Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Oviedo.
Injury-affected season
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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 La Liga | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2075 | 6.8 |
Scout report
David Costas is a 31-year-old central defender at Oviedo, rated 40.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 310th of 389 on scout potential 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 17.4 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.
Output in context · Oviedo finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
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.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 76.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
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 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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
