Diego Villares

Villares's current-season form is level with last season (Season 32→32), while his Rating held around 38. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 40).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Deportivo La Coruna · 10th	2	0	0	6.8	38	32
2025/26	Deportivo La Coruna · 2nd	36	2	0	6.86	38	32
2024/25	Deportivo La Coruna · 16th	40	4	1	6.83	51	40
2023/24	Deportivo La Coruna	38	4	0	—	—	—
2022/23	Deportivo La Coruna	35	4	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerBall-winning Defensive midfielder

Diego Villares is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at Deportivo La Coruna, rated 38.4 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (65.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.31 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Villares.

On the season, Villares graded 32 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 0 assists and 4.305 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 32 → 32). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 38. At 30 Villares is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 11.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending down

38.4

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

31.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

65.3%

Minutes

a regular starter

4.31

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Deportivo La Coruna finished 2nd of 22 · a title-challenging side

Apps

4.31

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.31 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 36 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 22) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 65.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 4.31 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 38.4 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.31 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %65.3%

Available fixtures42 of 42

Goals / 900.073

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.073

Defensive actions / 904.305

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900.182

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 (~35), then tapers with age. At 30, Villares sits on 11.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Villares's projected Rating — 38.4 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 defensive midfielders in the La Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles58

Interceptions46

Blocks14

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5

Red cards0

About Diego Villares

Diego Villares Yáñez is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for Deportivo La Coruna, born on June 17, 1996 in Vilalba, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Spain. Deportivo La Coruna currently sit 10th of 20 in the La Liga.

This season

In the current season, Diego Villares has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 58 minutes, averaging a 6.9 match rating over his last 2 rated games.

Recent matches

August 24, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Malaga (32 minutes, 7.2 rating)
August 17, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Elche (37 minutes, 6.6 rating)

Diego Villares's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Deportivo La Coruna face Valencia at home in the La Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Diego Villares at 38.4 with a Season form score of 31.7. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 1 career title — among them the Primera División RFEF. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 9 recorded seasons, Diego Villares has totalled 264 club appearances with 25 goals and 1 assist for 3 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 40 appearances for Deportivo La Coruna.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.