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Nacho Vidal

Experienced headOviedo · 31 yrs

Profile

Full nameIgnacio Vidal Miralles
PositionFull-back
NationalitySpain
Age31
Date of birth24 Jan 1995
BirthplaceCampello
Height180 cm
Shirt number#22
ClubOviedo
Full-backalso played MID
29
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
2277
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Oviedo.

Injury-affected season

Missed 6 of Oviedo's ~38 games this season through 6 injury absences (hamstring, injury). He still appeared 29 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
La Liga290022776.6

Scout report

Experienced headFull-back

Nacho Vidal is a 31-year-old full-back at Oviedo, rated 41.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 307th of 389 on scout potential in the La Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (79.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.24 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Vidal.

Judged on this season alone, Vidal graded 39 — a strong campaign that ranks top 22% of the 65 full-backs in the La Liga, on 7 clean sheets and 3.241 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 22 → 39). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, 51st of 65 of the 65 full-backs in the La Liga. At 31 Vidal is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 19.4 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Vidal missed 6 games through injury (hamstring, injury) out of roughly 38 this season. The 29 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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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Trending upBreakout: 2025/26StreakyStepped up 2025/26Injury-hit 2025/26
Current potential51st of 65 full-backs · La LigaCurrent seasonTop 22% full-backs · La Liga14th-best full-back in the La Liga307th in the La Liga · potential51st-highest potential full-back in the La Liga
41.3
Ratingi
51st of 65 full-backs
39.1
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
79.1%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.24
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Oviedo finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

3.24
Def. / 90
44
Tackles
31
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

3.24 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th 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 79.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 41.3, Vidal carries the 51st-highest potential of the full-backs in the La Liga of 65, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Oviedo finished 20th 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 moderate defensive volume (3.24 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

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

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.