Fábio Carvalho

Carvalho's 2021/22 season, read from the numbers

In 2021/22, Fábio Carvalho was close to ever-present for Fulham in the Championship: 36 appearances and 2839 minutes, averaging 79 minutes per outing. Per 90 minutes that is 1.8 key passes per 90, 0.2 assists per 90 and 1.9 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Carvalho's totals.

Carvalho played 990 passes — 31.4 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him. Carrying the ball, Carvalho attempted 81 dribbles and completed 53% — 2.6 attempts per 90.

Set against Carvalho's own record, 2021/22 reads differently: his 11 goals beats anything in the 7 earlier seasons we hold for him (best before: 5); it is also the heaviest workload we have recorded for him, 3013 minutes against a previous high of 1396. Discipline is part of the picture for Carvalho: 5 bookings in 36 appearances, one every 7.2 games.

Our records cover 6 seasons of Carvalho's career, 2020/21 to 2026/27, across 5 clubs — Fulham, Liverpool, RB Leipzig, Hull City and others. In that time he has played 98 matches across 7 competitions, 4,320 minutes in all. His best return on our records was 3 assists in 2024/25, from 24 appearances. The current campaign has yet to give him a run.

How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.