SigningLab · Annual Report

Signing Accuracy — Liga Profesional Argentina 2023

Published on January 8, 2024

Executive Summary

345
Real signings
308
Evaluated
33%
Clubs' average hit rate
74
Successful
175
Unsuccessful

In total we identified 345 real signings by the clubs of Liga Profesional Argentina in the 2023 season — academy promotions, loan returns, internal moves and transfers that never went through are excluded. Of these, 308 are included in the hit-rate calculation; 37 are youth investments (under-23 with no game time), classified separately. Signings without relevant minutes in the season count as unsuccessful.

Club Ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %
1Lanus77412
64%
2Newells Old Boys14º109513
61%
3Godoy Cruz1411614
59%
4Banfield21º1613535
50%
5Racing Club12º77232
50%
6Estudiantes L.P.76222
50%
7Boca Juniors64121
50%
8Rosario Central149405
44%
9Independiente24º1412426
42%
10Arsenal Sarandi28º21206410
40%
11Instituto Cordoba18º24237412
39%
12Central Cordoba de Santiago23º22216411
38%
13Platense17º1918378
36%
14Talleres Cordoba117214
36%
15Union Santa Fe20º86123
33%
16Atletico Tucuman11º1110307
30%
17Barracas Central15º21182511
25%
18Argentinos JRS10º66033
25%
19Velez Sarsfield25º22011
25%
20Belgrano Cordoba13º28274518
24%
21Defensa Y Justicia14133010
23%
22River Plate87115
21%
23San Lorenzo88116
19%
24Sarmiento Junin19º16152112
17%
25Tigre16º87025
14%
26Huracan26º1211029
9%
27Colon Santa Fe27º1010019
5%
28Gimnasia L.P.22º11001
0%

The difference between Signings and Evaluated are youth investments (under-23 with no game time in the season), classified separately. Signings without relevant minutes are unsuccessful (Did not deliver).

Season Highlights

The ten signings with the greatest technical impact of the season, according to the Player Impact Score (PIS).

PlayerClubPosMinG+AAvg ratingRating
Pablo VegettiBelgrano CordobaF242213+17.15Excellent
Leandro DíazLanusF209911+46.96Excellent
Martin CauteruccioIndependienteF220411+16.91Excellent
Adrián MartínezInstituto CordobaF233311+16.86Excellent
Jaminton CampazRosario CentralM18513+57.02Excellent
Marcelo EstigarribiaAtletico TucumanF17626+46.93Excellent
Santiago AscacibarEstudiantes L.P.M22554+16.98Excellent
Francisco AlvarezBarracas CentralD22964+07.03Excellent
Nicolás CastroPlatenseM20434+16.95Excellent
Alan RodríguezRosario CentralD22991+56.78Excellent

Methodology

Club assessment — the universe of signings

The report considers exclusively genuine signings for the first-team squad, identified by the player's effective incorporation into the group between seasons. Excluded from the universe are: academy promotions, loan returns, internal administrative moves and transfers recorded but never completed. The aim is to measure the quality of market decisions — and those alone.

Player Impact Score (PIS)

Each evaluated signing receives a score from 0 to 100 that combines four observable technical dimensions: individual performance (average match ratings over the season), output (goals, assists and decisive actions adjusted for game time), collective performance (starting status and correlation with the club's results) and availability (volume of matches, adjusted for interruptions). High-impact players with reduced game time are promoted through an alternative efficiency criterion.

Outcome classification

The rating tiers are: Excellent and Good (successful signings — a full point in the index), Fair (intermediate performance — half a point) and Below expectations / Did not deliver (unsuccessful signings). Two categories sit outside the calculation, for distinct reasons: Injury (a serious injury prevented a fair assessment) and Investment (an under-23 player with low game time — the return depends on development and cannot be counted for or against the club in this cycle). Signings that did not reach relevant game time in the season are classified as unsuccessful, reflecting the sporting cost of the decision.

A note on scope

This is SigningLab's public, simplified model, developed for transparent retrospective market assessment. SigningLab's commercial solutions for partner clubs use a substantially larger set of variables and dedicated predictive mechanisms, and are not fully reflected in this document.

Appendix — Signings by club

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

Argentinos JRS (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Alexis Martín Arias27119900Did not deliver
Rodrigo Cabral2680211Fair
Fabricio Domínguez2779602Fair
Leonardo Heredia2570341Fair
Matías Vera2053100Did not deliver
Facundo Ferreyra1121601Below expectations

Arsenal Sarandi (21 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Adrian Spörle25209110Good
Felipe Peña Biafore25194201Good
Lautaro Guzmán27189823Excellent
Lucas Souto22188801Good
Maximiliano Centurión24177900Fair
Santiago Toloza22158341Excellent
Nestor Breitenbruch27154601Fair
Flabian Londoño24117420Good
Tiago Banega22100712Fair
Luís Leal1887430Fair
Facundo Cardozo2365900Did not deliver
Juan Manuel Cuesta1635900Did not deliver
Santiago Paiva1425100Did not deliver
Daniel Lucero1722901Did not deliver
Tomas Sives1611500Did not deliver
Tobias Zarate137000Did not deliver
Franco Vega *4300Investment
Tomas Sultani27000Did not deliver
Elías López0000Did not deliver
Juan Cejas0000Did not deliver
Juan Cavallaro0000Did not deliver

Atletico Tucuman (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Marcelo Estigarribia25176264Excellent
Adrián Sánchez26149811Good
Bautista Kociubinski24129920Good
Hernán de la Fuente2759200Did not deliver
Braian Guille2637000Did not deliver
Alexis Flores1727000Did not deliver
Marcelo Gonzalez1524810Did not deliver
Wilson Ibarrola2616400Did not deliver
Luis Ojeda27000Did not deliver
Tomas Ezequiel Castro Ponce *0000Investment
Gonzalo Paz0000Did not deliver

Banfield (16 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Brahian Alemán26189113Excellent
Eric Remedi26179900Fair
Emanuel Insua22173820Good
Milton Giménez24156752Excellent
Emanuel Olivera20137201Fair
Juan Bisanz13114141Excellent
Nicolás Sosa25110411Good
Sebastián Sosa2690910Fair
Pedro Souto2562900Did not deliver
Alejandro Piedrahita *2117000Investment
Horacio Tijanovich1214500Did not deliver
Tomas Adoryan *63700Investment
Ezequiel Bonifacio0000Did not deliver
Yvo Calleros0000Did not deliver
Marcelo Barovero0000Did not deliver
Gabriel Aranda *0000Investment

Barracas Central (21 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Francisco Alvarez26229640Excellent
Andrés Desabato24220400Good
Mauro Peinipil27183210Fair
Nicolas Capraro25151910Fair
Rodrigo Insúa21143002Fair
Rodrigo Herrera26118701Fair
Alexis Domínguez2578510Below expectations
Marcos Benítez2760800Did not deliver
Ricardo Centurión1156001Fair
Alan Cantero2352310Below expectations
Fernando Prado1342300Did not deliver
Agustín Dáttola1636400Did not deliver
Guido Villar1427000Did not deliver
Nicolás Tolosa *1417000Investment
Franco Farías *1411810Investment
Lucas López47800Did not deliver
Kevin Quejada74700Did not deliver
Julian Viollaz134500Did not deliver
Bruno Mastronicola *1900Investment
Franco Herrera1000Did not deliver
Matías Laba0000Did not deliver

Belgrano Cordoba (28 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Pablo Vegetti272422131Excellent
Nahuel Hernan Losada26233500Good
Alejandro Rebola24210600Good
Bruno Zapelli25184213Good
Erik Godoy20131700Below expectations
Juan Barinaga21125100Below expectations
Alex Ibacache17109900Below expectations
Ariel Rojas27106903Fair
Gabriel Compagnucci1898901Fair
Lucas Diarte2698610Fair
Franco Jara2591311Fair
Matías García1074910Fair
Ibrahim Hesar2756900Did not deliver
Guillermo Pereira2554510Below expectations
Iván Ortigoza1840800Did not deliver
Fabián Bordagaray2525301Did not deliver
Diego Novaretti2525200Did not deliver
Joaquin Susvielles2321200Did not deliver
Daniel Barrea2320400Did not deliver
Mariano Miño1616200Did not deliver
Iván Ramírez1614500Did not deliver
Manuel Vicentini2713500Did not deliver
Francisco Oliver610100Did not deliver
Geronimo Tomasetti95800Did not deliver
Andrés Amaya *173000Investment
Rick1000Did not deliver
Pablo Chavarria0000Did not deliver
Nicolás Schiappacasse0000Did not deliver

Boca Juniors (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Sergio Romero27208700Fair
Bruno Valdez20135000Fair
Miguel Merentiel23125972Excellent
Jan Hurtado *0000Investment
Ezequiel Bullaude *0000Investment
Marcelo Saracchi0000Did not deliver

Central Cordoba de Santiago (22 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Bruno Pitton26214100Good
Gustavo Canto25212900Good
Brian Blasi26205900Fair
Lucas Gamba27187255Excellent
Brian Farioli26183712Excellent
Ciro Rius26173812Good
Leandro Maciel25166541Excellent
Marcos Ledesma26165200Below expectations
Marcelo Benitez24136110Fair
Gonzalo Goñi24127111Fair
Facundo Castelli2388712Fair
Matías Mansilla2782700Did not deliver
Julián Navas Granados2540100Did not deliver
Federico Jourdan2738200Did not deliver
Luis Miguel Rodríguez1423500Did not deliver
Leandro Ciccoloni177000Did not deliver
Sebastian Valdez187000Did not deliver
Gino Olguin *18000Investment
Mauricio Duarte3000Did not deliver
Dardo Miloc0000Did not deliver
Michael Rangel0000Did not deliver
Delfor Minervino0000Did not deliver

Colon Santa Fe (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Carlos Arrua24102001Fair
Tomás Galván2754900Did not deliver
Joaquín Ibáñez1545310Did not deliver
José Neris2340300Did not deliver
Gonzalo Silva155600Did not deliver
Rick13700Did not deliver
Matías Ibáñez26000Did not deliver
Germán Conti0000Did not deliver
Damián Batallini0000Did not deliver
Ruben Botta0000Did not deliver

Defensa Y Justicia (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Agustin Sant'Anna24184602Good
David Barbona22155335Excellent
Santiago Solari26143742Excellent
Julián Malatini2693400Did not deliver
Rodrigo Bogarín2359210Below expectations
Dario Cáceres2655611Below expectations
Enrique Bologna2254800Did not deliver
Santiago Ramos Mingo2648700Did not deliver
Gonzalo Castellani2133100Did not deliver
Edwin Mosquera *1512900Investment
Ángel Benítez178400Did not deliver
Leandro Espejo3000Did not deliver
Cristopher Fiermarín0000Did not deliver
Dylan Gissi0000Did not deliver

Estudiantes L.P. (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Santiago Ascacibar26225541Excellent
Zaid Romero24194511Good
Guido Carrillo1878210Fair
Matías Godoy2574521Fair
Juan Cruz Guasone2322400Did not deliver
Alexis Manyoma *0000Investment
Federico Fernández0000Did not deliver

Gimnasia L.P. (1 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Pablo De Blasis0000Did not deliver

Godoy Cruz (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Federico Rasmussen27239401Excellent
Diego Rodríguez25230430Excellent
Roberto Fernández26214711Good
Lucas Arce26214011Excellent
Hernán López Muñoz26154933Good
Tomás Conechny27147453Good
Thomas Galdames26133321Fair
Brian Salvareschi2151210Did not deliver
Cristian Núñez2651000Did not deliver
Julián Eseiza2319910Did not deliver
Luciano Cingolani *2719700Investment
Rodrigo Saracho279000Did not deliver
Martín Luciano *0000Investment
Manuel Agustin Guillen *0000Investment

Huracan (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Joaquín Novillo26151600Below expectations
Walter Mazzantti17104910Fair
Gastón Sauro1777800Did not deliver
Fernando Torrent2168101Did not deliver
Lucas Castro1760500Did not deliver
Juan Manuel Garcia2659211Fair
Valentín Burgoa2035100Did not deliver
Santiago Luján2324000Did not deliver
Dante Nicolas Campisi2018000Did not deliver
Marcelo Perez *0000Investment
Joel Soñora0000Did not deliver
Andrés Roa0000Did not deliver

Independiente (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Rodrigo Rey27249200Good
Martin Cauteruccio272204111Excellent
Christian Javier Baez27206700Fair
Baltasar Barcia25165512Excellent
Matías Giménez25153432Good
Kevin Lopez2679200Did not deliver
Martin Sarrafiore2473202Fair
Luciano Gomez2272601Below expectations
Agustín Mulet1958400Did not deliver
Damián Pérez2645100Did not deliver
Mauricio Cuero1343300Did not deliver
Rick27800Did not deliver
Diego Segovia *26000Investment
Fernando Da Rosa *5000Investment

Instituto Cordoba (24 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Fernando Alarcón26240401Excellent
Gastón Lodico27240212Excellent
Adrián Martínez262333111Excellent
Sebastián Corda26205901Good
Gabriel Graciani26179834Excellent
Santiago Rodríguez27175934Excellent
Nicolás Linares24165810Good
Leonel Mosevich24162700Fair
Giuliano Cerato26158300Below expectations
Jorge Carranza25156900Below expectations
Braian Cuello27120701Fair
Roberto Bochi20115810Fair
Manuel Roffo2793500Did not deliver
Juan Franco2786900Did not deliver
Ezequiel Parnisiari2476910Did not deliver
Axel Rodriguez2147710Fair
Jonathan Bay2544700Did not deliver
Joaquin Varela2526820Did not deliver
Lucas Albertengo1924100Did not deliver
Oscar Garrido2323300Did not deliver
Nicolas Barrientos2214101Did not deliver
Jonathan Dellarossa *41300Investment
Emanuel Bilbao2000Did not deliver
Rick2000Did not deliver

Lanus (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Leandro Díaz242099114Excellent
Cristian Lema24208011Excellent
Juan Cáceres21183802Excellent
Juan Sánchez Miño17118601Fair
José Canale16117112Good
Julián Fernández24104900Below expectations
Alan Aguerre0000Did not deliver

Newells Old Boys (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lucas Hoyos27248600Good
Jorge Recalde26188861Excellent
Ivan Gómez24179801Good
Jherson Mosquera22173820Good
Bruno Pitton25140312Good
Guillermo Ortíz26120110Below expectations
Ángelo Martino2379200Did not deliver
Jeremías Pérez Tica2477102Fair
Jonathan Menéndez1838000Did not deliver
Esteban Fernández *0000Investment

Platense (19 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Nicolás Castro25204341Excellent
Ramiro Macagno27203300Fair
Ignacio Vazquez27166001Fair
Nicolás Servetto27165561Excellent
Marco Pellegrino22156210Fair
Ronaldo Martinez26151632Good
Ivan Rossi18134900Fair
Franco Diaz25129710Fair
Mauro Quiroga2286513Fair
Jerónimo Cacciabue2482100Did not deliver
Miguel Jacquet1979601Below expectations
Raúl Lozano547500Fair
Ignacio Arce1145600Did not deliver
Maximiliano Zalazar2644110Below expectations
Gonzalo Asis2243400Did not deliver
Agustín Alonso1623400Did not deliver
Alejandro Sánchez16000Did not deliver
Joaquín Blázquez *0000Investment
Agustín Ocampo0000Did not deliver

Racing Club (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Juan Nardoni26193813Excellent
Gabriel Rojas18135911Good
Tomás Avilés20103001Fair
Maxi Moralez2566512Fair
Paolo Guerrero1660610Fair
Baltasar Rodriguez1448700Did not deliver
Óscar Opazo1645500Did not deliver

River Plate (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Enzo Díaz23193602Good
Salomón Rondón2681440Fair
Matías Kranevitter1336100Did not deliver
Franco Alfonso *249100Investment
Franco Petroli3000Did not deliver
Ramiro Funes Mori0000Did not deliver
Manuel Lanzini0000Did not deliver
Gonzalo Martínez0000Did not deliver

Rosario Central (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Facundo Mallo26240201Excellent
Alan Rodríguez26229915Excellent
Carlos Quintana24205620Excellent
Jaminton Campaz23185135Excellent
Octavio Bianchi2736300Did not deliver
Lucas Rodriguez2521400Did not deliver
Luca Martínez Dupuy *2116700Investment
Facundo Agüero2314500Did not deliver
Giovanni Bogado *0000Investment
Agustin Toledo *0000Investment
Maximiliano Lovera0000Did not deliver
Axel Werner0000Did not deliver
Marcelo Acosta *0000Investment
Ariel Cervera *0000Investment

San Lorenzo (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Rafael Pérez25217310Good
Carlos Sánchez23152700Fair
Facundo Altamirano2745900Did not deliver
Rick1000Did not deliver
Gastón Ramírez0000Did not deliver
Federico Girotti0000Did not deliver
Alejandro Molina0000Did not deliver
Carlos Auzqui0000Did not deliver

Sarmiento Junin (16 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Juan Manuel Insaurralde24219400Good
Franco Sbuttoni27125600Did not deliver
Lucas Melano25111242Good
Alejandro Donatti17110101Fair
Emanuel Hernández2283201Below expectations
José Devecchi2655600Did not deliver
Juan Kaprof2336500Did not deliver
José Mauri210400Did not deliver
Ayrton Cougo197600Did not deliver
Lautaro Cerato55000Did not deliver
Gastón Gerzel111300Did not deliver
Santiago Morales *61200Investment
Fernando Monetti0000Did not deliver
Alan Marinelli0000Did not deliver
Maico Quiroz0000Did not deliver
Franco Paredes0000Did not deliver

Talleres Cordoba (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ramón Sosa22154844Excellent
Juan Portillo19146610Good
Juan Rodriguez20143700Fair
Nicolas Pasquini1260600Did not deliver
Valentin Depietri2154000Did not deliver
Luis Sequeira *1411900Investment
Diego Barrera *199900Investment
Vicente Fernández44200Did not deliver
David Salazar *21500Investment
Lautaro Ovando *0000Investment
Tomás Molina0000Did not deliver

Tigre (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Emanuel Aguilera24128200Below expectations
Lautaro Montoya2677100Did not deliver
Tomás Badaloni2771421Fair
Hector Garay2370503Fair
Santiago Rojas2718000Did not deliver
Sebastián Medina *2312300Investment
Santiago Vera8000Did not deliver
Renzo López0000Did not deliver

Union Santa Fe (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Yeison Gordillo23180510Good
Oscar Piris25107910Below expectations
Luciano Aued27101611Fair
Thiago Vecino1444101Fair
Rick22700Did not deliver
Franco Pardo0000Did not deliver
Patricio Tanda *0000Investment
Jairo O'Neil *0000Investment

Velez Sarsfield (2 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ignacio Méndez1485700Fair
Gastón Gómez2078500Did not deliver