Domestic-league season · 1. FC Köln.
Missed 5 of 1. FC Köln's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences (injury, muscle). He still appeared 14 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Earlier this season at Union St. Gilloise — Jupiler Pro League: 5 apps, 0g 0a, 149 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at 1. FC Köln; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 14 | 1 | 3 | 670 | 6.8 |
 Jupiler Pro Leagueat Union St. Gilloise | 5 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 6.58 |
 Friendlies Clubsat Union St. Gilloise | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 |
Following his move to 1. FC Köln, Castro-Montes's current-season form is up 18% on last season (Season 17→20), while his Rating eased 45→42. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 53).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1. FC Köln · 14th | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6.8 | 42 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | Union St. Gilloise · 1st | 23 | 2 | 5 | 7.05 | 45 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | Union St. Gilloise · 2nd | 33 | 4 | 0 | — | 53 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | Gent · 2nd | 31 | 1 | 4 | 7.04 | 54 | 36 |
| 2021/22 | Gent · 2nd | 35 | 3 | 7 | 7.06 | 59 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | Gent · 7th | 37 | 7 | 2 | 7.11 | 62 | 53 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
A. Castro-Montes is a 29-year-old defensive midfielder at 1. FC Köln, rated 41.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 262nd of 325 in the Bundesliga. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (25.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.36 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Castro-Montes.
Judged on this season alone, Castro-Montes graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 46th of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga, on 1 goal, 3 assists and 3.358 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 17 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, 49th of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga. At 29 Castro-Montes is in his prime years, and a market index of 38 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Castro-Montes missed 5 games through injury (injury, muscle) out of roughly 34 this season. The 14 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 14 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 18) 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 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 41.6, Castro-Montes carries the 49th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga of 55 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
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 (~69), then tapers with age. At 29, Castro-Montes sits on 38, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Castro-Montes's projected Rating — 41.6 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.
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