Domestic-league season · Elche.
Missed 5 of Elche's ~38 games this season through 5 injury absences (injury, groin). He still appeared 25 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 La Liga | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1652 | 6.97 |
Núñez's current-season form is down 49% on last season (Season 53→27), while his Rating eased 71→69. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 53).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Elche · 15th | 25 | 0 | 2 | 6.97 | 69 | 27 |
| 2024/25 | Elche · 2nd | 40 | 2 | 6 | 7.12 | 71 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | Amorebieta · 19th | 41 | 2 | 2 | 7.01 | 65 | 35 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Álvaro Núñez is a 26-year-old defensive midfielder at Elche, rated 69.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 163rd of 389 in the La Liga. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (66.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.4 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Núñez.
Judged on this season alone, Núñez graded 27 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 21st of 34 of the 34 defensive midfielders in the La Liga, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 2.404 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 53 → 27). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 69, top 36% of the 34 defensive midfielders in the La Liga. At 26 Núñez is in his prime years, and a market index of 127.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Núñez missed 5 games through injury (injury, groin) out of roughly 38 this season. The 25 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.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.4 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th 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 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 69.4, Núñez carries the 12th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the La Liga (top 36%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Elche finished 15th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.4 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. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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 (~128), then tapers with age. At 26, Núñez sits on 127.7, at or near its peak. The blue line is Núñez's projected Rating — 69.4 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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