Mário Balbúrdia
based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Boluspor.
Scout report
Mário Balbúrdia is a 29-year-old defensive midfielder at Boluspor, enjoying a standout season — 2 goals and 4 assists in 32 appearances, a Season grade of 27. On long-term scout potential he's rated 24.5. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter (60.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.14 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Balbúrdia.
On the season, Balbúrdia graded 27 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 4 assists and 2.136 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 11 → 27). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 25. At 29 Balbúrdia is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.4 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Balbúrdia is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · Boluspor finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side
2.14 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th 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. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 60.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.26 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
Rated 24.5 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.14 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the 1. Lig with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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