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Diego Sánchez

Key starterSporting Gijon · 23 yrsRotation

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameDiego Sánchez Pérez
PositionCentre-back
NationalitySpain
Age23
Date of birth18 Jul 2003
BirthplaceAvilés
Height186 cm
Shirt number#5
ClubSporting Gijon
Centre-back
1
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
90
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Sporting Gijon.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Segunda División100907.3

Scout report

Key starterCentral defender

Diego Sánchez is a 23-year-old central defender at Sporting Gijon, rated 67 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (77.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.4 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sánchez.

On the season, Sánchez graded 30 for current form (age-blind), on 9 clean sheets and 2.399 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 30 → 30). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 67. At 23 Sánchez is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 28.5 reflects that trajectory.

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending upRemarkably consistent
67
Ratingi
a strong, regular top-tier starter
29.8
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
77.4%
Minutes
a regular starter
2.4
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Sporting Gijon finished 9th of 22 · a mid-table side

38
Apps
2.4
Def. / 90
39
Tackles
29
Interceptions
9
Clean sheets

2.4 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 38 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 77.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 67 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.4 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Segunda División with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles39
Interceptions29
Blocks10

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.