Domestic-league season · Mirandes.
On loan at AEK Larnaca — 1. Division: 13 apps, 0g 0a, 260 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Mirandes; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Segunda División | 17 | 1 | 1 | 637 | 6.52 |
 1. Divisionat AEK Larnaca | 13 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 6.48 |
Following his move to Mirandes, Cardero's current-season form is level with last season (Season 9→7), while his Rating eased 64→58. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 9).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Mirandes · 19th | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6.52 | 58 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | Oviedo · 4th | 44 | 1 | 1 | 6.67 | 64 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | Oviedo · 6th | 20 | 1 | 0 | 7.7 | 63 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | Oviedo · 7th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 56 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Oviedo · 13th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 54 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Álex Cardero is a 22-year-old central midfielder at Mirandes, rated 57.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 186th of 449 in the Segunda División and 834th of 2861 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (16.9% 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 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 88th of 90 of the 90 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 → 7). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 58, top 39% of the 90 central midfielders in the Segunda División. At 22 Cardero is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 64.7 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
1.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 17 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (19th 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.
With a Rating of 57.7, Cardero carries the 35th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Segunda División of 90 — 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 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, 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.
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 (~68), then tapers with age. At 22, Cardero sits on 64.7, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Cardero's projected Rating — 57.7 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
