Domestic-league season · Elche.
Missed 9 of Elche's ~38 games this season through 9 injury absences (international duty, ankle, muscle). He still appeared 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 La Liga | 16 | 1 | 0 | 790 | 6.64 |
 World Cup - U20at Spain U20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 360 | 6.6 |
 Copa del Rey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 6.6 |
 UEFA Champions Leagueat Atletico Madrid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6.3 |
Mendoza's current-season form is up 75% on last season (Season 12→21), while his Rating climbed 65→77. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
Rodrigo Mendoza is a 21-year-old central midfielder at Elche, rated 77.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 104th of 389 in the La Liga and 298th of 3113 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been a rotation option this season (52.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.61 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mendoza.
Judged on this season alone, Mendoza graded 21 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 49th of 73 of the 73 central midfielders in the La Liga, on 1 goal, 1 assist and 1.608 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 12 → 21). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 77, top 29% of the 73 central midfielders in the La Liga. At 21 Mendoza is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 127.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Mendoza missed 9 games through injury (international duty, ankle, muscle) out of roughly 38 this season. The 24 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
1.61 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 24 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 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 77.2, Mendoza carries the 21st-highest potential of the central midfielders in the La Liga (top 29%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Elche 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 light defensive volume (1.61 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 21, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
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 (~142), then tapers with age. At 21, Mendoza sits on 127.8, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Mendoza's projected Rating — 77.2 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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