Domestic-league season · Oviedo.
Missed 8 of Oviedo's ~38 games this season through 7 injury absences and 1 suspension (muscle, injury, hamstring). He still appeared 25 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 La Liga | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2075 | 6.8 |
Costas's current-season form is up 21% on last season (Season 29→35), while his Rating eased 43→41. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 52).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Oviedo · 20th | 25 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 41 | 35 |
| 2024/25 | Oviedo · 4th | 31 | 1 | 1 | 6.94 | 43 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | Oviedo · 6th | 19 | 0 | 1 | 7.31 | 43 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | Oviedo · 8th | 22 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | Oviedo · 7th | 40 | 1 | 1 | 7.03 | 64 | 52 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
David Costas is a 31-year-old central defender at Oviedo, rated 40.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 311th of 389 in the La Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (76.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.08 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Costas.
Judged on this season alone, Costas graded 35 — a strong campaign that ranks top 30% of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga, on 6 clean sheets and 3.08 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 29 → 35). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, 55th of 75 of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga. At 31 Costas is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 33.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Costas missed 7 games through injury and 1 suspension (muscle, injury, hamstring) out of roughly 38 this season. The 25 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.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.08 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 40.6, Costas carries the 55th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the La Liga of 75, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Oviedo finished 20th of 20) — 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 (3.08 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.
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 (~75), then tapers with age. At 31, Costas sits on 33.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Costas's projected Rating — 40.6 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.
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