based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Santos Laguna.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Liga MX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 7.25 |
Scout report
Fran Villalba is a 28-year-old attacking midfielder at Santos Laguna, rated 37.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 86th of 132 on scout potential in the Liga MX. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (77.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Villalba.
Judged on this season alone, Villalba graded 21 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 7th of 13 of the 13 attacking midfielders in the Liga MX, on 3 goals and 2 assists in 32 appearances (0.19 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 29 → 29). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 8th of 13 of the 13 attacking midfielders in the Liga MX. At 28 Villalba is in his prime years, and a market index of 5.8 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Santos Laguna finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
3 goals in 32 appearances (0.09 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 5 goal contributions in all.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 77.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Output. 0.19 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
- Defensive numbers. Modest 1.29 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 37.1, Villalba carries the 8th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Liga MX of 13, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Santos Laguna finished 18th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.19 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among attacking midfielders in the Liga MX with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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