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Kike Salas

Top-tier performerSevilla · 24 yrs

Profile

Full nameEnrique Jesús Salas Valiente
PositionCentre-back
NationalitySpain
Age24
Date of birth23 Apr 2002
BirthplaceMorón de la Frontera
Height188 cm
Shirt number#4
ClubSevilla
Centre-back
26
Appearances
2
Goals
0
Assists
2208
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Sevilla.

Injury-affected season

Missed 4 of Sevilla's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences (groin, injury, calf). He still appeared 26 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

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
La Liga262022086.99
Copa del Rey200906.9

Scout report

Top-tier performerBall-winning Central defender

Kike Salas is a 24-year-old central defender at Sevilla, rated 78.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 92nd of 389 on scout potential in the La Liga. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (72.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.65 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Salas.

Judged on this season alone, Salas graded 35 — a solid campaign that ranks top 32% of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga, on 4 clean sheets and 4.647 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 36 → 35). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 78, top 23% of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga. At 24 Salas is in his prime years, and a market index of 51.9 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Salas missed 4 games through injury (groin, injury, calf) out of roughly 38 this season. The 26 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.

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

Peak: 2024/25Trending upRemarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24
Current potentialTop 23% centre-backs · La LigaCurrent seasonTop 32% centre-backs · La Liga24th-best centre-back in the La Liga92nd in the La Liga · potential17th-highest potential centre-back in the La Liga
78.4
Ratingi
17th of 75 centre-backs
34.7
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
72.2%
Minutes
a regular starter
4.65
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Sevilla finished 13th of 20 · a mid-table side

4.65
Def. / 90
59
Tackles
37
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

4.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 72.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 4.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
  • Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 89.9/100).

Watch points

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

Outlook

With a Rating of 78.4, Salas carries the 17th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the La Liga (top 23%). Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.