Marcelo Esponda
based on the 2025 season · updated 20 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Newells Old Boys.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Liga Profesional Argentina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 6.63 |
Scout report
M. Esponda is a 23-year-old central midfielder at Aldosivi, rated 44.2 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (34.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.81 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Esponda.
On the season, Esponda graded 10 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.814 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 10 → 10). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 44. At 23 Esponda is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 11.8 reflects that trajectory.
Esponda is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Aldosivi finished 13th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side
3.81 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 16 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (13th of 15) 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. 3.81 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 34.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
Rated 44.2 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.81 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Liga Profesional Argentina with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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