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based on the 2025 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameCésar Ignacio Pérez Maldonado
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityChile
Age23
Date of birth29 Nov 2002
BirthplaceCerrillos
Height176 cm
Shirt number#8
ClubDefensa Y Justicia
Central midfielder
9
Appearances
1
Goals
1
Assists
689
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Defensa Y Justicia.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Liga Profesional Argentina3001316.33

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

C. Pérez is a 23-year-old central midfielder at Defensa Y Justicia, rated 48.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 155th of 493 on scout potential in the Liga Profesional Argentina. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (51.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.78 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pérez.

Judged on this season alone, Pérez graded 25 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 96 of the 96 central midfielders in the Liga Profesional Argentina, on 3 goals, 0 assists and 2.782 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 25 → 25). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 49, top 34% of the 96 central midfielders in the Liga Profesional Argentina. At 23 Pérez is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 13 reflects that trajectory.

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26
48.8
Ratingi
32nd of 96 central midfielders
25.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
51.7%
Minutes
rotation minutes
2.78
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Defensa Y Justicia finished 12th of 15 · a lower-table side

20
Apps
2.78
Def. / 90
29
Tackles
14
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 20 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (12th of 15) 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 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.18 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 51.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 48.8, Pérez carries the 32nd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Liga Profesional Argentina (top 34%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Defensa Y Justicia finished 12th of 15) — 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 (2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Liga Profesional Argentina with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles29
Interceptions14
Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.