SigningLab · Annual Report

Signing Accuracy — Liga 1 2023

Published on January 8, 2024

Executive Summary

308
Real signings
299
Evaluated
37%
Clubs' average hit rate
75
Successful
159
Unsuccessful

In total we identified 308 real signings by the clubs of Liga 1 in the 2023 season — academy promotions, loan returns, internal moves and transfers that never went through are excluded. Of these, 299 are included in the hit-rate calculation; 9 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 %
1Sporting Cristal98323
50%
2FBC Melgar77313
50%
3Deportivo Garcilaso262610511
48%
4Cusco21219210
48%
5Alianza Lima99162
44%
6Union Comercio17º292910514
43%
7Sport Huancayo77223
43%
8Universitario1515528
40%
9Cesar Vallejo88143
38%
10Carlos A. Mannucci11º1818378
36%
11UTC Cajamarca13º1515429
33%
12Cienciano10º20204511
32%
13Deportivo Binacional18º18164210
31%
14Atletico Grau14º98215
31%
15ADT17164111
28%
16Alianza Atletico15º21204313
28%
17Sport Boys12º24212712
26%
18Academia Cantolao19º17172411
24%
19Deportivo Municipal16º18182412
22%

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
Santiago GiordanaDeportivo GarcilasoF267922+27.29Excellent
Felipe RodriguezCuscoM25899+137.31Excellent
Carlos GarcésCiencianoF240714+27.05Excellent
Janio PósitoADTF262513+26.98Excellent
Neri BandieraAtletico GrauF278414+36.83Excellent
Joao RojasDeportivo GarcilasoM21885+87.17Excellent
BrennerSporting CristalF192913+47.12Excellent
Kevin QuevedoDeportivo GarcilasoF24498+36.98Excellent
Brandon PalaciosDeportivo BinacionalF217711+56.88Excellent
Gonzalo RizzoADTD31346+17.02Excellent

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.

ADT (17 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Gonzalo Rizzo34313461Excellent
Janio Pósito342625132Excellent
Victor Perlaza34235460Good
Emilio Saba33226800Below expectations
Mathias Silvera14117201Good
Jean Franco Falconi35107601Did not deliver
Víctor Cedrón29102314Fair
Kevin Moreno2670501Did not deliver
Yimy Gamero1657500Did not deliver
Marcos Delgado1346300Did not deliver
Daniel Morales2943800Did not deliver
Jorge Aguero2542800Did not deliver
Jose Cazares1232301Did not deliver
Pedro Diaz3530500Did not deliver
Piero Ratto920800Did not deliver
Diego Saffadi818500Did not deliver
Carlos Meza *6000Investment

Academia Cantolao (17 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Rafael Guarderas28246701Good
Francisco Duclos29205010Fair
Hebert Vergara30203134Excellent
Facundo Moreira29146700Did not deliver
Luis Ramirez25144011Fair
Renato Espinosa34134710Below expectations
Josimar Vargas26134200Did not deliver
Michel Acosta24131300Did not deliver
Italo Regalado34115521Below expectations
Stefano Velasco2397900Did not deliver
Carlos Montoya1292100Fair
Sebastián Lojas2985900Did not deliver
Brian Calabrese1475620Fair
Yonatan Salas1147700Did not deliver
Álvaro Medrano1438701Below expectations
José Cruz79000Did not deliver
Aaron Carnero43600Did not deliver

Alianza Atletico (21 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Diego Melian34306500Good
Jesus Mendieta35217910Below expectations
Ángelo Pizzorno23184440Good
Guillermo Larios33157244Good
José Manzaneda31128432Fair
Miguel Cornejo23116234Good
Stefano Fernández1689001Below expectations
Williams Guzmán1285500Below expectations
Emanuel Ibáñez1356000Below expectations
Juan Pablo Carranza2654000Did not deliver
Mathias Carpio1149100Below expectations
Marcos Ortiz2144400Did not deliver
Mauricio Matzuda1828210Did not deliver
Rotceh Aguilar726101Fair
Aryan Romani1026010Fair
Santiago Rebagliati2517200Did not deliver
José De la Cruz *2214500Investment
José Racchumick72500Did not deliver
Rick11900Did not deliver
José Soto0000Did not deliver
Jean Piere Mendoza0000Did not deliver

Alianza Lima (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jesús Castillo36198823Good
Santiago García23149910Below expectations
Gabriel Costa32148442Fair
Bryan Reyna27142241Fair
Carlos Zambrano22139920Fair
Christian Cueva25115501Fair
Pablo Sabbag23102471Fair
Edinson Chavez2583302Did not deliver
Andrés Andrade1569122Fair

Atletico Grau (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Neri Bandiera342784143Excellent
Oslimg Mora32212935Excellent
Axel Moyano31195402Fair
Fabio Rojas28107900Did not deliver
Alessandro Milesi2689310Did not deliver
Patricio Alvarez1684000Did not deliver
Piero Vivanco3081502Did not deliver
Alvaro Ampuero2876110Did not deliver
Nicolás Figueroa *137200Investment

Carlos A. Mannucci (18 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Matías Cortave31265010Good
Alexis Cossio30195212Fair
Leiner Escalante32190825Good
Erick Gonzales31186110Fair
Maximiliano Amondarain26174601Fair
Erick Perleche25169501Fair
Jefferson Portales25150700Did not deliver
Raziel García21125902Good
Federico González28112322Fair
Marcelo Gaona25109301Did not deliver
Carlos Correa25108400Did not deliver
Yamir Edhu Oliva Rodriguez2581211Below expectations
Kevin Ruiz1648220Fair
Wilmer Aguirre1247602Fair
Marlon Ruidías1446300Did not deliver
Michael Rasmussen1636700Did not deliver
Joao Villamarin1817810Did not deliver
Andy Vidal25000Did not deliver

Cesar Vallejo (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Aldair Fuentes28181821Good
Johan Madrid17136800Fair
Santiago Gonzalez3192302Did not deliver
Edgar Benitez1674632Fair
Facundo Rodríguez1854141Fair
Ángel Rodríguez1852200Did not deliver
Ray Vanegas1644010Fair
Jose Lujan1318000Did not deliver

Cienciano (20 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Luis Garro31246600Fair
Carlos Garcés302407142Excellent
Alberto Quintero29227836Excellent
Fernando Evangelista18167710Good
Claudio Torrejón27145300Did not deliver
Ivan Santillan32141403Below expectations
Angel Ojeda30128610Did not deliver
Alfredo Ramúa17103112Excellent
Gonzalo Gonzalez2497300Did not deliver
Paolo Hurtado1891302Fair
Leonel Solís1267410Fair
Jeferson Nolasco1066000Did not deliver
Fernando Pacheco1161910Fair
Yhirbis Cordova1449711Below expectations
Jose Leguizamon1539700Did not deliver
Gianlucca Fatecha1433900Did not deliver
Jean Deza628102Fair
Franco Medina415200Did not deliver
Patricio Alvarez11000Did not deliver
Rick2000Did not deliver

Cusco (21 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Daniel Ferreyra32286900Good
Nelinho Quina31274800Good
Gerson Barreto32260811Good
Felipe Rodriguez322589913Excellent
Josué Estrada31240213Good
Abdiel Ayarza32218092Excellent
Mauro Da Luz32211562Excellent
Johnny Vidales31210511Good
Federico Alonso28199011Fair
Anthony Gordillo32165201Below expectations
Freddy Yovera28151800Below expectations
Jonathan Bilbao34148610Did not deliver
José Fajardo16143961Excellent
Horacio Benincasa3398800Did not deliver
Jordan Guivin1792200Below expectations
Christopher Olivares1384901Fair
Hideyoshi Arakaki3074621Below expectations
Carlos Uribe2453000Did not deliver
Tiago Cantoro2948530Below expectations
Rolando Diaz2539100Did not deliver
Hairo Camacho3000Did not deliver

Deportivo Binacional (18 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Freddy Oncoy33251971Good
Brandon Palacios332177115Excellent
Roberto Villamarín19153323Good
Orlando Nuñez34148000Did not deliver
Brayan Fernandez17123171Good
Leonardo Mifflin1697901Fair
Diego Minaya1594110Fair
Jefferson Caceres2890830Below expectations
Stiwar Mena1389500Did not deliver
Minzun Quina2981520Did not deliver
Benjamín Villalta1344200Did not deliver
Jack Cirilo2833510Did not deliver
Alberto Ampuero *911700Investment
Jacobo Kouffaty810500Did not deliver
Gustavo Villamayor67900Did not deliver
Jordy Santa María61800Did not deliver
Bryan Ríos2000Did not deliver
J Escalante *3000Investment

Deportivo Garcilaso (26 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Juan Diego Lojas33294331Excellent
Diego Penny31270200Good
Santiago Giordana322679222Excellent
Jorge Bazan34248214Good
Kevin Quevedo31244983Excellent
Aldair Salazar33236102Fair
Emmanuel Páucar34234501Fair
Alexi Gómez27227632Good
Alex Rambal29219432Good
Joao Rojas27218858Excellent
Carlos Caraza35197000Fair
David Dioses32179005Good
Jonathan Betancourt32158332Good
Jose Antonio Parodi32108610Below expectations
Jhony Obeso3495104Below expectations
Paolo Méndez2876900Did not deliver
Jean Pierre Fuentes1353910Fair
Juniors Barbieri2746400Did not deliver
Raúl Tito1542002Fair
Álvaro Olaya3032700Did not deliver
Wilmer Aguirre822100Did not deliver
Mauricio Malpartida108500Did not deliver
Herbert Castillo56400Did not deliver
Miguel Ramírez124500Did not deliver
Rick21600Did not deliver
Santiago Silva0000Did not deliver

Deportivo Municipal (18 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Steven Rivadeneyra26195200Below expectations
Jair Céspedes22188112Good
José Rugel30184900Below expectations
Christian Flores30176100Below expectations
Jorge Toledo30163400Did not deliver
Fernando Evangelista15122901Fair
Francesco Cavagna27116300Did not deliver
Christopher Olivares14104962Good
Carlos Solís3292800Did not deliver
Daniel Cabrera1582210Fair
Diego Soto1682100Did not deliver
Fernando Pacheco975812Fair
Facundo Rodriguez1265210Fair
Sebastián Jaurena1164310Below expectations
Carlos Olascuaga1462211Below expectations
Alberto Ampuero939200Did not deliver
Orlando Gaona Lugo426100Did not deliver
Antony Quijano0000Did not deliver

FBC Melgar (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Tomás Martínez30196767Excellent
Jhamir D´Arrigo32195412Good
Pablo Lavandeira17141964Excellent
Sebastian Cavero2880500Did not deliver
Pablo Daniel Magnin1650930Fair
Luiz Da Silva1116400Did not deliver
Rick13110Did not deliver

Sport Boys (24 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Oliver Benitez34295011Good
Juan Morales33271400Fair
Álvaro Villete32259900Fair
Christian Ramos32236700Below expectations
Christian Vasquez33225811Fair
Edison Mero29180222Fair
Jorge Rios29178501Fair
Cristian Carbajal26166502Fair
Luis Carranza33149210Below expectations
Federico Milo25131011Fair
Werner Schuler34122010Did not deliver
Nicolás Contin17104820Good
Dylan Caro2083601Did not deliver
Kevin Sánchez1562901Below expectations
Kevin Peña1642700Did not deliver
Marcio Valverde1235800Did not deliver
Walberto Rolando Caicedo619400Did not deliver
Joyce Conde1416501Did not deliver
Óscar Pinto *416500Investment
Josimar Atoche69700Did not deliver
Diego Sánchez18200Did not deliver
Axel Domínguez *1000Investment
Ángel De la Cruz *3000Investment
Kevin Peña0000Did not deliver

Sport Huancayo (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Rodrigo Colombo32291921Excellent
Ray Gómez25126061Fair
Carlos Escobar27109642Good
Juan David Pérez1165821Fair
Donald Millán1646800Did not deliver
Felipe Mesones1212600Did not deliver
Rick2000Did not deliver

Sporting Cristal (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ignacio30274230Excellent
Brenner291929134Excellent
Jostin Alarcón28139314Good
Nicolas Pasquini15125101Fair
Adrián Ascues2861612Below expectations
Adrián Ugarriza1236301Below expectations
Franco Medina830202Fair
Diego Otoya *138110Investment
Rick1800Did not deliver

UTC Cajamarca (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Patrick Zubczuk34311300Good
Juan Cruz Randazzo34301641Excellent
Matías Abisab35235014Good
Joel Sánchez34195116Good
Relly Fernández33154630Fair
Pedro Requena29137000Did not deliver
John Fajardo33136400Did not deliver
Joao Ortiz28112403Fair
Gianmarco Gambetta23103000Did not deliver
Oscar Belinetz2265500Did not deliver
Jean Pierre Fuentes1430100Did not deliver
Jonathan Medina3210700Did not deliver
Eduardo Rabanal810300Did not deliver
Yves Patrick Roach184600Did not deliver
Gustavo Aliaga9000Did not deliver

Union Comercio (29 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Denilson Vargas35296802Good
Andy Maelo Castillo32270611Good
Óscar Barreto33256453Excellent
Marlon de Jesús342505133Excellent
Kelvin Sánchez32243520Good
Christian Neira32234744Excellent
Miguel Carranza33199234Good
Gino Guerrero30147921Good
Yorkman Tello22141320Fair
Ronald Ruiz17139600Below expectations
Felix Uculmana28137310Did not deliver
Luis Payares15132201Good
Jesús Arrieta32119241Fair
Sebastian Aranda14118911Good
Nicolas Palacios24118410Did not deliver
Christian Vargas25104003Fair
Antonio Romero1374221Fair
Jack Carhuallanqui1465201Fair
Salomon Libman948000Did not deliver
Paulo Goyoneche1245600Did not deliver
Joazhiño Arroé2145201Did not deliver
Herve Kambou1240210Did not deliver
Osama Jiménez1639500Did not deliver
Jesus Arismendi1232700Did not deliver
Javier Trauco2425401Did not deliver
Jorge Jimenez1420700Did not deliver
Pedro García69000Did not deliver
Josué Rodríguez17000Did not deliver
Jose Lopez52500Did not deliver

Universitario (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
William Riveros32284021Excellent
Martín Pérez Guedes35269521Good
Rodrigo Ureña33267912Excellent
Matias Ezequiel Di Benedetto32265212Good
Jose Bolivar30144202Below expectations
Horacio Calcaterra36128543Good
Marco Saravia31119011Did not deliver
Emanuel Herrera32105361Fair
José Rivera3394031Below expectations
Hugo Ancajima3582401Did not deliver
Edison Flores1579661Fair
Yuriel Celi2023401Did not deliver
Jose Lujan2000Did not deliver
Aamet Calderón4000Did not deliver
Chase Villanueva0000Did not deliver