acquisition
Market value history
Market value ≠ transfer fee ≠ acquisition cost.
Highest recorded: €1.5M
Season-by-season (domestic league)
Context-adjusted values are model outputs.
| Season | Club | League | Pos | Apps | Min | Min share | G | A | G+A/90 | Adj. G+A/90 | Opp. Elo | Team Elo | League str. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | Livingston FC | Scottish Premiership | ST | 8 | 182 | 6% | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 1303 | 1186 | 0.40 |
| 2017/18 | Heart of Midlothian FC | Scottish Premiership | ST | 20 | 1370 | 46% | 6 | 1 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 1269 | 1324 | 0.47 |
| 2016/17 | Heart of Midlothian FC | Scottish Premiership | ST | 15 | 1267 | 37% | 7 | 1 | 0.57 | 0.59 | 1332 | 1279 | 0.48 |
| 2014/15 | Rio Ave FC | Liga Portugal | ST | 12 | 523 | 17% | 1 | 1 | 0.34 | 0.57 | 1458 | 1324 | 0.68 |
| 2013/14 | Veria NPS | Super League 1 | ST | 15 | 977 | 32% | 2 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.47 | 1344 | 1275 | 0.52 |
| 2012/13 | St. Mirren FC | Scottish Premiership | ST | 12 | 869 | 25% | 3 | 1 | 0.41 | 0.61 | 1334 | 1268 | 0.52 |
| 2012/13 | Rio Ave FC | Liga Portugal | ST | 6 | 379 | 14% | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 1463 | 1451 | 0.86 |
Cups & continental competitions
| Season | Competition | Club | Apps | Min | G | A | Avg opp. Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | Scottish Fa Cup | Raith Rovers FC | 2 | 99 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2017/18 | Scottish Fa Cup | Heart of Midlothian FC | 1 | 88 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016/17 | Scottish Fa Cup | Heart of Midlothian FC | 2 | 180 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2014/15 | Uefa Europa League | Rio Ave FC | 3 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 1487 |
| 2014/15 | Uefa Europa League Qualifying | Rio Ave FC | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1459 |
| 2013/14 | Uefa Europa League | APOEL Nicosia | 4 | 274 | 1 | 0 | 1492 |
| 2013/14 | Uefa Champions League Qualifying | APOEL Nicosia | 2 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 1402 |
| 2012/13 | Scottish Fa Cup | St. Mirren FC | 2 | 180 | 3 | 0 | — |
Small continental samples are shown for context only and are not over-weighted.
Historical comparables
Most similar profiles 2+ years ago (same position group) and what happened next. Chosen by similarity only — failures included.
No comparables computed for this player.
Transfer history
Fees as reported by the source; undisclosed fees shown as unknown, never estimated.
| Date | From | To | Fee | MV at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 2024 | Without Club | Sohar SC | Unknown | €200k |
| 1 Sept 2023 | Livingston FC | Without Club | Unknown | €300k |
| 31 May 2023 | Raith Rovers | Livingston FC | Free / loan | €325k |
| 11 Feb 2023 | Livingston FC | Raith Rovers | Free / loan | €325k |
| 1 Jul 2022 | Without Club | Livingston FC | Unknown | €350k |
| 16 Apr 2022 | Sheikh Russel | Without Club | Unknown | €350k |
| 17 Nov 2021 | Without Club | Sheikh Russel | Unknown | €450k |
| 18 Aug 2021 | Chennaiyin FC | Without Club | Unknown | €550k |
| 11 Oct 2020 | Matsumoto Yama. | Chennaiyin FC | Free / loan | €800k |
| 9 Sept 2019 | Esteghlal FC | Matsumoto Yama. | Free / loan | €1.5M |
| 26 Jan 2019 | Pakhtakor | Esteghlal FC | Free / loan | €1.5M |
| 28 Jan 2018 | Heart of Midl. | Pakhtakor | €400k | €600k |
| 30 Jan 2017 | Anorthosis | Heart of Midl. | €200k | €700k |
| 12 Jan 2016 | Al-Ettifaq | Anorthosis | Free / loan | €750k |
| 5 Jul 2015 | Anorthosis | Al-Ettifaq | €350k | €750k |
| 1 Jul 2015 | Rio Ave | Anorthosis | €200k | €750k |
| 31 May 2015 | Anorthosis | Rio Ave | Free / loan | €750k |
| 27 Jan 2015 | Rio Ave | Anorthosis | Free / loan | €750k |
| 30 Jun 2014 | PAE Veria | Rio Ave | Free / loan | €750k |
| 14 Jan 2014 | Rio Ave | PAE Veria | Free / loan | €1.0M |
| 31 Dec 2013 | APOEL Nicosia | Rio Ave | Free / loan | €1.0M |
| 3 Jul 2013 | Rio Ave | APOEL Nicosia | Free / loan | €1.0M |
| 31 May 2013 | St. Mirren | Rio Ave | Free / loan | €1.0M |
| 22 Jan 2013 | Rio Ave | St. Mirren | Free / loan | €1.0M |
| 3 Aug 2012 | OGC Nice | Rio Ave | €400k | €1.0M |
| 1 Jul 2011 | OGC Nice B | OGC Nice | Unknown | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jul 2009 | Nizza U19 | OGC Nice B | Unknown | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jan 2009 | Boavista Y19 | Nizza U19 | Free / loan | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jul 2008 | Boavista U17 | Boavista Y19 | Unknown | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jul 2007 | Pasteleira S17 | Boavista U17 | Unknown | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jul 2006 | Boavista U15 | Pasteleira S17 | Unknown | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jul 2005 | Pasteleira S15 | Boavista U15 | Unknown | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jul 2004 | Boavista CJ | Pasteleira S15 | Unknown | Data unavailable |
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