Domestic-league season · Celta Vigo.
Missed 3 of Celta Vigo's ~38 games this season through 3 injury absences (muscle, inactive, ankle). He still appeared 20 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 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1342 | 7.02 |
 UEFA Europa League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 6.53 |
 Copa del Rey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 6.3 |
Sotelo's current-season form is up 120% on last season (Season 10→22), while his Rating climbed 78→81. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Celta Vigo · 6th | 20 | 0 | 2 | 7.02 | 81 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | Celta Vigo · 7th | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6.77 | 78 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | Celta Vigo · 13th | 37 | 0 | 1 | 6.81 | 75 | 10 |
| 2022/23 | Celta Vigo · 13th | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 68 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | Celta Vigo · 11th | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 68 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Celta Vigo · 8th | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 69 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Hugo Sotelo is a 22-year-old central midfielder at Celta Vigo, rated 80.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 74th of 389 in the La Liga and 139th of 2861 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (42.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.49 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sotelo.
Judged on this season alone, Sotelo graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 46th of 73 of the 73 central midfielders in the La Liga, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 3.487 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 22). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 81, top 16% of the 73 central midfielders in the La Liga. At 22 Sotelo is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 140.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Sotelo missed 3 games through injury (muscle, inactive, ankle) out of roughly 38 this season. The 20 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.
A career still climbing — Sotelo is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
3.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 20 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th of 20) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 80.5, Sotelo carries the 11th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the La Liga (top 16%). Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
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 (~148), then tapers with age. At 22, Sotelo sits on 140.7, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Sotelo's projected Rating — 80.5 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.
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