Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Girona.
Injury-affected season
Missed 5 of Girona's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences and 1 suspension (ankle). He still appeared 24 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 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1121 | 6.9 |
 UEFA U21 Championship - Qualificationat Spain U21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 547 | — |
 Copa del Rey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 6.9 |
Scout report
Alejandro Francés is a 24-year-old central defender at Girona, rated 69.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 158th of 389 on scout potential in the La Liga. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (37.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.69 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Francés.
Judged on this season alone, Francés graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 68th of 75 of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga, on 2 clean sheets and 3.693 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 20 → 15). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 70, top 38% of the 75 centre-backs in the La Liga. At 24 Francés is in his prime years, and a market index of 46.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Francés missed 4 games through injury and 1 suspension (ankle) out of roughly 38 this season. The 24 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.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Girona finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
3.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 24 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. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.16 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.
- Defensive volume. 3.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 37.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 69.6, Francés carries the 28th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the La Liga (top 38%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Girona 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 (3.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
