Simone Bastoni

Bastoni's current-season form is down 50% on last season (Season 28→14), while his Rating eased 50→29. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 44).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Cesena · 11th	26	1	1	6.74	34	14
2024/25	Cesena · 7th	31	3	0	6.78	50	28
2023/24	EmpoliLoan · 17th	16	1	0	6.68	59	13
2023/24	Spezia · 15th	2	0	0	6.5	42	1
2022/23	Spezia · 17th	19	2	4	6.9	69	19
2021/22	Spezia · 16th	31	3	3	6.92	80	44

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

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

S. Bastoni is a 30-year-old central midfielder at Cesena, rated 28.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 73rd of 115 on scout potential in the Serie B. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (30% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.63 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bastoni.

Judged on this season alone, Bastoni graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 16th of 20 of the 20 central midfielders in the Serie B, on 1 goal, 1 assist and 2.632 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 28 → 14). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 11th of 20 of the 20 central midfielders in the Serie B. At 30 Bastoni is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.7 reflects that trajectory.

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: 2021/22Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22

Current potential11th of 20 central midfielders · Serie B Current season16th of 20 central midfielders · Serie B 16th-best central midfielder in the Serie B 73rd in the Serie B · potential 11th-highest potential central midfielder in the Serie B

28.7

Ratingi

11th of 20 central midfielders

14.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

30%

Minutes

limited game time

2.63

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Cesena finished 11th of 20 · a mid-table side

Apps

2.63

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.18 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 30% 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 28.7, Bastoni carries the 11th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Serie B of 20. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.63 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 %30%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.088

Assists / 900.088

Goal contribution / 900.175

Defensive actions / 902.632

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900.263

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 (~11), then tapers with age. At 30, Bastoni sits on 5.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Bastoni's projected Rating — 28.7 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 central midfielders in the Serie B with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles24

Interceptions4

Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards1

Transfer history

SpeziaAug 2026 – nowFree

CesenaJul 2024 – Aug 2026

Spezia(back from loan)Jul 2024 – Jul 2024

Empoli(on loan)Sept 2023 – Jul 2024

Spezia(back from loan)Jul 2017 – Sept 2023

Carrarese(on loan)Aug 2016 – Jul 2017

Speziauntil Aug 2016

About S. Bastoni

Simone Bastoni is a 29-year-old central midfielder who plays for Spezia, born on November 5, 1996 in La Spezia, standing 183 cm tall. He is from Italy. Spezia currently sit 19th of 20 in the Serie B.

This season

In the current season, S. Bastoni has made 26 appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist across 1,026 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

S. Bastoni's next match is on November 15, 2026, when Spezia face Vado at home in the Serie C - Girone B.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Bastoni at 28.7 with a Season form score of 14.4, ranking 73rd of 115 central midfielders in the Serie B. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, S. Bastoni has totalled 253 club appearances with 19 goals and 14 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2016/17, with 32 appearances for Carrarese.

S. Bastoni's career has also included time at Cesena, Empoli and Carrarese.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Also this season

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Cesena finished 11th of 20 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points