Irvin Cardona

Cardona's current-season form is level with last season (Season 41→42), while his Rating held around 43. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Saint Etienne · 1st	9	5	4	7.21	43	42
2025/26	Saint Etienne · 3rd	33	7	7	7.03	43	41
2024/25	Saint EtienneLoan · 17th	15	5	2	6.92	61	25
2024/25	EspanyolLoan · 14th	16	1	1	6.68	61	8
2023/24	Saint EtienneLoan · 3rd	20	9	3	7.38	61	32
2023/24	FC Augsburg · 11th	3	0	0	6.53	57	0
2022/23	FC Augsburg · 15th	10	1	0	6.35	62	5
2022/23	Stade Brestois 29 · 14th	10	0	0	6.47	59	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 6 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerGoal-getting Centre-forward

I. Cardona is a 29-year-old centre-forward at Saint Etienne, rated 42.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 83rd of 128 on scout potential in the Ligue 2. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (63.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.63 goal contributions per 90 (0.32 goals, 0.32 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cardona.

Judged on this season alone, Cardona graded 41 — a strong campaign that ranks top 29% of the 7 centre-forwards in the Ligue 2, on 7 goals and 7 assists in 33 appearances (0.629 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 41 → 42). Across the 7 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, 6th of 7 of the 7 centre-forwards in the Ligue 2. At 29 Cardona is in his prime years, and a market index of 14.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Cardona is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2026/27Trending upBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2024/25

Current potential6th of 7 centre-forwards · Ligue 2 Current seasonTop 29% centre-forwards · Ligue 2 2nd-best centre-forward in the Ligue 2 83rd in the Ligue 2 · potential 6th-highest potential centre-forward in the Ligue 2

42.6

Ratingi

6th of 7 centre-forwards

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

63.6%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.63

Goal contrib / 90

strong end product

Output in context · Saint Etienne finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.21

Goals / app

7 goals in 33 appearances (0.21 per game) for an upper-table side. He also laid on 7 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 14 goal contributions (0.42 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 63.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.63 goal contributions per 90 (0.32 goals, 0.32 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 42.6, Cardona carries the 6th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Ligue 2 of 7. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.63 goal contributions 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %63.6%

Available fixtures35 of 35

Goals / 900.315

Assists / 900.315

Goal contribution / 900.629

Defensive actions / 901.573

Player flow

Goal involvements14

Cards / 900.135

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~26), then tapers with age. At 29, Cardona sits on 14.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cardona's projected Rating — 42.6 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals7

Passing

Assists7

Defending

Tackles26

Interceptions8

Blocks1—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.5M total transfer fees · 8 moves

FC Augsburg(back from loan)Jul 2025 – now

Saint EtienneJul 2025 – Jul 2025

Espanyol(on loan)Aug 2024 – Jul 2025

FC Augsburg(back from loan)Jul 2024 – Aug 2024

Saint Etienne(on loan)Jan 2025 – Jul 2024

Saint Etienne(on loan)Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

FC AugsburgJan 2023 – Jan 2024€ 500K

Stade Brestois 29until Jan 2023

Cercle Brugge(on loan)Jul 2017 – Jan 2023

Monacountil Jul 2017

About I. Cardona

Irvin Charly Jose Cardona is a 29-year-old centre-forward who plays for Saint Etienne, born on August 8, 1997 in Nîmes, standing 185 cm tall. He is from France. Saint Etienne currently sit 1st of 18 in the Ligue 2.

This season

In the current season, I. Cardona has made 9 appearances with 5 goals and 4 assists across 644 minutes.

I. Cardona's next match is on October 31, 2026, when Saint Etienne face Guingamp away in the Ligue 2.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates I. Cardona at 42.6 with a Season form score of 41, ranking 83rd of 128 centre-forwards in the Ligue 2. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the Challenger Pro League and the Ligue 1. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, I. Cardona has totalled 280 club appearances with 82 goals and 21 assists for 10 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 36 appearances for Stade Brestois 29.

I. Cardona's career has also included time at FC Augsburg, Espanyol, Stade Brestois 29, Cercle Brugge and Monaco.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Saint Etienne finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side

Strengths

Watch points