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Emanuel Insúa

Experienced headColegiales · 35 yrsNot playing

based on the 2024 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameEmanuel Mariano Insúa Zapata
PositionCentre-back
NationalityArgentina
Age35
Date of birth10 Apr 1991
BirthplaceBuenos Aires
Height182 cm
ClubColegiales
Centre-back
0
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Colegiales.

Scout report

Experienced headBall-winning Central defender

E. Insúa is a 35-year-old central defender at Banfield, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 33 appearances, a Season grade of 33. On long-term scout potential he's rated 18.6. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (88.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.25 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Insúa.

On the season, Insúa graded 33 for current form (age-blind), on 4 clean sheets and 4.252 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 16 → 33). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 19. At 35 Insúa is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Insúa is operating at his career peak — the 2021/22 level is the level.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelBreakout: 2021/224 clubs
18.6
Ratingi
below regular-starter level
33.2
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
88.8%
Minutes
near ever-present
4.25
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Banfield finished 27th of 28 · a relegation-threatened side

33
Apps
4.25
Def. / 90
63
Tackles
37
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

4.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 33 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (27th of 28) 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.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 88.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 4.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Age curve. At 35, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 18.6 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

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

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles63
Interceptions37
Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards9
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.