Santi Cazorla

Cazorla's current-season form is down 50% on last season (Season 22→11), while his Rating eased 13→9. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 22).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Oviedo · 20th	28	0	1	6.76	9	11
2024/25	Oviedo · 4th	36	5	3	7.2	13	22
2023/24	Oviedo · 6th	25	0	4	7.15	8	9
2023/24	Al Sadd	4	3	0	—	—	—
2022/23	Al Sadd	19	4	0	—	—	—
2021/22	Al Sadd	16	6	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 17 earlier seasons in the full career.

Spain · international

Side	Apps	G
Spain	86	15

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

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. On long-term scout potential he's rated 9.3. 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.

On the season, Cazorla graded 11 for current form (age-blind), 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. 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.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2025/26Injury-hit 2025/26

9.3

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

27.5%

Minutes

limited game time

2.39

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Oviedo finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

2.39

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

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

Rated 9.3 overall — below regular-starter level. 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %27.5%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.096

Goal contribution / 900.096

Defensive actions / 902.394

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.287

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 41, Cazorla sits on 2.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cazorla's projected Rating — 9.3 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Segunda División with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles18

Interceptions4

Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards1

Transfer history

€40M total transfer fees · 6 moves

OviedoAug 2023 – nowFree

AAl SaddAug 2020 – Aug 2023

VillarrealJul 2018 – Aug 2020Free

ArsenalAug 2012 – Jul 2018€ 19M

MalagaJul 2011 – Aug 2012€ 21M

RRecreativo Huelva(on loan)Jul 2006 – Jul 2011

Villarrealuntil Jul 2006

About Santi Cazorla

Santiago Cazorla González is a 41-year-old central midfielder who plays for Oviedo, born on December 13, 1984 in Lugo de Llanera, standing 168 cm tall. He is from Spain. Oviedo currently sit 18th of 22 in the Segunda División.

This season

In the current season, Santi Cazorla has made 28 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 940 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

Santi Cazorla's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Oviedo face Albacete away in the Segunda División.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Santi Cazorla at 9.3 with a Season form score of 11. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 23 career titles — among them the Stars League and the Emir Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 22 recorded seasons, Santi Cazorla has totalled 602 club appearances with 112 goals and 34 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2011/12, with 38 appearances for Malaga.

Santi Cazorla's career has also included time at AAl Sadd, Villarreal, Arsenal, Malaga and RRecreativo Huelva.

On the international stage, Santi Cazorla has represented Spain — 86 caps and 15 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Oviedo finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

Watch points