Dario Špikić

Špikić's current-season form is level with last season (Season 20→20), while his Rating held around 48. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 20).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Rio Ave · 10th	3	0	0	6.5	48	20
2025/26	Rio Ave · 12th	30	2	3	6.55	48	20
2024/25	Aris ThessalonikisLoan · 2nd	12	2	0	7	35	8
2024/25	Dinamo Zagreb	14	1	0	6.5	—	—
2023/24	Dinamo Zagreb	28	4	2	6.9	—	—
2022/23	Dinamo Zagreb	34	7	2	6.87	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 5 youth-team spells in the full career.

Croatia · international

Side	Apps	G
Croatia U21	10	2
Croatia U19	7	2
Croatia U17	5	2

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

Scout report

Squad depthCentre-forward

D. Špikić is a 27-year-old centre-forward at Rio Ave, rated 47.5 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (58.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.25 goal contributions per 90 (0.1 goals, 0.15 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Špikić.

On the season, Špikić graded 20 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals and 3 assists in 30 appearances (0.25 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 20 → 20). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 48. At 27 Špikić is in his prime years, and a market index of 18.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending up

47.5

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

19.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

58.8%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.25

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Rio Ave finished 12th of 18 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.07

Goals / app

2 goals in 30 appearances (0.07 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 5 goal contributions (0.17 per appearance).

Watch points

Game time. Only 58.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.25 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

Rated 47.5 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.25 goal contributions 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.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %58.8%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.1

Assists / 900.15

Goal contribution / 900.25

Defensive actions / 902.451

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.05

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 (~18), then tapers with age. At 27, Špikić sits on 18.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Špikić's projected Rating — 47.5 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-forwards in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2—

Passing

Assists3—

Defending

Tackles32—

Interceptions16—

Blocks1—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

Rio AveAug 2025 – now

Dinamo Zagreb(back from loan)Jul 2025 – Aug 2025

Aris Thessalonikis(on loan)Jan 2025 – Jul 2025

Dinamo Zagreb(back from loan)Jul 2021 – Jan 2025

HNK Gorica(on loan)Feb 2021 – Jul 2021

Dinamo Zagrebuntil Feb 2021

HNK GoricaJan 2020 – Feb 2021

HNK Hajduk SplitJun 2018 – Jan 2020

Dinamo Zagrebuntil Jun 2018

About D. Špikić

Dario Špikić is a 27-year-old centre-forward who plays for Rio Ave, born on March 22, 1999 in Zagreb, standing 183 cm tall. He is from Croatia. Rio Ave currently sit 10th of 18 in the Primeira Liga.

This season

In the current season, D. Špikić has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 56 minutes, averaging a 6.5 match rating over his last 3 rated games.

Recent matches

August 22, 2026: 2-0 win away at Estoril (9 minutes, 6.5 rating)
August 15, 2026: 0-2 loss at home vs FC Porto (31 minutes, 6.3 rating)
August 9, 2026: 0-1 loss away at GIL Vicente (16 minutes, 6.7 rating)

D. Špikić's next match is on August 28, 2026, when Rio Ave face Sporting CP at home in the Primeira Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates D. Špikić at 47.5 with a Season form score of 19.5. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 13 career titles — among them the HNL and the Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, D. Špikić has totalled 240 club appearances with 29 goals and 7 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 34 appearances for Dinamo Zagreb.

D. Špikić's career has also included time at Dinamo Zagreb, Aris Thessalonikis, HNK Gorica and HNK Hajduk Split.

On the international stage, D. Špikić has represented Croatia U21, Croatia U19, Croatia U17 — 22 caps and 6 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.