Player profile

GrêmioAttacking MidfieldArgentina29 yrsAgent · PRI Sports Management
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Franco Cristaldo · #2508 overall
Quiet · Heat 6 · Midfielders
Fan totals + per-90 · No seasonal row in tracked leagues
No seasonal row in tracked leagues — check recent matches below.
Season rates refresh weekly · peer percentiles from league cohorts · match log ~6h after FT.
Injury & sideline log · current status + two-year history
Fit · no active injury on file
muscular problems
Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Muscle injury
Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
25 days out recorded in last 2 years
Status clears when return date has passed or the daily injury sync marks the player fit · not medical advice.
Estimated market value over time
€4.0M
+2567% over window
RT estimated values · updated every few days · may lag breaking news by one revision.
Documented moves (12 on record) · "Fee not public" = transfer fee was not reported
Club not on file→Grêmio
Jan 2023 · 22/23
Boca Juniors→Club not on file
Jan 2022 · 21/22
Club not on file→Boca Juniors
Dec 2021 · 21/22
Boca Juniors→Club not on file
Aug 2020 · 20/21
Estimated value rank vs peer groups, plus where they have played by position.
Estimated value rank
Lower number = higher estimated transfer value in that group (e.g. 74th = 74th-most valuable in the pool).
2nd
Worldwide
All tracked players by estimated value
130th
League · Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Players in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
132nd
National team · Argentina
Players from Argentina
243rd
Position
Players in this role
145th
Birth year cohort · 1996
Players born 1996
Position distribution (career apps)
W/D/L from your club's score · match rating when Sportmonks supplies it
No logged appearances this season in our tracked competitions yet.
W/D/L uses final score for the player's club that day. Match rows sync within ~6h · ratings may lag on some PL fixtures (Sportmonks column drift) · event minutes ~1h.
Cristaldo is the quintessential high-variance protagonist, a creative engine who thrives in chaos rather than control. While his 82.8% pass accuracy suggests a lack of refinement, it is actually the byproduct of a player constantly hunting the "killer ball," evidenced by a staggering 2.52 key passes per 90 that places him in the league’s elite bracket. He is a statistical anomaly: a technical playmaker who possesses the physical grit of a destroyer, winning 58.7% of his duels to rank in the top 10% of the league. The counterintuitive reality is that despite his elite ball-winning percentages, his defensive utility is hampered by a bottom-tier press intensity and poor spatial reading, making him more of a reactive scrapper than a proactive anchor.
Based on 1,250 min this season · DNA refreshes weekly.
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Franco Cristaldo's per-90 DNA and four looks — built for the group chat in about a minute.
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Stylistic matches, not just the same position. Shortlist before the argument starts.
See DNA alternatives →Club not on file→Boca Juniors
Jul 2020 · 20/21
Club not on file→Club not on file
Jun 2020 · 19/20
Club not on file→Club not on file
Jul 2019 · 19/20
Club not on file→Club not on file
Jun 2019 · 18/19
Club not on file→Club not on file
Jul 2018 · 18/19
Club not on file→Club not on file
Jun 2018 · 17/18
Club not on file→Club not on file
Jul 2017 · 17/18
Rayo Vallecano→Club not on file
Jun 2017 · 16/17
Youth loans and friendlies may be missing · club names matched from RT team directory.
35G · 23A
8G · 10A
4G · 2A
1G · 2A
2G · 1A
0G · 1A
0G · 1A
1G · 0A
1G · 0A
Rankings refresh when extended player data is loaded · not every player has a full row yet.