Domestic-league season · Cremonese.
Missed 8 of Cremonese's ~38 games this season through 8 injury absences (muscle, muscle bruise, yellow cards). He still appeared 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1459 | 6.58 |
Following his move to Cremonese, Payero's current-season form is down 58% on last season (Season 19→8), while his Rating eased 67→57. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 58).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Cremonese · 18th | 25 | 1 | 0 | 6.58 | 57 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | Udinese · 12th | 27 | 1 | 1 | 6.79 | 67 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | Udinese · 15th | 29 | 2 | 2 | 6.75 | 71 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | Boca Juniors · 1st | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6.57 | 48 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | Banfield · 20th | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6.99 | 45 | 8 |
| 2020/21 | Banfield · 3rd | 12 | 1 | 8 | 7.51 | 58 | 58 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Payero is a 27-year-old centre-forward at Cremonese, rated 56.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 249th of 385 in the Serie A. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (54% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Payero.
Judged on this season alone, Payero graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 44th of 47 of the 47 centre-forwards in the Serie A, on 1 goal and 0 assists in 25 appearances (0.062 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 19 → 8). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 57, 33rd of 47 of the 47 centre-forwards in the Serie A. At 27 Payero is in his prime years, and a market index of 97.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Payero missed 8 games through injury (muscle, muscle bruise, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 25 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 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1 goal in 25 appearances (0.04 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
With a Rating of 56.7, Payero carries the 33rd-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Serie A of 47, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Cremonese finished 18th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.06 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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 (~98), then tapers with age. At 27, Payero sits on 97.5, at or near its peak. The blue line is Payero's projected Rating — 56.7 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.
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