Luis Cárdenas

Cárdenas's current-season form is level with last season (Season 15→15), while his Rating eased 20→17. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 15).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Monterrey · 7th	5	1	20%	7.14	17	15
2025/26	Monterrey · 13th	19	6	32%	7.21	20	15
2024/25	Monterrey · 7th	16	4	25%	7.09	25	8
2023/24	Monterrey · 4th	2	1	50%	7.55	25	4
2022/23	Monterrey	9	0	0%	6.91	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons in the full career.

Mexico · international

Side	Apps	G
Mexico U21	2	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headGoalkeeper

L. Cárdenas is a 32-year-old goalkeeper at Monterrey, rated 20.4 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (56.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cárdenas.

On the season, Cárdenas graded 15 for current form (age-blind), on 6 clean sheets across 19 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 15 → 15). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 20. At 32 Cárdenas is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Cárdenas is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding level

20.4

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

14.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

56.2%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.05

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Monterrey finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

32%

CS rate

56.2%

Minutes

6 clean sheets in 19 appearances (32% of games). Keeping that many behind a lower-table side (13th of 18) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.

Watch points

Game time. Only 56.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 20.4 overall — below regular-starter level. A rotation minutes keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %56.2%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.047

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900

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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 32, Cárdenas sits on 2.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cárdenas's projected Rating — 20.4 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 goalkeepers in the Liga MX with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets6—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

Monterrey(back from loan)Jan 2019 – now

Club Queretaro(on loan)Jul 2018 – Jan 2019

Monterreyuntil Jul 2018

About L. Cárdenas

Luis Alberto Cárdenas López is a 32-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Monterrey, born on September 15, 1993 in Ahome, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Mexico. Monterrey currently sit 7th of 18 in the Liga MX.

This season

In the current season, L. Cárdenas has made 5 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 450 minutes, averaging a 7.2 match rating over his last 4 rated games, with 1 yellow card. His season has spanned the Liga MX and the CONCACAF Champions League.

Recent matches

August 16, 2026: 6-1 win at home vs FC Juarez (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
August 2, 2026: 2-0 win away at Atlas (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
July 26, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Necaxa (90 minutes, 8.9 rating)
July 19, 2026: 3-2 win at home vs Santos Laguna (90 minutes, 6.5 rating)

L. Cárdenas's next match is on August 31, 2026, when Monterrey face Atletico San Luis at home in the Liga MX.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates L. Cárdenas at 20.4 with a Season form score of 14.8. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 7 career titles — among them the Concacaf Champions Cup and the Liga MX. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, L. Cárdenas has totalled 104 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 2 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2017/18, with 28 appearances for Zacatepec 1948.

L. Cárdenas's career has also included time at Club Queretaro.

On the international stage, L. Cárdenas has represented Mexico U21 — 2 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.