Pacheco's current-season form is down 44% on last season (Season 18→10), while his Rating eased 61→52. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 18).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Albacete · 22nd	9	0	6.71	61	8
2025/26	Albacete · 12th	33	0	6.86	61	18
2024/25	Albacete · 10th	31	0	6.71	62	15
2023/24	Albacete · 13th	27	1	6.66	59	9
2020/21	Villarreal III	14	3	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 earlier season and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Spain · international

Side	Apps	G
Spain U17	2	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Defensive midfielder

Antonio Pacheco is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder at Albacete, rated 52 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (28.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.75 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pacheco.

On the season, Pacheco graded 10 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.746 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 18 → 10). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 52. At 24 Pacheco is in his prime years, and a market index of 22.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/26

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

10.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

28.1%

Minutes

limited game time

4.75

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Albacete finished 22nd of 22 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

4.75

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume across 9 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd 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.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 4.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 28.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 52 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %28.1%

Available fixtures10 of 10

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 904.746

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %89

Dribble success %66.7

Cards / 900.169

Foul involvement / 901.525

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~22), then tapers with age. At 24, Pacheco sits on 22.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Pacheco's projected Rating — 52 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Segunda División with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Chances created4

Passes242

Pass accuracy89%

Possession

Successful dribbles2

Dribble success66.7%

Duels won34

Duels won %61.8%

Fouls won5

Defending

Tackles18

Interceptions4

Blocks6

Fouls committed4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

About Antonio Pacheco

Antonio Pacheco Ruiz is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for Albacete, born on January 3, 2002 in Callosa de Segura, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Spain. Albacete currently sit 22nd of 22 in the Segunda División.

This season

In the current season, Antonio Pacheco has made 9 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 531 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

Antonio Pacheco's next match is on October 31, 2026, when Albacete face Sabadell at home in the Segunda División.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Antonio Pacheco at 52 with a Season form score of 10.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 8 recorded seasons, Antonio Pacheco has totalled 200 club appearances with 12 goals and 0 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 33 appearances for Villarreal II.

On the international stage, Antonio Pacheco has represented Spain U17 — 2 caps in our records.

Transfer news

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Output in context · Albacete finished 22nd of 22 · a relegation-threatened side

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Outlook

Per 90 & availability

Player flow

Season-by-season progression

Value & potential by age

Season statistics

Shooting

Passing

Possession

Defending

Yellow/red cards

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Transfer news

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