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Unai Núñez

Solid contributorHellas Verona · 29 yrs

Profile

Full nameUnai Núñez Gestoso
PositionCentre-back
NationalitySpain
Age29
Date of birth30 Jan 1997
BirthplacePortugalete
Height186 cm
Shirt number#5
ClubHellas Verona
Centre-back
17
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1265
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Hellas Verona.

Injury-affected season

Missed 4 of Hellas Verona's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences (muscle, injury, yellow cards). He still appeared 17 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

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Serie A170012656.56
La Ligaat Valencia13009216.72

Scout report

Solid contributorBall-winning Central defender

Unai Núñez is a 29-year-old central defender at Hellas Verona, rated 48.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 293rd of 388 on scout potential in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (66.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.27 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Núñez.

Judged on this season alone, Núñez graded 28 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 39th of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Serie A, on 2 clean sheets and 4.269 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 11 → 28). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 48, 39th of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Serie A. At 29 Núñez is in his prime years, and a market index of 16.4 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Núñez missed 4 games through injury (muscle, injury, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 17 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.

From the career report
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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2022/23
Current potential39th of 52 centre-backs · Serie ACurrent season39th of 52 centre-backs · Serie A39th-best centre-back in the Serie A293rd in the Serie A · potential39th-highest potential centre-back in the Serie A
48.1
Ratingi
39th of 52 centre-backs
27.6
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
66.9%
Minutes
a regular starter
4.27
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Hellas Verona finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

4.27
Def. / 90
24
Tackles
23
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

4.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (19th 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.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 66.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 4.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

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

Outlook

With a Rating of 48.1, Núñez carries the 39th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Serie A of 52, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Hellas Verona finished 19th 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 solid defensive volume (4.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.