| Season | League | Apps | Min | Goals | Assists | G+A / 90 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/2018 | Championship | 13 | 873 | 4 | 0 | 0.41 | — |
| 2010/2011 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011/2012 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Premiership | 12 | 869 | 3 | 0 | 0.31 | — |
| 2012/2013 | Liga Portugal | 6 | 408 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014/2015 | Liga Portugal | 12 | 597 | 1 | 0 | 0.15 | — |
| 2014/2015 | 1. Division | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015/2016 | 1. Division | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/2017 | Premiership | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/2017 | 1. Division | 19 | 1582 | 8 | 0 | 0.46 | — |
| 2017/2018 | Premiership | 20 | 1326 | 6 | 0 | 0.41 | — |
| 2019 | J-League | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020 | J2-League | 6 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | Premier League | 9 | 605 | 2 | 1 | 0.45 | 0 |
| 2022/2023 | Championship | 5 | 177 | 1 | 0 | 0.51 | — |
Domestic league competitions only; G+A/90 computed from minutes actually played.
Cohort: 32 Premier League forwards, 2022, min. 450 minutes. Computed by ranking the full league corpus, not taken from any feed.
Figures computed from the GioScore season-stats database · as of 2026-07-06
Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aberdeen | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Celtic | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Hibernian | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Kilmarnock | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 St. Johnstone | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Rangers | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Motherwell | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 AEK Larnaca | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Ermis | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 APOEL | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Apollon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Nea Salamis | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Dundee | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hearts | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Hamilton Academical | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Partick Thistle | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 Omonia Nicosia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Aris Limassol | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Ross County | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Inverness CT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All of Esmaël Gonçalves's 2022/2023 Championship output came as goals: 1 goal in 5 games (177 minutes) — 0.51 goal involvements per 90. Set beside a 32-strong pool of Premier League forwards (2022, min. 450 minutes), he lands in the top 1% for match rating, and 15th of 32 for goals scored.
| Club | Period | Apps | Goals | Assists | Minutes | YC | RC | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anorthosis | 2014/2015 - 2016/2017 | 50 | 20 | 0 | 1582 | — | — | — |
| Hearts | 2016/2017 - 2017/2018 | 48 | 18 | 0 | 2379 | — | — | — |
| Rio Ave | 2012/2013 - 2014/2015 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1374 | — | — | — |
| Livingston | 2022/2023 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 269 | — | — | 6.20 |
| St. Mirren | 2012/2013 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 869 | — | — | — |
| Nice | 2010/2011 - 2011/2012 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 754 | — | — | — |
| Sheikh Russel | 2021/2022 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 605 | — | — | — |
| Matsumoto Yamaga | 2019/2020 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 132 | — | — | — |
| Raith Rovers | 2022/2023 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 258 | — | — | — |
| Lusitânia | 2024/2025 - now | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Total | 202 | 55 | 4 | 8222 |
| Season | Club | Apps | Goals | Assists | Minutes | YC | RC | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/23 | Raith Rovers | 8 | 1 | — | 258 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22/23 | Livingston | 18 | 0 | — | 269 | 0 | 1 | 6.20 |
| 21/22 | Sheikh Russel | 9 | 2 | — | 605 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 19/20 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 6 | 0 | — | 95 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18/19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 17/18 | Hearts | 33 | 10 | — | 2199 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 16/17 | Hearts | 15 | 8 | — | 180 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 16/17 | Anorthosis | 19 | 8 | — | 1582 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 15/16 | Anorthosis | 14 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 14/15 | Rio Ave | 21 | 3 | — | 921 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 14/15 | Anorthosis | 17 | 11 | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 12/13 | Rio Ave | 7 | 0 | — | 453 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12/13 | St. Mirren | 16 | 8 | — | 869 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 11/12 | Nice | 15 | 3 | — | 725 | 3 | 0 | — |
