Signings Report — Liga Profesional Argentina 2018

Assessment of clubs' accuracy in the market · Published on December 17, 2018

We identified 291 real signings for the first-team squad of the 26 clubs; 283 are included in the hit-rate calculation — 8 youth investments (under-23) are classified separately. Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. The league's average hit rate was 29%.

Distribution of ratings

Excellent
11
Good
16
Fair
97
Below expectations
40
Did not deliver
119

Club ranking by hit rate

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %
Racing Club8851269%
Boca Juniors111035255%
River Plate1101050%
Atletico Tucuman8823344%
Rosario Central20º10823344%
Newells Old Boys15º8822438%
Patronato19º151526733%
Tigre141316631%
Gimnasia L.P.18º101006430%
10ºDefensa Y Justicia141223729%
11ºIndependiente7712429%
12ºVelez Sarsfield7704329%
13ºSan Martin S.J.21º191818928%
14ºUnion Santa Fe10913528%
15ºBanfield16º6603325%
16ºHuracan10º111113723%
17ºTalleres Cordoba12º9904522%
18ºBelgrano Cordoba22º161607922%
19ºAldosivi13º2323341622%
20ºArgentinos JRS26º121205721%
21ºSan Lorenzo23º131305819%
22ºEstudiantes L.P.17º6602417%
23ºSan Martin Tucuman25º2525161816%
24ºGodoy Cruz14º9902711%
25ºColon Santa Fe24º101002810%
26ºLanus11º990186%

Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.

Hit rate by position

PositionEvaluatedSuccessfulHit rate %
Goalkeepers19321%
Defenders76729%
Midfielders1131027%
Forwards74726%

The 5 best-performing signings

PlayerClubMinutesG+ARating
Matías RojasDefensa Y Justicia17209+2Excellent
Gabriel CarabajalPatronato18646+6Excellent
Pol FernándezRacing Club18283+3Excellent
Walter MontilloTigre13374+9Excellent
Mauro ZárateBoca Juniors15026+7Excellent

Methodology

Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Performance is classified into five tiers based on the player's output over the season (minutes, goal involvement, match ratings and consistency), compared with the other players in the competition.

Appendix — Signings by club

* Youth investment (under-23, no game time) — outside the calculation.

Aldosivi (23 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Luciano Pocrnjic24216000Below expectations
Lucas Villalba23204512Good
Emiliano Amor23204010Good
Matias Pisano21175131Good
Leonel Galeano22173510Below expectations
Cristian Chavez21165382Fair
Nahuel Yeri20155500Did not deliver
Ivan Colman22150510Below expectations
Federico Gino18138901Did not deliver
Dardo Miloc14120300Fair
Fernando Godoy1494501Did not deliver
Javier Iritier1573211Below expectations
Denis Stracqualursi1369820Did not deliver
Juan Daniel Galeano1558700Did not deliver
Jefferson Mena757000Fair
Emiliano Osuna1048110Did not deliver
Alan Ruiz745010Fair
Fernando Telechea744501Did not deliver
Facundo Castillon831501Below expectations
Ezequiel Videla525900Did not deliver
Leonardo Sanchez413800Did not deliver
Antonio Medina27000Did not deliver
Maximiliano Velázquez0000Did not deliver

Argentinos JRS (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Carlos Quintana1090010Fair
Elías Gómez1088821Fair
Gabriel Hauche1085220Fair
Raúl Bobadilla1382400Below expectations
Franco Moyano981012Fair
Oscar Benitez851900Did not deliver
Claudio Spinelli746501Fair
Federico Lanzillota543000Did not deliver
Francisco Ilarregui641810Below expectations
Hernán Toledo740800Did not deliver
Mauro Maidana218000Did not deliver
Jonathan Galvan416200Did not deliver

Atletico Tucuman (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
José San Román22187411Good
Mathias Abero19171010Fair
Juan Mercier22167000Fair
Mauro Matos21129841Excellent
Ricardo Noir1238510Fair
Pier Barrios325300Did not deliver
Juan Kaprof818200Did not deliver
Ramiro Carrera615100Did not deliver

Banfield (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Adrian Calello16114310Fair
Rodrigo Arciero13113800Fair
Nicolás Silva1898201Fair
Marcelo Torres925510Did not deliver
Reinaldo Lenis722000Below expectations
Rodrigo Tapia19000Did not deliver

Belgrano Cordoba (16 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Hernan Menosse1192000Fair
Diego Mendoza1090001Fair
Mauricio Cuero1086110Fair
Sebastian Olivarez1183601Did not deliver
Marcelo Meli1082110Fair
Marcelo Herrera975500Fair
Adrian Balboa1265010Did not deliver
Matías Nani963100Did not deliver
Denis Rodriguez847201Below expectations
Miguel Martinez545000Fair
Gaston Gil Romero944000Did not deliver
Gabriel Gudiño734100Did not deliver
Martin Rivero927500Did not deliver
Christian Almeida526600Did not deliver
Juan Patiño323200Fair
Cristian Techera319710Did not deliver

Boca Juniors (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Esteban Andrada18162000Good
Mauro Zárate23150267Excellent
Carlos Izquierdoz18143710Fair
Iván Marcone1199000Good
Sebastián Villa1789332Fair
Lisandro López872020Fair
Jorman Campuzano1071001Did not deliver
Junior Alonso763000Fair
Lucas Olaza431500Fair
Kevin Mac Allister *211000Investment
Marcos Díaz19000Did not deliver

Colon Santa Fe (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Leonardo Burián25225000Below expectations
Erik Godoy1193500Did not deliver
Franco Zuculini1590900Did not deliver
Fernando Zuqui1082901Fair
Luis Miguel Rodríguez860731Fair
Andres Cadavid755000Below expectations
Guillermo Celis537400Did not deliver
Wilson Morelo636410Below expectations
Gabriel Esparza626300Did not deliver
Hector Schmidt19000Did not deliver

Defensa Y Justicia (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Domingo Blanco23185602Good
Matías Rojas21172092Excellent
Julio González1193700Fair
Nicolas Tripichio1185000Fair
Ignacio Huguenet840700Did not deliver
Alexis Castro921910Fair
Mauricio Tevez415100Did not deliver
Fernando Barrientos514100Did not deliver
Francisco Cerro511500Did not deliver
Lucas Villarruel311400Did not deliver
Marcelo Larrondo710611Did not deliver
Bautista Merlini *510200Investment
José Luis Fernández11200Did not deliver
Manuel Capasso *0000Investment

Estudiantes L.P. (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lucas Albertengo18129230Below expectations
Gonzalo Jara981000Fair
Enzo Kalinski1079800Fair
Fernando Evangelista435700Did not deliver
Edwar López721800Did not deliver
Matías Laba16000Did not deliver

Gimnasia L.P. (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Santiago Silva21174950Fair
Gonzalo Piovi18159500Fair
Victor Ayala16113802Fair
Santiago Rosales639100Did not deliver
Franco Mussis834800Did not deliver
Mauro Guevgeozian933711Fair
Braian Mansilla527501Fair
Sebastian Moyano327000Fair
Alexi Gómez36110Did not deliver
Alejandro Melo12500Did not deliver

Godoy Cruz (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Diego Sosa19111802Below expectations
Iván Ramírez1266100Did not deliver
Juan Martín Lucero747510Fair
Hernán Bernardello644300Did not deliver
Miguel Merentiel528120Fair
Gabriel Avalos917420Did not deliver
Facundo Barboza512001Did not deliver
Anders Mehring19000Did not deliver
Joaquin Varela32000Did not deliver

Huracan (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ivan Rossi23199101Fair
Lucas Gamba24184864Good
Carlos Auzqui20135030Below expectations
Andrés Roa16113140Fair
Omar Alderete872000Below expectations
Lucas Barrios1065430Fair
Juan Garro1653510Below expectations
Javier Mendoza622101Below expectations
Juan Sills218000Did not deliver
Daniel Hernandez312100Did not deliver
David Drocco1600Did not deliver

Independiente (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Pablo Hernández17133021Good
Guillermo Burdisso1797200Did not deliver
Ezequiel Cerutti1378300Below expectations
Cecilio Domínguez872012Fair
Pablo Pérez961920Fair
Francisco Silva953800Below expectations
Francisco Pizzini529500Did not deliver

Lanus (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Marco Torsiglieri20180001Fair
Facundo Quignon19153401Below expectations
Sebastián Ribas19122651Below expectations
Guillermo Sara545000Did not deliver
Jorge Pereyra Diaz1143800Did not deliver
Tiago Pagnussat629400Did not deliver
Fernando Coniglio823200Did not deliver
Guillermo Acosta57610Did not deliver
Rick13500Did not deliver

Newells Old Boys (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Alan Aguerre20180000Good
Mauro Formica23158421Fair
Teodoro Paredes14109910Good
Ivan Piris974400Did not deliver
Cristián Insaurralde637100Below expectations
Alfio Oviedo1031210Fair
José Correia12000Did not deliver
Leandro Grimi0000Did not deliver

Patronato (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Gabriel Carabajal24186466Excellent
Federico Bravo16121611Below expectations
Nicolas Pantaleone14118001Fair
Mauricio Sperduti15116544Excellent
Matias Escudero1297400Fair
Gabriel Compagnucci1089504Fair
Gabriel Avalos1082841Fair
Dylan Gissi981000Below expectations
Facundo Barceló1177862Fair
Lucas Ceballos871500Did not deliver
Pablo Ledesma1069810Fair
Nicolas Royon1061900Did not deliver
Ezequiel Rescaldani1458600Below expectations
Jacobo Mansilla612100Did not deliver
Francisco Apaolaza24200Did not deliver

Racing Club (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Pol Fernández23182833Excellent
Gabriel Arias18162000Good
Eugenio Mena19161502Excellent
Marcelo Díaz19142700Good
Jonathan Cristaldo21135552Excellent
Dario Cvitanich1057231Fair
Andrés Ríos22400Did not deliver
Mauricio Martinez0000Did not deliver

River Plate (1 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Matías Suárez947331Fair

Rosario Central (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Gonzalo Bettini20180002Good
Matías Caruzzo18162010Good
Miguel Barbieri1194500Fair
Fabián Rinaudo1191800Fair
Nahuel Molina652900Below expectations
Claudio Riaño838000Did not deliver
Agustin Allione633510Fair
Duván Vergara *518300Investment
Jarlan Barrera *27600Investment
Josué Ayala0000Did not deliver

San Lorenzo (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Gerónimo Poblete1293400Fair
Ariel Rojas1372000Did not deliver
Raúl Loaiza872000Fair
Pablo Mouche1264400Did not deliver
Héctor Fertoli1063900Did not deliver
Fernando Monetti760900Did not deliver
Gino Peruzzi742800Did not deliver
Gonzalo Castellani842100Below expectations
Damián Pérez537201Fair
Román Martínez428310Fair
Andrés Rentería426501Fair
Gustavo Torres525500Did not deliver
Daniel Hernandez24811Did not deliver

San Martin S.J. (19 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Pablo Palacios19139852Excellent
Federico Milo14119502Below expectations
Facundo Erpen13111810Fair
Franco Cristaldo1593700Below expectations
Nazareno Solis1588013Fair
Juan Rodriguez1079700Fair
Martin Bravo1278940Fair
Mauro Bogado1076811Fair
Gianni Rodriguez963300Below expectations
Francisco Guillermo Grahl1155911Fair
Ian Escobar545001Fair
Humberto Osorio843210Below expectations
Fernando Brandan735600Did not deliver
Diego Cardozo727510Fair
Nicolas Da Campo824500Did not deliver
Romero0000Did not deliver
Camilo Cándido *0000Investment
Daniel Opazo0000Did not deliver
Alex Silva Quiroga0000Did not deliver

San Martin Tucuman (25 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Matías García23191622Excellent
Hernan Petrik19153201Below expectations
Jorge Carranza16141900Below expectations
Adrian Arregui17129000Below expectations
Luciano Pons1288740Fair
Oliver Benitez1085500Below expectations
Emiliano Purita1580701Below expectations
Rodrigo Gómez978722Fair
Julian Vitale1277101Fair
Nicolas Gimenez1768420Fair
Ignacio Arce755700Did not deliver
Gonzalo Lamardo645100Did not deliver
Alejandro Altuna739500Did not deliver
Matias Cahais436000Fair
Fabian Espindola630600Did not deliver
Marcos Figueroa828900Did not deliver
Hector Schmidt423600Did not deliver
Ramiro Costa322010Fair
Álvaro Fernández520500Did not deliver
Pedro Fernández218000Did not deliver
Valentine Viola415000Did not deliver
Nicolás Delgadillo311800Did not deliver
Nahuel Menéndez19000Did not deliver
Fernando Cordero26400Did not deliver
Lucas Diarte0000Did not deliver

Talleres Cordoba (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Andrés Cubas18148510Fair
Tomás Pochettino18116600Below expectations
Gonzalo Maroni1695921Fair
Miguel Araujo1190000Did not deliver
Dayro Moreno965711Fair
Diego Valoyes846700Fair
Brian Montenegro426300Did not deliver
Mauricio Toni213000Did not deliver
Leonel Rivas211900Did not deliver

Tigre (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Néstor Moiraghi19171000Fair
Lucas Rodriguez18150412Fair
Walter Montillo20133749Excellent
Gonzalo Marinelli14125200Below expectations
Jorge Ortiz1699800Fair
Gerardo Alcoba1088501Fair
Augusto Batalla1081600Did not deliver
Juan Cavallaro1770732Fair
Diego Vera1466820Fair
Nicolas Colazo423201Did not deliver
Kevin Ramírez718500Did not deliver
Gastón Guruceaga *218000Investment
Maximiliano Gonzalez312900Did not deliver
Hugo Silveira711330Did not deliver

Union Santa Fe (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Franco Troyansky19124541Good
Claudio Corvalan1373600Did not deliver
Augusto Lotti1044110Below expectations
Pablo Maximiliano Cuadra1043903Fair
Santiago Zurbriggen538910Fair
Federico Andrada923101Did not deliver
Nicolas Mazzola619802Fair
Gabriel Compagnucci11700Did not deliver
Matias Garcia *0000Investment
Claudio Corvalán0000Did not deliver

Velez Sarsfield (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Gastón Giménez24210802Fair
Lucas Hoyos13117000Fair
Alexander Domínguez12108000Did not deliver
Leandro Fernández968422Fair
Jonathan Ramis1260910Fair
Pablo Galdames1137510Did not deliver
Rick13700Did not deliver
Signings Report · Liga Profesional Argentina 2018 · December 17, 2018