Domestic-league season · Deportivo Cali.
Following his move to Deportivo Cali, Bustamante's current-season form is down 33% on last season (Season 9→6), while his Rating eased 51→20. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 9).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Deportivo Cali · 14th | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6.59 | 20 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | Vizela · 17th | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6.74 | 51 | 9 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. Bustamante is a 26-year-old central midfielder at Deportivo Cali, rated 19.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 202nd of 434 in the Primera A. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (23.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.47 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bustamante.
Judged on this season alone, Bustamante graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 84th of 96 of the 96 central midfielders in the Primera A, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.466 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 9 → 6).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 20, 54th of 96 of the 96 central midfielders in the Primera A. At 26 Bustamante is in his prime years, and a market index of 4 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.47 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th 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.
With a Rating of 19.8, Bustamante carries the 54th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Primera A of 96 — though on just 19 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.47 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.
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 (~4), then tapers with age. At 26, Bustamante sits on 4, at or near its peak. The blue line is Bustamante's projected Rating — 19.8 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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