Domestic-league season · Austin.
Missed 5 of Austin's ~36 games this season through 5 injury absences (jumpers knee, hamstring, yellow cards). He still appeared 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1810 | 6.75 |
Following his move to Austin, Sánchez's current-season form is down 21% on last season (Season 28→22), while his Rating held around 14. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 35).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Austin · 6th | 27 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 14 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | Los Angeles FC · 8th | 34 | 1 | 1 | 6.91 | 15 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | Los Angeles FC · 8th | 39 | 1 | 3 | 6.9 | 21 | 35 |
| 2022/23 | Los Angeles FC · 7th | 36 | 1 | 0 | 6.91 | 24 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | Sporting Kansas City · 7th | 32 | 1 | 0 | 7.05 | 27 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | Sporting Kansas City · 2nd | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6.93 | 29 | 30 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Ilie Sánchez is a 35-year-old central midfielder at Austin, rated 13.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 736th of 790 in the Major League Soccer. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (64.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.98 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sánchez.
Judged on this season alone, Sánchez graded 22 — a solid campaign that ranks top 33% of the 149 central midfielders in the Major League Soccer, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 2.983 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 28 → 22). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 14, 139th of 149 of the 149 central midfielders in the Major League Soccer. At 35 Sánchez is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Sánchez missed 5 games through injury (jumpers knee, hamstring, yellow cards) out of roughly 36 this season. The 27 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.
2.98 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 13.7, Sánchez carries the 139th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Major League Soccer of 149. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.98 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 35, Sánchez sits on 2.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Sánchez's projected Rating — 13.7 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
