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Profile

Full nameIsmael Sierra Arnal
PositionCentre-back
NationalitySpain
Age23
Date of birth17 Mar 2003
BirthplaceHuesca
Height192 cm
Shirt number#15
ClubEstoril
Centre-back
7
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
630
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Estoril.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Primeira Liga100906.9

Scout report

★ Standout performer

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First senior season on record — and already on the pitch for 88% of Estoril's available minutes, one of the top game-time debuts in the Primeira Liga this season.

Squad depthCentral defender

Isma Sierra is a 23-year-old central defender at Estoril, rated 53.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 66th of 133 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (41.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.57 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sierra.

Judged on this season alone, Sierra graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 35th of 36 of the 36 centre-backs in the Primeira Liga, on 1 clean sheet and 3.571 defensive actions per 90.

We hold a single season for Sierra, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 53, 17th of 36 of the 36 centre-backs in the Primeira Liga. At 23 Sierra is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 20.3 reflects that trajectory.

53.1
Ratingi
17th of 36 centre-backs
13
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
41.2%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.57
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Estoril finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

7
Apps
3.57
Def. / 90
5
Tackles
16
Interceptions
1
Clean sheets

3.57 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 7 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 3.57 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 41.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 53.1, Sierra carries the 17th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Primeira Liga of 36 — though on just 7 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.57 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target1
Shots8

Passing

Assists0
Chances created1
Passes403
Pass accuracy85%

Possession

Successful dribbles1
Dribble success100%
Duels won35
Duels won %54.7%
Fouls won6

Defending

Tackles5
Interceptions16
Blocks4
Fouls committed10
Penalties conceded1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.