Signings Report — Liga Profesional Argentina 2019

Clubs' accuracy in the market · Published on December 23, 2019

We identified 272 real signings across the 24 clubs of Liga Profesional Argentina; 263 are included in the hit-rate calculation (9 youth investments set aside). Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. League average hit rate: 30%.

Comparison with 2018

The league's average hit rate was 30%, against 29% the previous season (▲ 2 p.p.). There were 272 real signings, against 291 in 2018.

Hit rate by club

1º Arsenal Sarandi (11th in the league · 17 eval.)
62%
2º Boca Juniors (1st in the league · 7 eval.)
50%
3º Huracan (21st in the league · 5 eval.)
50%
4º Racing Club (4th in the league · 8 eval.)
44%
5º Lanus (7th in the league · 7 eval.)
43%
6º Velez Sarsfield (3rd in the league · 7 eval.)
43%
7º Patronato (20th in the league · 12 eval.)
42%
8º Rosario Central (9th in the league · 10 eval.)
40%
9º Independiente (14th in the league · 5 eval.)
40%
10º Newells Old Boys (10th in the league · 13 eval.)
38%
11º Union Santa Fe (16th in the league · 12 eval.)
33%
12º Talleres Cordoba (12th in the league · 6 eval.)
33%
13º Gimnasia L.P. (19th in the league · 15 eval.)
30%
14º Defensa Y Justicia (6th in the league · 19 eval.)
29%
15º Central Cordoba de Santiago (18th in the league · 24 eval.)
27%
16º San Lorenzo (8th in the league · 14 eval.)
25%
17º Atletico Tucuman (15th in the league · 15 eval.)
20%
18º Godoy Cruz (24th in the league · 13 eval.)
19%
19º Estudiantes L.P. (13th in the league · 9 eval.)
17%
20º Banfield (17th in the league · 11 eval.)
14%
21º Argentinos JRS (5th in the league · 8 eval.)
12%
22º Aldosivi (22nd in the league · 15 eval.)
10%
23º Colon Santa Fe (23rd in the league · 9 eval.)
6%
24º River Plate (2nd in the league · 2 eval.)
0%

Detailed ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %
Arsenal Sarandi11º171777362%
Boca Juniors7715150%
Huracan21º5513150%
Racing Club9815244%
Lanus7730443%
Velez Sarsfield8722343%
Patronato20º121242642%
Rosario Central111032540%
Independiente14º5512240%
10ºNewells Old Boys10º141334638%
11ºUnion Santa Fe16º121224633%
12ºTalleres Cordoba12º6612333%
13ºGimnasia L.P.19º151525830%
14ºDefensa Y Justicia2019351129%
15ºCentral Cordoba de Santiago18º2524371427%
16ºSan Lorenzo1414311025%
17ºAtletico Tucuman15º1515141020%
18ºGodoy Cruz24º131313919%
19ºEstudiantes L.P.13º9903617%
20ºBanfield17º111111914%
21ºArgentinos JRS9810712%
22ºAldosivi22º1615111310%
23ºColon Santa Fe23º1090186%
24ºRiver Plate220020%

Season Highlights

PlayerClubMinG+ANotaRating
Nicolas GimenezArsenal Sarandi17097+47.15Excellent
Ángel RomeroSan Lorenzo16024+57.09Excellent
Matías GarcíaGimnasia L.P.14816+37.13Excellent
Rodrigo GómezHuracan17074+27.40Excellent
Cristian TarragonaPatronato19749+06.99Excellent

Methodology

Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Each evaluated signing is classified into five tiers from a score that combines match ratings, attacking output adjusted for game time and consistency over the season, in comparison with the other players in the competition. Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.

Appendix — Signings by club

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

Aldosivi (16 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Marcos Miers19158700Below expectations
Federico Andrada21143532Below expectations
Gaston Gil Romero18127500Did not deliver
Nazareno Solis17122821Fair
Sebastián Rincón18115732Good
Gonzalo Verón16109211Below expectations
Leandro Maciel16108301Did not deliver
Nicolás Bazzana1265100Did not deliver
Francisco Guillermo Grahl1251500Below expectations
Román Martínez738700Did not deliver
Fernando Evangelista836100Did not deliver
Pablo Becker212510Did not deliver
Rodrigo Contreras310100Did not deliver
Hernán Burbano36400Did not deliver
Luciano Perdomo0000Did not deliver
Manuel Capasso *0000Investment

Argentinos JRS (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Santiago Silva21186541Excellent
Diego Sosa1586802Below expectations
Marcos Angeleri845800Did not deliver
Edwar López735810Below expectations
Nicolás Silva827402Did not deliver
Matías Caruzzo29100Did not deliver
Tomás Andrade *34800Investment
Victorio Ramis53200Did not deliver
Rick11000Did not deliver

Arsenal Sarandi (17 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Fernando Torrent23200713Fair
Fabio Pereyra21191010Good
Gaston Alvarez Suarez22187761Excellent
Franco Sbuttoni21183700Fair
Nicolas Gimenez22170974Excellent
Lucas Piovi20168110Good
Jesus Miguel Soraire22165203Good
Juan Manuel Garcia19148642Excellent
Maximiliano Gagliardo12108700Fair
Juan Kaprof17102264Excellent
Daniel Sappa11100300Fair
Emiliano Méndez1269622Fair
Ezequiel Rescaldani1564512Fair
Joel Soñora1757540Fair
Lautaro Parisi1043811Did not deliver
Ezequiel Cérica1132610Did not deliver
Leandro Garate0000Did not deliver

Atletico Tucuman (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Marcelo Ortíz20177921Fair
Fabián Monzón16138621Excellent
Ariel Rojas20138501Below expectations
Cristian Erbes13108600Did not deliver
Federico Bravo1393000Below expectations
Lucas Melano1992001Did not deliver
José Luis Fernández1485000Did not deliver
Gonzalo Castellani1579302Fair
Augusto Lotti1677711Below expectations
Dylan Gissi763010Fair
Leonardo Heredia1251811Fair
Guillermo Ortíz436000Below expectations
Matias Alustiza419900Did not deliver
Gustavo Toledo318800Did not deliver
Nicolás Aguirre415111Did not deliver

Banfield (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Luciano Lollo17140911Fair
Junior Arias18129821Below expectations
Sergio Vittor14121010Good
Esteban Conde1091800Did not deliver
Nery Leyes756800Did not deliver
Sebastián Dubarbier832800Did not deliver
Pablo Velázquez320700Did not deliver
Jonás Gutiérrez815600Did not deliver
Israel Damonte411100Did not deliver
Fabián Bordagaray11100Did not deliver
Hernán Toledo0000Did not deliver

Boca Juniors (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Eduardo Salvio17112563Excellent
Franco Soldano13104422Fair
Alexis Mac Allister1372811Fair
Jan Hurtado1464611Fair
Pol Fernández758811Fair
Daniele De Rossi535600Fair
Carlos Zambrano16800Did not deliver

Central Cordoba de Santiago (25 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Diego Rodríguez22199600Fair
Jonathan Bay20175610Good
Matías Nani18163600Fair
Jonathan Herrera20161964Good
Ismael Quilez17152801Fair
Marcelo Meli17127813Good
Gervasio Núñez17124511Fair
Franco Cristaldo1699400Did not deliver
Facundo Melivillo1598101Below expectations
Lisandro Alzugaray1791441Fair
Juan Daniel Galeano1589310Below expectations
Hugo Vera Oviedo653910Did not deliver
José Valencia742500Did not deliver
Francisco Manenti436000Did not deliver
Jonathan Galvan327500Fair
Dany Cure525910Did not deliver
Marcos Sánchez424010Fair
Rick218000Did not deliver
Leonardo Villalba511600Did not deliver
Nicolás Femia210610Did not deliver
Cristian Chavez38700Did not deliver
Santiago Gallucci27900Did not deliver
Leonel Ferroni14500Did not deliver
Leandro Requena0000Did not deliver
Juan Ignacio Barbieri *0000Investment

Colon Santa Fe (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Federico Lértora17135300Below expectations
Gastón Díaz967101Below expectations
Rodrigo Aliendro1166210Did not deliver
Rafael Delgado763000Fair
Lucas Acevedo647500Did not deliver
Mauro Da Luz1147200Did not deliver
Rafael García544000Did not deliver
Bruno Bianchi218000Did not deliver
Ignacio Chicco *19000Investment
Brian Fernández13100Did not deliver

Defensa Y Justicia (20 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Juan Rodriguez22194201Excellent
David Martínez20174721Excellent
Neri Cardozo21166013Good
Raúl Loaiza15130200Fair
Diego Rodríguez14120500Below expectations
Juan Martín Lucero1164251Fair
Gonzalo Piovi863000Below expectations
Ruben Botta756110Fair
Guido Mainero1048520Fair
Nestor Breitenbruch436000Did not deliver
Nicolás Maná835900Did not deliver
Francisco Pizzini530313Fair
Nelson Acevedo630200Did not deliver
Mauricio Duarte218000Did not deliver
Marcelo Herrera213800Did not deliver
Matías Laba17600Did not deliver
Enzo Coacci35300Did not deliver
Nahuel Barrios *25100Investment
Nicolás Leguizamón11100Did not deliver
Diego Rodríguez0000Did not deliver

Estudiantes L.P. (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ángel González18127520Below expectations
Juan Fuentes16124600Did not deliver
Federico González17107511Below expectations
Diego García1588310Fair
Javier Mascherano763401Fair
Martin Cauteruccio427520Fair
Rick29600Did not deliver
Marcos Rojo19001Did not deliver
Mauro Díaz38001Did not deliver

Gimnasia L.P. (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Matías García18148163Excellent
Maximiliano Caire15135410Good
Leonardo Morales872602Fair
Marco Torsiglieri868100Did not deliver
Jorge Broun763000Fair
Harrinson Mancilla763001Fair
Paolo Goltz763010Fair
Pablo Velázquez951710Fair
Matias Perez745900Below expectations
Pablo Maximiliano Cuadra539601Did not deliver
Claudio Spinelli937700Did not deliver
Lucas Barrios320900Did not deliver
Jhonatan Agudelo420010Below expectations
Rick210810Did not deliver
Janeiler Rivas17600Did not deliver

Godoy Cruz (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Juan Brunetta19143361Excellent
Nestor Breitenbruch16140701Did not deliver
Gabriel Alanis14104800Did not deliver
Leandro Vella1487211Did not deliver
Gabriel Carrasco763001Fair
Gianluca Ferrari646100Fair
Marcelo Herrera543100Below expectations
Wilder Cartagena436010Fair
Christian Almeida535400Did not deliver
Sebastián Lomónaco832700Did not deliver
Rick211500Did not deliver
Enzo Ybáñez29100Did not deliver
Miguel Jacquet0000Did not deliver

Huracan (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Mariano Bareiro22198100Fair
Rodrigo Gómez20170742Excellent
Gonzalo Bettini17130401Fair
Martín Ojeda962311Fair
Lorenzo Faravelli848500Did not deliver

Independiente (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lucas Romero19163000Good
Sebastián Palacios1483121Below expectations
Alexander Barboza1077110Fair
Andrés Roa1258720Fair
Cristian Chavez713300Did not deliver

Lanus (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Agustín Rossi23209000Good
Ezequiel Muñoz22200010Excellent
Carlos Auzqui22168342Excellent
Nicolas Orsini2029811Did not deliver
Fernando Belluschi412801Did not deliver
Guillermo Burdisso19000Did not deliver
Luciano Abecasis19000Did not deliver

Newells Old Boys (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Santiago Gentiletti22198400Fair
Cristian Lema22198450Excellent
Julián Fernández22197713Excellent
Lucas Albertengo21142630Fair
Angelo Gabrielli17139323Excellent
Rodrigo Salinas1451410Did not deliver
Lucas Villarruel1249000Did not deliver
Sebastián Palacios640420Fair
Pablo Pérez324810Fair
Matias Orihuela19000Did not deliver
Rick12600Did not deliver
Ramiro Macagno *0000Investment
Gabriel Báez0000Did not deliver
Emanuel Biancucchi0000Did not deliver

Patronato (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Matías Ibáñez23209800Good
Cristian Tarragona23197490Excellent
Christian Chimino19170820Good
Federico Mancinelli18164701Fair
Mathias Abero14128803Good
Julián Chicco15106610Did not deliver
Dardo Miloc1599600Did not deliver
Oliver Benitez763000Did not deliver
Santiago Rosales958201Below expectations
Lucas Mancinelli947900Did not deliver
Hugo Silveira1027421Below expectations
Nicolás Delgadillo1024701Fair

Racing Club (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Matías Rojas21136113Good
Walter Montoya19120103Below expectations
Mauricio Martinez1383220Fair
David Barbona1468902Fair
Leonel Miranda760510Fair
Nicolás Reniero948921Fair
Héctor Fertoli427610Fair
Rick16500Did not deliver
Puma Rodríguez *14500Investment

River Plate (2 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Paulo Díaz1078601Did not deliver
Fabrizio Angileri436600Did not deliver

Rosario Central (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ciro Rius23208141Excellent
Emanuel Brítez22200710Good
Diego Novaretti17145300Fair
Lucas Gamba22138633Good
Diego Zabala20118222Below expectations
Sebastián Ribas2081531Fair
Damian Martinez654500Did not deliver
Nicolas Colazo946400Did not deliver
Joaquín Laso436500Below expectations
Cristian Tassano *216210Investment
Josué Ayala0000Did not deliver

San Lorenzo (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Bruno Pitton21189671Excellent
Ángel Romero20160245Excellent
Óscar Romero21126123Excellent
Juan Ramirez16109210Below expectations
Ramón Arias1188800Below expectations
Lucas Menossi1488101Did not deliver
Adam Bareiro1154320Below expectations
Alejandro Donatti654000Below expectations
Bruno Pitton842600Did not deliver
Diego Rodríguez638210Fair
Santiago Vergini535500Did not deliver
Nicolas Fernandez427000Did not deliver
Ignacio Piatti314701Did not deliver
Rick13800Did not deliver

Talleres Cordoba (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Franco Fragapane23186633Excellent
Ignacio Méndez15110020Fair
José Mauri1170801Below expectations
Guilherme Parede647132Fair
Rafael Pérez545800Did not deliver
Martín Payero1634210Did not deliver

Union Santa Fe (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Walter Bou20171951Excellent
Sebastian Moyano19171500Fair
Ezequiel Bonifacio20161122Good
Jalil Elias20156511Fair
Federico Milo18100201Below expectations
Gabriel Carabajal1593511Fair
Juan Cavallaro1147211Fair
Javier Cabrera645310Did not deliver
Emanuel Cecchini425701Below expectations
Sebastián Assis29700Did not deliver
Rick11700Did not deliver
Darío Bottinelli0000Did not deliver

Velez Sarsfield (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lucas Janson20158941Good
Tomás Guidara17141101Fair
Fernando Gago13104900Good
Matías de los Santos630800Did not deliver
Ricardo Centurión530612Fair
Bruno Pitton312002Did not deliver
Miguel Brizuela *14500Investment
Ricardo Álvarez11000Did not deliver
Signings Report · Liga Profesional Argentina 2019 · December 23, 2019