Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Rubin.
Injury-affected season
Missed 4 of Rubin's ~30 games this season through 4 injury absences (ankle, foot). He still appeared 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 6.87 |
Scout report
D. Maldonado is a 28-year-old full-back at Rubin, rated 20.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 204th of 274 on scout potential in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (30.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.88 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Maldonado.
Judged on this season alone, Maldonado graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 36th of 47 of the 47 full-backs in the Premier League, on 4 clean sheets and 1.875 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 17).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 21, 37th of 47 of the 47 full-backs in the Premier League. At 28 Maldonado is in his prime years, and a market index of 1.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Maldonado missed 4 games through injury (ankle, foot) out of roughly 30 this season. The 9 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 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Rubin finished 8th of 16 · a mid-table side
1.88 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 9 appearances.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 30.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 20.8, Maldonado carries the 37th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Premier League of 47 — though on just 9 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.88 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
