Josema Sánchez

Sánchez's current-season form is up 26% on last season (Season 31→39), while his Rating held around 25. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Gornik Zabrze	1	0	0	6.9	—	—
2025/26	Gornik Zabrze · 2nd	31	0	0	7.01	25	39
2024/25	Gornik Zabrze · 9th	28	1	0	7.13	26	31
2023/24	Ruch Chorzów · 17th	14	1	0	7.14	26	17
2023/24	Leganes	39	0	1	6.75	—	—
2022/23	Leganes · 14th	39	0	1	6.75	51	20

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

Josema Sánchez is a 30-year-old central defender at Gornik Zabrze, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 31 appearances, a Season grade of 39, top 6% of Ekstraklasa centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 24.9, ranking 214th of 332 in the Ekstraklasa. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present (86.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.76 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sánchez.

Judged on this season alone, Sánchez graded 39 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 7% of the 49 centre-backs in the Ekstraklasa, on 9 clean sheets and 3.758 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 31 → 39). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 25, 27th of 49 of the 49 centre-backs in the Ekstraklasa. At 30 Sánchez is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Sánchez is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upStepped up 2023/245 clubs

Current potential27th of 49 centre-backs · Ekstraklasa Current seasonTop 7% centre-backs · Ekstraklasa3rd-best centre-back in the Ekstraklasa214th in the Ekstraklasa · potential27th-highest potential centre-back in the Ekstraklasa

24.9

Ratingi

27th of 49 centre-backs

38.8

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

86.9%

Minutes

near ever-present

3.76

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Gornik Zabrze finished 2nd of 18 · a title-challenging side

3.76

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.76 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 18) 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.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 86.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.76 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 24.9, Sánchez carries the 27th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Ekstraklasa of 49. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.76 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %86.9%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.758

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %21.4

Pass accuracy %86

Dribble success %62.5

Cards / 900.102

Foul involvement / 901.49

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 30, Sánchez sits on 3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Sánchez's projected Rating — 24.9 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Ekstraklasa with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Shots on target3

Shots14

Passing

Assists0

Pass accuracy86%

Possession

Successful dribbles5

Dribble success62.5%

Fouls won19

Defending

Tackles47

Interceptions41

Blocks23

Fouls committed25

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

Gornik Zabrze2024/25 – nowFree

Ruch Chorzów2023/24 – 2024/25Free

Leganes2022/23 – 2023/24Free

Elche(back from loan)2022/23 – 2022/23

Valladolid(on loan)2021/22 – 2022/23

Elche2019/20 – 2021/22Free

Extremadura2019/20 – 2019/20Free

Sochaux(on loan)2018/19 – 2019/20

Gimnastic(on loan)2018/19 – 2018/19

Cordoba2017/18 – 2018/19Free

Almeria(back from loan)2017/18 – 2017/18

Real Murcia(on loan)2016/17 – 2017/18

Almeriauntil 2016/17

About Josema Sánchez

José Manuel Sánchez Guillén is a 30-year-old centre-back who plays for Gornik Zabrze, born on June 6, 1996 in Lorquí, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Spain. Gornik Zabrze currently sit 2nd of 18 in the Ekstraklasa.

This season

In the current season, Josema Sánchez has made 31 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 2,658 minutes, averaging a 7.19 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 3 yellow cards.

When Josema Sánchez plays, Gornik Zabrze's record this season is 16W-7D-8L — and his match ratings average 6.89 at home against 7.12 on the road.

Recent matches

May 23, 2026: 6-2 win at home vs Radomiak Radom (90 minutes, 7 rating)
May 16, 2026: 1-0 win away at Wisla Plock (90 minutes, 7.5 rating)
May 13, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Arka Gdynia (90 minutes, 7.5 rating)
April 24, 2026: 2-1 win away at Jagiellonia (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
April 18, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Korona Kielce (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
April 4, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs Cracovia Krakow (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
March 22, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Widzew Łódź (82 minutes, 7.7 rating)
March 15, 2026: 3-1 win at home vs Raków Częstochowa (68 minutes, 7 rating)
March 8, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Motor Lublin (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
February 28, 2026: 1-3 loss away at GKS Katowice (45 minutes, 6.2 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Josema Sánchez at 24.9 with a Season form score of 38.8, ranking 214th of 332 centre-backs in the Ekstraklasa. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, Josema Sánchez has totalled 292 club appearances with 7 goals and 3 assists for 12 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 39 appearances for Leganes.

Josema Sánchez's career has also included time at Ruch Chorzów, Leganes, Elche, Valladolid, Extremadura, Sochaux, Gimnastic, Cordoba, Almeria and Real Murcia.

Transfer news

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Career

Scout report

Output in context · Gornik Zabrze finished 2nd of 18 · a title-challenging side

Strengths

Watch points