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Full nameBorna Sosa
PositionCentre-back
NationalityCroatia
Age28
Date of birth21 Jan 1998
BirthplaceZagreb
Height187 cm
Shirt number#24
ClubCrystal Palace
Centre-backalso played MID
7
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
99
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Crystal Palace.

Injury-affected season

Missed 7 of Crystal Palace's ~38 games this season through 7 injury absences (injury, knock, muscle). He still appeared 7 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.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
UEFA Europa Conference League5004876.62
League Cup3001557.1
Premier League700996.37
FA Cup100907
Community Shield100176.3

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Central defender

B. Sosa is a 28-year-old central defender at Crystal Palace, rated 43.9 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (3.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.55 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sosa.

On the season, Sosa graded 1 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets and 4.545 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 15 → 1). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 44. At 28 Sosa is in his prime years, and a market index of 31.6 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Sosa missed 7 games through injury (injury, knock, muscle) out of roughly 38 this season. The 7 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.

From the career report
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Sosa is operating at his career peak — the 2024/25 level is the level.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/264 clubs
43.9
Ratingi
developing / rotation level
1.2
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
3.5%
Minutes
limited game time
4.55
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Crystal Palace finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side

4.55
Def. / 90
3
Tackles
2
Interceptions
0
Clean sheets

4.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume across 7 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.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 4.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
  • Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 92.6/100).

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 3.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 43.9 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

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

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.