Domestic-league season · Osasuna.
Missed 3 of Osasuna's ~38 games this season through 3 injury absences (illness, muscle). He still appeared 15 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 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 660 | 6.61 |
 Copa del Rey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 287 | 6.27 |
Cruz's current-season form is down 73% on last season (Season 15→4), while his Rating eased 30→18. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 29).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Osasuna · 17th | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.61 | 18 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | Osasuna · 9th | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 30 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | Osasuna · 11th | 35 | 0 | 1 | 6.58 | 36 | 20 |
| 2022/23 | Osasuna · 7th | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 46 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | Osasuna · 10th | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | 50 | 29 |
| 2020/21 | Osasuna · 11th | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 | 56 | 25 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Juan Cruz is a 33-year-old central defender at Osasuna, rated 18 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 383rd of 389 in the La Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (21% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.91 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cruz.
Judged on this season alone, Cruz graded 4 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 75th of 75 of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga, on 1 clean sheet and 1.909 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 15 → 4). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 75th of 75 of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga. At 33 Cruz is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 11.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Cruz missed 3 games through injury (illness, muscle) out of roughly 38 this season. The 15 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 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 15 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th of 20) 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.
With a Rating of 18, Cruz carries the 75th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the La Liga of 75 — though on just 15 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× 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 (~33), then tapers with age. At 33, Cruz sits on 11.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cruz's projected Rating — 18 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.
