Field Insider

Rodrigo Zalazar

Solid contributorSporting CP · 27 yrsStarterNew signing

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

Profile

Full nameRodrigo Zalazar Martínez
PositionWinger
NationalityUruguay
Age27
Date of birth12 Aug 1999
BirthplaceAlbacete
Height178 cm
Shirt number#17
ClubSporting CP
Winger
3
Appearances
1
Goals
1
Assists
268
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Sporting CP.

Also this season

Earlier this season at SC BragaUEFA Europa League: 13 apps, 2g 1a, 681 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Sporting CP; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Scout report

Solid contributorGoal-getting Winger

R. Zalazar is a 27-year-old winger at SC Braga, enjoying a standout season — 16 goals and 5 assists in 28 appearances, a Season grade of 59. On long-term scout potential he's rated 55.3. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter (63.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.97 goal contributions per 90 (0.74 goals, 0.23 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Zalazar.

On the season, Zalazar graded 59 for current form (age-blind), on 16 goals and 5 assists in 28 appearances (0.972 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 59 → 59). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 55. At 27 Zalazar is in his prime years, and a market index of 35.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
Read the full career report →

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2022/234 clubs
55.3
Ratingi
a solid contributor and squad regular
59.4
Seasoni
a strong, regular top-tier starter
63.5%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.97
Goal contrib / 90
elite end product

Output in context · SC Braga finished 4th of 18 · an upper-table side

28
Apps
16
Goals
5
Assists
21
G+A
0.57
Goals / app

16 goals in 28 appearances (0.57 per game) — a 15-goal haul playing for an upper-table side (4th of 18). He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 21 goal contributions (0.75 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 63.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.97 goal contributions per 90 (0.74 goals, 0.23 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 55.3 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.97 goal contributions 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals16

Passing

Assists5

Defending

Tackles21
Interceptions5

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6
Red cards0