Domestic-league season · Espanyol.
Missed 4 of Espanyol's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences (muscle, yellow cards). He still appeared 28 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 La Liga | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2150 | 6.87 |
Calero's current-season form is up 150% on last season (Season 14→35), while his Rating eased 49→47. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 42).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Espanyol · 11th | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6.87 | 47 | 35 |
| 2024/25 | Espanyol · 14th | 31 | 1 | 0 | 6.74 | 49 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | Espanyol · 4th | 35 | 3 | 0 | 7.21 | 53 | 40 |
| 2022/23 | Espanyol · 19th | 36 | 0 | 1 | 6.72 | 63 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | Espanyol · 14th | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 67 | 13 |
| 2020/21 | Espanyol · 1st | 28 | 1 | 1 | 7.06 | 65 | 42 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Fernando Calero is a 30-year-old central defender at Espanyol, rated 46.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 287th of 389 in the La Liga. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (70.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.73 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Calero.
Judged on this season alone, Calero graded 35 — a strong campaign that ranks top 28% of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga, on 6 clean sheets and 3.726 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 14 → 35). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 47, 50th of 75 of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga. At 30 Calero is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 43.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Calero missed 4 games through injury (muscle, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 28 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.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.73 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 28 appearances.
With a Rating of 46.8, Calero carries the 50th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the La Liga of 75. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.73 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.
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 (~86), then tapers with age. At 30, Calero sits on 43.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Calero's projected Rating — 46.8 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.
€8M total transfer fees · 1 moves
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