Catena

Catena's current-season form is level with last season (Season 31→31), while his Rating held around 44. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 41).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Osasuna · 11th	1	0	0	7.5	44	31
2025/26	Osasuna · 17th	35	3	2	6.9	44	31
2024/25	Osasuna · 9th	35	1	3	7.09	58	37
2023/24	Osasuna · 11th	36	1	3	6.78	60	28
2022/23	Rayo Vallecano · 11th	35	1	1	6.9	70	32

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

Catena is a 31-year-old central defender at Osasuna, rated 43.9 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present this season (89.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.08 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Catena.

On the season, Catena graded 31 for current form (age-blind), on 6 clean sheets and 3.075 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 31 → 31). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 44. At 31 Catena is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 15.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2021/22

43.9

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

89.9%

Minutes

near ever-present

3.08

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Osasuna finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.08

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.08 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 35 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 89.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 43.9 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.08 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %89.9%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.088

Assists / 900.059

Goal contribution / 900.146

Defensive actions / 903.075

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.351

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~34), then tapers with age. At 31, Catena sits on 15.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Catena's projected Rating — 43.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the La Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles40

Interceptions33

Blocks32

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards11

Red cards1

Transfer history

OsasunaJul 2023 – nowFree

Rayo VallecanoJan 2019 – Jul 2023

RReusuntil Jan 2019

About Catena

Alejandro Catena Marugán is a 31-year-old centre-back who plays for Osasuna, born on October 28, 1994 in Madrid, standing 194 cm tall. He is from Spain. Osasuna currently sit 11th of 20 in the La Liga.

This season

In the current season, Catena has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 90 minutes, averaging a 7.5 match rating over his last 1 rated games.

Recent matches

August 24, 2026: 0-0 draw at home vs Levante (93 minutes, 7.5 rating)

Catena's next match is on August 27, 2026, when Osasuna face Celta Vigo away in the La Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Catena at 43.9 with a Season form score of 31. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, Catena has totalled 345 club appearances with 17 goals and 12 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 43 appearances for Rayo Vallecano.

Catena's career has also included time at Rayo Vallecano and RReus.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.