Chelsea

Dário Essugo

A holding midfielder who broke into senior football in Portugal absurdly early, built around tackling, screening the defence and keeping the ball moving without fuss. He does the job nobody applauds.
Portugal Chelsea MID
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League Rankings

Among Premier League 2026/27 midfielders

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CHE
CHE
13:00
Sun 30 Aug
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ARS
ARS
15:30
Sun 6 Sep
CHE
CHE
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CHE
14:00
Sat 12 Sep
HUL
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Dário Essugo, The Midfielder Who Grew Up Early

A Portuguese holding player whose career started so young that the rest of it has been catching up.

Essugo made his senior debut at an age that still looks like a misprint, which tells you how highly Sporting rated his understanding of the position. He plays in front of the back four, breaks up the opposition move before it reaches the defenders, then gives the ball to somebody better placed to use it. Loan spells in Spain gave him the thing academy midfielders rarely get, which is regular football with real consequences attached.

The frustration is that a serious injury took away the momentum exactly when he needed to be seen. Defensive midfield is a position learned through repetition, and repetition is precisely what he has been denied. Whether he becomes a Chelsea player or a useful asset elsewhere depends on getting a full run of matches without another interruption.

The Rest Of The Squad

37 players

Goalkeepers

1
Robert Sánchez
Age 28
1 app
44
Gabriel Slonina
Age 22
0 apps
39
Mike Penders
Belgium · Age 21
0 apps
28
Teddy Sharman-Lowe
Age 23
0 apps

Defenders

21
Jorrel Hato
Netherlands · Age 20
1 app
34
Josh Acheampong
Age 20
1 app
6
Levi Colwill
Age 23
1 app
27
Malo Gusto
France · Age 23
1 app
5
Maxence Lacroix
France · Age 26
1 app 1a
29
Pep Chavarría
Age 28
1 app
24
Reece James
England · Age 26
1 app
30
Aaron Anselmino
Age 21
0 apps
19
Mamadou Sarr
Senegal · Age 20
0 apps
2
Marco Palestra
Age 21
0 apps
37
Olutayo Subuloye
Age 18
0 apps
38
Tosin Adarabioyo
Age 28
0 apps
3
Wesley Fofana
Age 25
0 apps

Midfielders

10
Cole Palmer
Age 24
1 app 1g 1a
8
Enzo Fernández
Argentina · Age 25
1 app
23
Geovany Quenda
Age 19
1 app
17
Morgan Rogers
England · Age 24
1 app 1g
45
Roméo Lavia
Age 22
1 app
14
Jordan Henderson
Brentford · Age 36
0 apps
32
Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli
Age 16
0 apps
25
Moisés Caicedo
Ecuador · Age 24
0 apps
33
Mykhailo Mudryk
Age 25
0 apps
31
Reggie Watson
Age 16
0 apps
4
Valentín Barco
Argentina · Age 22
0 apps

Forwards

41
Estêvão
Age 19
1 app
9
João Pedro
Age 24
1 app 1g 1a
7
Pedro Neto
Portugal · Age 26
1 app
18
Danny Welbeck
Brighton and Hove Albion · Age 35
0 apps
22
Emmanuel Emegha
Age 23
0 apps
11
Jamie Gittens
Age 22
0 apps
12
Liam Delap
Age 23
0 apps
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Marc Guiu
Age 20
0 apps
15
Nicolas Jackson
Senegal · Age 25
0 apps

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