Paz's current-season form is down 32% on last season (Season 77→52), while his Rating eased 31→29. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 77).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Deportivo Riestra · 15th	24	0	6.69	29	54
2025/26	Deportivo Riestra · 8th	34	1	6.89	31	77
2024/25	Deportivo Riestra · 17th	17	0	6.91	28	23
2023/24	FC Voluntari	30	0	6.77	—	—
2022/23	FC Voluntari	1	0	6.3	—	—
2022/23	Deportivo Moron	35	2	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

C. Paz is a 31-year-old central defender at Deportivo Riestra, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 24 appearances, a Season grade of 52, top 10% of Liga Profesional Argentina centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 28.7, ranking 350th of 520 in the Liga Profesional Argentina. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (97.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.77 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Paz.

Judged on this season alone, Paz graded 52 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 10% of the 112 centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina, on 9 clean sheets and 3.774 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 77 → 52). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 69th of 112 of the 112 centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina. At 31 Paz is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2025/26 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Streaky

Current potential69th of 112 centre-backs · Liga Profesional Argentina Current seasonTop 10% centre-backs · Liga Profesional Argentina 11th-best centre-back in the Liga Profesional Argentina 350th in the Liga Profesional Argentina · potential 69th-highest potential centre-back in the Liga Profesional Argentina

28.7

Ratingi

69th of 112 centre-backs

51.8

Seasoni

a solid contributor and squad regular

97.5%

Minutes

near ever-present

3.77

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Deportivo Riestra finished 15th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

3.77

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.77 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (15th 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.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 97.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.77 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 28.7, Paz carries the 69th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina of 112, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Deportivo Riestra finished 15th 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 solid defensive volume (3.77 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %97.5%

Available fixtures25 of 25

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.774

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %67

Dribble success %85.7

Cards / 900.164

Foul involvement / 901.682

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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 31, Paz sits on 5.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Paz's projected Rating — 28.7 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 centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Chances created2

Passes385

Pass accuracy67%

Possession

Successful dribbles6

Dribble success85.7%

Duels won101

Duels won %57.1%

Fouls won11

Defending

Tackles46

Interceptions38

Blocks8

Fouls committed30

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

Deportivo RiestraJul 2024 – nowFree

FFC VoluntariJan 2023 – Jul 2024Free

Deportivo MoronFeb 2021 – Jan 2023Free

San Martin S.J.Aug 2019 – Feb 2021Free

Temperley(back from loan)Jul 2018 – Aug 2019

San Miguel(on loan)Aug 2017 – Jul 2018

Karpaty(on loan)Feb 2017 – Aug 2017

Temperleyuntil Feb 2017

About C. Paz

Cristian Ignacio Paz is a 31-year-old centre-back who plays for Deportivo Riestra, born on April 24, 1995 in Lomas de Zamora, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Argentina. Deportivo Riestra currently sit 15th of 15 in the Liga Profesional Argentina.

This season

In the current season, C. Paz has made 24 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 2,194 minutes, averaging a 6.59 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 4 yellow cards. His season has spanned the Liga Profesional Argentina and the CONMEBOL Sudamericana.

When C. Paz plays, Deportivo Riestra's record this season is 3W-10D-11L — and his match ratings average 6.71 at home against 6.61 on the road.

Recent matches

September 14, 2026: 0-3 loss at home vs Lanus (90 minutes, 6.48 rating)
September 4, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Platense (90 minutes, 6.36 rating)
August 29, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Velez Sarsfield (98 minutes, 6.2 rating)
August 15, 2026: 0-2 loss away at Newells Old Boys (90 minutes, 5.9 rating)
August 8, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs Estudiantes L.P. (94 minutes, 7.3 rating)
August 2, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs Barracas Central (95 minutes, 6.5 rating)
July 29, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Defensa Y Justicia (96 minutes, 6.2 rating)
July 26, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs Boca Juniors (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
May 5, 2026: 0-3 loss at home vs Gremio (90 minutes, 6.5 rating)
May 2, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Lanus (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)

C. Paz's next match is on September 19, 2026, when Deportivo Riestra face Gimnasia M. away in the Liga Profesional Argentina.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates C. Paz at 28.7 with a Season form score of 51.8, ranking 350th of 520 centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, C. Paz has totalled 231 club appearances with 6 goals and 0 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 35 appearances for Deportivo Moron.

C. Paz's career has also included time at FFC Voluntari, Deportivo Moron, San Martin S.J., Temperley, San Miguel and Karpaty.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

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Career

Scout report

Output in context · Deportivo Riestra finished 15th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points