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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Hellas Verona.
Injury-affected season
Missed 4 of Hellas Verona's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences (muscle, injury, yellow cards). He still appeared 17 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
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1265 | 6.56 |
 La Ligaat Valencia | 13 | 0 | 0 | 921 | 6.72 |
Scout report
Unai Núñez is a 29-year-old central defender at Hellas Verona, rated 41.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 308th of 380 on scout potential in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (37% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.27 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Núñez.
Judged on this season alone, Núñez graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 65th of 74 of the 74 centre-backs in the Serie A, on 2 clean sheets and 4.269 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 11 → 15). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, 61st of 74 of the 74 centre-backs in the Serie A. At 29 Núñez is in his prime years, and a market index of 14.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Núñez missed 4 games through injury (muscle, injury, yellow cards) out of roughly 38 this season. The 17 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.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Hellas Verona finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
4.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (19th 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
- Defensive volume. 4.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 37% 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 41.7, Núñez carries the 61st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Serie A of 74, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Hellas Verona finished 19th 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 solid defensive volume (4.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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