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Full nameSaúl Savin Salcedo Zárate
PositionCentre-back
NationalityParaguay
Age28
Date of birth29 Aug 1997
BirthplaceCapiatá
Height183 cm
Shirt number#6
ClubNewells Old Boys
Centre-back
20
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1454
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Newells Old Boys.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Liga Profesional Argentina200014547.04

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

S. Salcedo is a 28-year-old central defender at Newells Old Boys, rated 33 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 321st of 557 on scout potential in the Liga Profesional Argentina. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (50.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.34 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Salcedo.

Judged on this season alone, Salcedo graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 62nd of 98 of the 98 centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina, on 5 clean sheets and 3.343 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 31 → 23). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 33, 41st of 98 of the 98 centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina. At 28 Salcedo is in his prime years, and a market index of 6.2 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistent
Current potential41st of 98 centre-backs · Liga Profesional ArgentinaCurrent season62nd of 98 centre-backs · Liga Profesional Argentina62nd-best centre-back in the Liga Profesional Argentina321st in the Liga Profesional Argentina · potential41st-highest potential centre-back in the Liga Profesional Argentina
33
Ratingi
41st of 98 centre-backs
23.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
50.5%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.34
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Newells Old Boys finished 15th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side

3.34
Def. / 90
23
Tackles
20
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

3.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 20 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (15th of 15) 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.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 50.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 33, Salcedo carries the 41st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Liga Profesional Argentina of 98, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Newells Old Boys finished 15th of 15) — 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 (3.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.

Transfer news

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