Domestic-league season · Empoli.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie B | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2828 | 6.76 |
Following his move to Empoli, Lovato's current-season form is up 32% on last season (Season 22→29), while his Rating eased 60→57. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 33).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Empoli · 15th | 33 | 3 | 0 | 6.76 | 57 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | Sassuolo · 1st | 20 | 1 | 0 | 6.74 | 60 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | Salernitana · 20th | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 69 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | Salernitana · 15th | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.36 | 68 | 11 |
| 2021/22 | Cagliari · 18th | 22 | 0 | 2 | 6.85 | 75 | 7 |
| 2020/21 | Hellas Verona · 10th | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 75 | 20 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Lovato is a 26-year-old central defender at Empoli, rated 56.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 140th of 397 in the Serie B. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (82.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.34 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lovato.
Judged on this season alone, Lovato graded 29 — a solid campaign that ranks top 33% of the 52 centre-backs in the Serie B, on 6 clean sheets and 3.342 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 22 → 29). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 57, top 31% of the 52 centre-backs in the Serie B. At 26 Lovato is in his prime years, and a market index of 22.4 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 33 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 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 56.6, Lovato carries the 16th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Serie B (top 31%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Empoli finished 15th of 20) — 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 moderate defensive volume (3.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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 (~22), then tapers with age. At 26, Lovato sits on 22.4, at or near its peak. The blue line is Lovato's projected Rating — 56.6 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.
€15M total transfer fees · 12 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
