Diego Rico

Rico's current-season form is down 56% on last season (Season 73→32), while his Rating eased 46→26. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 73).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Getafe · 7th	28	0	6.66	26	32
2024/25	Getafe · 13th	33	6	6.96	46	73
2023/24	GetafeLoan · 12th	32	14	6.95	51	73
2022/23	Real Sociedad · 4th	20	0	6.87	50	32
2021/22	Real Sociedad · 6th	21	0	6.89	56	50

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headBall-winning Central defender

Diego Rico is a 33-year-old central defender at Getafe, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 28 appearances, a Season grade of 32, top 27% of La Liga centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 26.4, ranking 95th of 108 in the La Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (51.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.02 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Rico.

Judged on this season alone, Rico graded 32 — a strong campaign that ranks top 27% of the 26 centre-backs in the La Liga, on 6 clean sheets and 4.024 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 73 → 32). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, 23rd of 26 of the 26 centre-backs in the La Liga. At 33 Rico is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 10.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24StreakyStepped up 2021/22

Current potential23rd of 26 centre-backs · La Liga Current seasonTop 27% centre-backs · La Liga 7th-best centre-back in the La Liga 95th in the La Liga · potential 23rd-highest potential centre-back in the La Liga

26.4

Ratingi

23rd of 26 centre-backs

31.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

51.7%

Minutes

rotation minutes

4.02

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Getafe finished 7th of 20 · a mid-table side

Apps

4.02

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 28 appearances.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 93/100).

Watch points

Game time. Only 51.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 33, 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 26.4, Rico carries the 23rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the La Liga of 26. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %51.7%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 904.024

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.204

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 (~29), then tapers with age. At 33, Rico sits on 10.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Rico's projected Rating — 26.4 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 La Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles46

Interceptions30

Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

€14.5M total transfer fees · 7 moves

OsasunaAug 2026 – nowFree

Getafeuntil Aug 2026

Real Sociedad(back from loan)Jul 2024 – Aug 2026

GetafeJul 2024 – Jul 2024€ 1.5M

Getafe(on loan)Sept 2023 – Jul 2024

Real SociedadJul 2021 – Sept 2023

BournemouthJul 2018 – Jul 2021€ 12M

LeganesAug 2016 – Jul 2018€ 1M

Zaragozauntil Aug 2016

About Diego Rico

Diego Rico Salguero is a 33-year-old centre-back who plays for Osasuna, born on February 23, 1993 in Burgos, standing 183 cm tall. He is from Spain. Osasuna currently sit 11th of 20 in the La Liga.

This season

In the current season, Diego Rico has made 28 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 1,767 minutes, with 4 yellow cards.

Diego Rico's next match is on August 27, 2026, when Osasuna face Celta Vigo away in the La Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Diego Rico at 26.4 with a Season form score of 31.5, ranking 95th of 108 centre-backs in the La Liga. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 15 recorded seasons, Diego Rico has totalled 380 club appearances with 9 goals and 32 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2015/16, with 39 appearances for Zaragoza.

Diego Rico's career has also included time at Getafe, Real Sociedad, Bournemouth, Leganes and Zaragoza.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Also this season

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Getafe finished 7th of 20 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points