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based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameÁlex Pastor Carayol
PositionCentre-back
NationalitySpain
Age26
Date of birth1 Oct 1999
BirthplaceBarcelona
Height186 cm
Shirt number#5
ClubMalaga
Centre-back
2
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
180
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Malaga.

Scout report

★ Standout performer

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One of the biggest game-time risers in the La Liga: on the pitch for 100% of Malaga's available minutes this season, up from 4% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.

Squad depthBall-winning Central defender

Álex Pastor is a 26-year-old central defender at Malaga, rated 47.7 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (4.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.5 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pastor.

On the season, Pastor graded 4 for current form (age-blind), on 1 clean sheet and 4.5 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 43 → 4). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 48. At 26 Pastor is in his prime years, and a market index of 20.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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A career still climbing — Pastor is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2024/25Trending upBreakout: 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26
47.7
Ratingi
a solid contributor and squad regular
3.9
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
4.3%
Minutes
limited game time
4.5
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Malaga finished 4th of 22 · an upper-table side

2
Apps
4.5
Def. / 90
3
Tackles
5
Interceptions
1
Clean sheets

4.5 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 2 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (4th of 22) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 4.5 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 4.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 47.7 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.5 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

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

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.