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Kike Salas

Top-tier performerSevilla · 24 yrsRotation

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

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
1
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
88
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Sevilla.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
La Liga100886.9

Scout report

Top-tier performerBall-winning Central defender

Kike Salas is a 24-year-old central defender at Sevilla, rated 76.7 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (64.6% 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.

On the season, Salas graded 31 for current form (age-blind), on 4 clean sheets and 4.647 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 31 → 31). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 77. At 24 Salas is in his prime years, and a market index of 50.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24
76.7
Ratingi
elite — among the best in the position
31.1
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
64.6%
Minutes
a regular starter
4.65
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

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

26
Apps
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 64.6% 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

Rated 76.7 overall — elite — among the best in the position. 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.

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles59
Interceptions37
Blocks18

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.