Valdez's current-season form is down 41% on last season (Season 51→30), while his Rating eased 31→29. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 51).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Independiente · 5th	16	6.79	30	30
2025/26	Independiente · 8th	29	7.03	31	51
2024/25	Central Cordoba de Santiago · 22nd	36	6.93	41	32
2023/24	Central Cordoba de Santiago	14	6.78	—	—
2022/23	Almagro	30	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

S. Valdez is a 30-year-old central defender at Independiente, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 16 appearances, a Season grade of 30, top 60% of Liga Profesional Argentina centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 28.6, ranking 337th of 520 in the Liga Profesional Argentina. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option (57.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.68 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Valdez.

Judged on this season alone, Valdez graded 30 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 67th of 111 of the 111 centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina, on 5 clean sheets and 3.675 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 51 → 30). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 64th of 111 of the 111 centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina. At 30 Valdez is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2025/26 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelBreakout: 2025/26

Current potential64th of 111 centre-backs · Liga Profesional Argentina Current season67th of 111 centre-backs · Liga Profesional Argentina 67th-best centre-back in the Liga Profesional Argentina 337th in the Liga Profesional Argentina · potential 64th-highest potential centre-back in the Liga Profesional Argentina

28.6

Ratingi

64th of 111 centre-backs

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

57.6%

Minutes

rotation minutes

3.68

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Independiente finished 5th of 15 · an upper-table side

Apps

3.68

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.68 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 16 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (5th of 15) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 3.68 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 57.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 28.6, Valdez carries the 64th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina of 111. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.68 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %57.6%

Available fixtures26 of 26

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.675

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %40

Pass accuracy %83

Dribble success %50

Cards / 900.2

Foul involvement / 901.604

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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 30, Valdez sits on 6.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Valdez's projected Rating — 28.6 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 centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Shots on target2

Shots5

Passing

Assists0

Chances created2

Passes616

Pass accuracy83%

Possession

Successful dribbles3

Dribble success50%

Duels won81

Duels won %60.4%

Fouls won13

Defending

Tackles28

Interceptions22

Blocks5

Fouls committed11

Penalties conceded2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

IndependienteJan 2025 – nowFree Transfer

Central Cordoba de SantiagoJan 2023 – Jan 2025Free

AlmagroAug 2020 – Jan 2023Free

Los Andesuntil Aug 2020

About S. Valdez

Sebastián Aníbal Valdez is a 30-year-old centre-back who plays for Independiente, born on November 6, 1995 in Buenos Aires. He is from Argentina. Independiente currently sit 5th of 15 in the Liga Profesional Argentina.

This season

In the current season, S. Valdez has made 16 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 1,347 minutes, averaging a 6.79 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 3 yellow cards.

When S. Valdez plays, Independiente's record this season is 7W-4D-5L — and his match ratings average 6.99 at home against 6.63 on the road.

Recent matches

July 31, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Newells Old Boys (64 minutes, 6.9 rating)
July 26, 2026: 2-0 win away at Estudiantes L.P. (90 minutes, 7.6 rating)
May 10, 2026: 1-3 loss away at Rosario Central (90 minutes, 6.7 rating)
May 2, 2026: 2-1 win away at San Lorenzo (90 minutes, 6.6 rating)
April 24, 2026: 0-2 loss away at Deportivo Riestra (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
April 18, 2026: 3-1 win at home vs Defensa Y Justicia (90 minutes, 6.5 rating)
April 11, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Boca Juniors (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)
April 4, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Racing Club (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
March 21, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs Talleres Cordoba (90 minutes, 6.7 rating)
March 17, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Instituto Cordoba (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)

S. Valdez's next match is on September 19, 2026, when Independiente face Union Santa Fe away in the Liga Profesional Argentina.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Valdez at 28.6 with a Season form score of 30, ranking 337th of 520 centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the Copa Argentina. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, S. Valdez has totalled 214 club appearances with 2 goals and 0 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 36 appearances for Central Cordoba de Santiago.

S. Valdez's career has also included time at Central Cordoba de Santiago, Almagro and Los Andes.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Independiente finished 5th of 15 · an upper-table side

Strengths

Watch points