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Fernando Antonio Álvarez Amador

Rising starDeportivo Cali · 23 yrsFringe player

Profile

PositionFull-back
NationalityColombia
Age23
Date of birth24 Aug 2003
BirthplaceNew York
Height187 cm
Shirt number#4
ClubDeportivo Cali
Full-back
22
Appearances
0
Goals
1
Assists
1117
Minutes

Domestic-league season · CF Montreal.

Also this season

Earlier this season at CF MontrealLeagues Cup: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 180 min

Earlier this season at CF MontrealCanadian Championship: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 90 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Deportivo Cali; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Major League Soccerat CF Montreal220111176.54
Leagues Cupat CF Montreal2001806.6
Canadian Championshipat CF Montreal10090

Scout report

Rising starFull-back

Fernando Antonio Álvarez Amador is a 23-year-old full-back at Deportivo Cali, rated 38.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 5th of 347 on scout potential in the Primera A. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (36.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.14 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Amador.

Judged on this season alone, Amador graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 52nd of 54 of the 54 full-backs in the Primera A, on 1 clean sheet and 3.142 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 23 → 7). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, top 2% of the 54 full-backs in the Primera A. At 23 Amador is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 2.8 reflects that trajectory.

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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
38.2
Ratingi
1st of 54 full-backs
7.2
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
36.5%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.14
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Deportivo Cali finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side

22
Apps
3.14
Def. / 90
17
Tackles
16
Interceptions
1
Clean sheets

3.14 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 22 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 20) 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. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 36.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 38.2, Amador carries the 1st-highest potential of the full-backs in the Primera A (top 2%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Deportivo Cali finished 14th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.14 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 full-backs in the Primera A with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target2
Shots5

Passing

Assists1
Chances created3
Passes671

Possession

Successful dribbles1
Dribble success50%
Duels won46
Duels won %47.9%
Fouls won4

Defending

Tackles17
Interceptions16
Blocks6
Fouls committed18

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.