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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Oviedo.
Injury-affected season
Missed 6 of Oviedo's ~38 games this season through 5 injury absences and 1 suspension (ankle, rest). He still appeared 28 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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 La Liga | 28 | 0 | 1 | 940 | 6.76 |
Scout report
Santi Cazorla is a 41-year-old central midfielder at Oviedo, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 1 assists in 28 appearances, a Season grade of 11, top 92% of La Liga attacking midfielders. On long-term scout potential he's rated 9.3, ranking 389th of 389 in the La Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member (27.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.39 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cazorla.
Judged on this season alone, Cazorla graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 49th of 53 of the 53 attacking midfielders in the La Liga, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 2.394 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 22 → 11). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 9, 53rd of 53 of the 53 attacking midfielders in the La Liga. At 41 Cazorla is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Cazorla missed 5 games through injury and 1 suspension (ankle, rest) out of roughly 38 this season. The 28 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.
Output in context · Oviedo finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th 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 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 27.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 41, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 9.3, Cazorla carries the 53rd-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the La Liga of 53, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Oviedo finished 20th 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 (2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the La Liga with 600+ minutes this season.
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