Domestic-league season · Bayer Leverkusen.
Missed 6 of Bayer Leverkusen's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences and 1 suspension (knee). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1001 | 6.78 |
 UEFA Champions League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 443 | 6.68 |
 DFB Pokal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.6 |
Following his move to Bayer Leverkusen, Fernández's current-season form is down 50% on last season (Season 40→20), while his Rating climbed 59→72. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 40).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Bayer Leverkusen · 6th | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6.78 | 72 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | Al-Qadisiyah FC · 4th | 31 | 1 | 2 | 7.25 | 59 | 40 |
| 2022/23 | Tigre · 7th | 40 | 0 | 1 | 6.87 | 56 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | Boca Juniors · 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 47 | 2 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
E. Fernández is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder at Bayer Leverkusen, rated 71.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 119th of 325 in the Bundesliga. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (39.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.14 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Fernández.
Judged on this season alone, Fernández graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 46th of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 4.136 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 40 → 20). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 72, 23rd of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga. At 23 Fernández is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 118.9 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Fernández missed 5 games through injury and 1 suspension (knee) out of roughly 34 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.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4.14 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 20 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th of 18) 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 71.6, Fernández carries the 23rd-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga of 55. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.14 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, 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 (~119), then tapers with age. At 23, Fernández sits on 118.9, at or near its peak. The blue line is Fernández's projected Rating — 71.6 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.
€18.7M total transfer fees · 4 moves
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