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Full nameMatías Emiliano Recalde
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityArgentina
Age29
Date of birth9 Jul 1997
Shirt number#3
ClubGimnasia M.
Defensive midfielderalso played DEF
24
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1672
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Gimnasia M..

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Liga Profesional Argentina12005746.65

Scout report

Project playerBall-winning Defensive midfielder

M. Recalde is a 29-year-old defensive midfielder at Gimnasia M., rated 32.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 344th of 553 on scout potential in the Liga Profesional Argentina. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (64.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.25 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Recalde.

Judged on this season alone, Recalde graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 40th of 73 of the 73 defensive midfielders in the Liga Profesional Argentina, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.252 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 4 → 20).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, 51st of 73 of the 73 defensive midfielders in the Liga Profesional Argentina. At 29 Recalde is in his prime years, and a market index of 4.8 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Recalde is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2026/27Trending upStepped up 2026/27
32.1
Ratingi
51st of 73 defensive midfielders
19.6
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
64.1%
Minutes
a regular starter
4.25
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Gimnasia M. finished 11th of 15 · a lower-table side

24
Apps
4.25
Def. / 90
43
Tackles
32
Interceptions
6
Clean sheets

4.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (11th 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

  • Availability. On the pitch for 64.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 4.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 32.1, Recalde carries the 51st-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Liga Profesional Argentina of 73, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Gimnasia M. finished 11th of 15) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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 Liga Profesional Argentina with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target4
Shots9

Passing

Assists0
Chances created12
Passes767
Pass accuracy74%

Possession

Successful dribbles9
Dribble success47.4%
Duels won88
Duels won %54%
Fouls won26

Defending

Tackles43
Interceptions32
Blocks4
Fouls committed20

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.