Álex Cardero
ratings updated 18 Oct 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Mirandes.
Also this season
On loan at AEK Larnaca — 1. Division: 13 apps, 0g 0a, 260 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Cultural Leonesa; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
Álex Cardero is a 23-year-old central midfielder at Cultural Leonesa, rated 59.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 50th of 194 on scout potential in the Segunda División. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (33.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.13 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cardero.
Judged on this season alone, Cardero graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 20th of 37 of the 37 central midfielders in the Segunda División, on 1 goal, 1 assist and 1.13 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 9 → 8). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 60, top 30% of the 37 central midfielders in the Segunda División. At 23 Cardero is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 25.4 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Cultural Leonesa finished 21st of 22 · a relegation-threatened side
1.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (21st of 22) 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 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.28 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 33.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 59.8, Cardero carries the 11th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Segunda División of 37 — though on just 17 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Segunda División with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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