Domestic-league season · Celta Vigo.
Missed 5 of Celta Vigo's ~38 games this season through 5 injury absences (inactive, coach's decision, leg). He still appeared 12 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 La Liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 947 | 6.75 |
 UEFA Europa League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 6.35 |
 Copa del Rey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 190 | 7.8 |
Lago's current-season form is up 183% on last season (Season 6→17), while his Rating held around 75. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Celta Vigo · 6th | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 75 | 17 |
| 2024/25 | Celta Vigo · 7th | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6.66 | 76 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | Celta Vigo · 13th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 67 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Yoel Lago is a 22-year-old central defender at Celta Vigo, rated 75.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 121st of 389 in the La Liga and 240th of 2919 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.42 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lago.
Judged on this season alone, Lago graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 64th of 75 of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga, on 3 clean sheets and 3.421 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 6 → 17). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 75, top 30% of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga. At 22 Lago is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 47.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Lago missed 5 games through injury (inactive, coach's decision, leg) out of roughly 38 this season. The 12 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.
A career still climbing — Lago is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
3.42 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 12 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th of 20) 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.
With a Rating of 75.3, Lago carries the 22nd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the La Liga of 75 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.42 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~50), then tapers with age. At 22, Lago sits on 47.4, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Lago's projected Rating — 75.3 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.
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