Domestic-league season · Real Sociedad.
Missed 8 of Real Sociedad's ~38 games this season through 8 injury absences (thigh, muscle, yellow cards). He still appeared 25 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 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2088 | 6.63 |
 Copa del Rey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 301 | 7.23 |
Zubeldia's current-season form is down 51% on last season (Season 41→20), while his Rating eased 65→54. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 48).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Real Sociedad · 10th | 25 | 0 | 1 | 6.63 | 54 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | Real Sociedad · 11th | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6.79 | 65 | 41 |
| 2023/24 | Real Sociedad · 6th | 31 | 0 | 2 | 6.84 | 75 | 48 |
| 2022/23 | Real Sociedad · 4th | 35 | 1 | 1 | 6.89 | 82 | 46 |
| 2021/22 | Real Sociedad · 6th | 26 | 0 | 1 | 6.68 | 77 | 44 |
| 2020/21 | Real Sociedad · 5th | 24 | 1 | 1 | 6.84 | 80 | 31 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Zubeldia is a 29-year-old central defender at Real Sociedad, rated 54 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 250th of 389 in the La Liga. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (77.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.1 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Zubeldia.
Judged on this season alone, Zubeldia graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 57th of 75 of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga, on 2 clean sheets and 3.103 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 41 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 54, 44th of 75 of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga. At 29 Zubeldia is in his prime years, and a market index of 54.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Zubeldia missed 8 games through injury (thigh, muscle, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 25 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 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.1 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 54, Zubeldia carries the 44th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the La Liga of 75. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.1 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× 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 (~99), then tapers with age. At 29, Zubeldia sits on 54.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Zubeldia's projected Rating — 54 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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