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Ricardo Chávez

Experienced headMonterrey · 31 yrsStarter

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameRicardo Chávez Soto
PositionFull-back
NationalityMexico
Age31
Date of birth19 Nov 1994
BirthplaceCiudad Victoria
Height176 cm
Shirt number#2
ClubMonterrey
Full-back
5
Appearances
0
Goals
1
Assists
341
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Monterrey.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Liga MX2001806.05
CONCACAF Champions League2001116.4

Scout report

Experienced headFull-back

R. Chávez is a 31-year-old full-back at Monterrey, enjoying a standout season — 2 goals and 3 assists in 29 appearances, a Season grade of 31. On long-term scout potential he's rated 25.8. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (66.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.91 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Chávez.

On the season, Chávez graded 31 for current form (age-blind), on 7 clean sheets and 3.911 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 31 → 31). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 26. At 31 Chávez is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2025/26
25.8
Ratingi
below regular-starter level
31
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
66.6%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.91
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Monterrey finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

29
Apps
3.91
Def. / 90
62
Tackles
23
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

3.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) 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 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 66.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.2 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
  • Defensive volume. 3.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 25.8 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Liga MX with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles62
Interceptions23
Blocks14

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards8
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.