Goncalo Inacio World Cup 2026 player profile
Goncalo Inacio is listed for Portugal as a Defender. Kickoff Lens uses caps, goals, career context, role, and team strength to explain how this player can affect fixture reads.
Deep player read
Goncalo Inacio is currently classified as a squad-support defender: regular squad option, defensive role profile, and useful aerial size. This is a derived Kickoff Lens profile built from the public squad fields, not a private scouting report.
- regular squad option; 22 caps and 2 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- squad-support player in this data package, ranked 22 by impact inside the Portugal squad and 7 among defender entries.
- defensive role profile; useful aerial size.
- The match model uses this profile through role, experience, impact score, and team context rather than treating the player as a standalone model context.
Player signal
| Team | Portugal |
|---|---|
| Role | Defender · DF |
| Caps | 22 |
| International goals | 2 |
| Impact score | 64 |
| Squad impact rank | 22 |
| Role impact rank | 7 |
| Role profile | squad-support · defensive role profile |
Model context
The player impact score is not a standalone rating. It is one input inside the contextual match model, alongside squad depth, team radar, venue adaptation, travel/rest load, and group pressure.
Match questions
- Can the player protect the box when the opponent's attack signal rises?
- Does the player improve the rotation floor without becoming the central dependency?
- Does aerial size matter against the next opponent's set-piece and crossing profile?
Archive context
| Team power score | 85 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA live rank | 7 |
| Group path | K |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 45 |
Portugal fixtures
- Portugal vs DR CongoFinished 1-1 · Jun 18, 01:00 · Houston
- Portugal vs UzbekistanFinished 5-0 · Jun 24, 01:00 · Houston
- Colombia vs PortugalFinished 0-0 · Jun 28, 07:30 · Miami (Miami Gardens)
- Portugal vs CroatiaFinished 2-1 · Jul 03, 07:00 · Toronto
- Portugal vs SpainFinished 0-1 · Jul 07, 03:00 · Dallas (Arlington, Texas)
Related teammates
- Bruno FernandesMidfielder · impact 96
- Bernardo SilvaMidfielder · impact 96
- Cristiano RonaldoForward · impact 96
- Joao CanceloDefender · impact 95
- Joao FelixForward · impact 88
- Ruben DiasDefender · impact 86
- Goncalo GuedesForward · impact 85
- Goncalo RamosForward · impact 84
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
- Portugal team radarFull squad, team strengths, and fixture list.
- All player profilesBrowse the World Cup 2026 player library.
- Discovery hubEvery team, match, venue, and tournament page.