SigningLab · Annual Report

Signing Accuracy — Primera División 2025

Published on January 12, 2026

Executive Summary

201
Real signings
190
Evaluated
36%
Clubs' average hit rate
36
Successful
98
Unsuccessful

In total we identified 201 real signings by the clubs of Primera División in the 2025 season — academy promotions, loan returns, internal moves and transfers that never went through are excluded. Of these, 190 are included in the hit-rate calculation; 11 are youth investments (under-23 with no game time), classified separately. Signings without relevant minutes in the season count as unsuccessful.

League Analysis

Champions Coquimbo Unido posted a hit rate of 44% on signings (8 evaluated), holding 4th place in the accuracy ranking. The bottom four in the table had an average hit rate of 26% on signings — below the league average (36%), highlighting the link between recruitment quality and sporting performance.

O'Higgins leads the accuracy ranking with 60% and Union La Calera closes the list with 20%. p. over the clubs' decisions).

Club Ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %SigningLab*
1O'Higgins1010442
60%
80%
2Universidad de Chile99333
50%
100%
3A. Italiano66141
50%
100%
4Coquimbo Unido98314
44%
100%
5Colo Colo66132
42%
83%
6Huachipato99315
39%
89%
7Palestino99153
39%
78%
8Deportes Iquique15º1313346
38%
85%
9Cobresal1111326
36%
91%
10U. Catolica77214
36%
100%
11Deportes Limache11º32306915
35%
87%
12Union Espanola16º1514158
25%
57%
13Everton de Vina14º1514149
21%
79%
14Nublense10º77115
21%
86%
15D. La Serena13º25222515
20%
73%
16Union La Calera12º18151410
20%
80%

* SigningLab: hit rate of SigningLab’s verdicts (recommend or not recommend) on each club’s evaluated signings, projected at the time of signing.

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 ratingRatingSigningLab
Claudio AquinoColo ColoM20136+37.15Excellent
Nahuel DonadellCoquimbo UnidoM3862+24.36Excellent
Rafael CarocaHuachipatoM26263+07.29Excellent
Luis PavezO'HigginsD24742+67.31Excellent
Lionel AltamiranoHuachipatoF235812+47.11Excellent
Rodrigo OdriozolaHuachipatoG22660+16.24Excellent
Jeisson VargasD. La SerenaF174211+37.40Excellent
Matías MarínUnion EspanolaF6492+15.82Good
Jorge HenríquezCobresalM21449+47.39Excellent
Daniel CastroDeportes LimacheSUB205312+17.03Excellent

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.

A. Italiano (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jorge Espejo27241011Fair
Leonardo Valencia2521171510Excellent
Enzo Ferrario22194300Fair
Eduardo Vargas1391842Fair
Franco Troyansky2237740Fair
Alexis González1025910Below expectations

Cobresal (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
José Tiznado28244800Fair
Jorge Pinos29226400Excellent
Jorge Henríquez27214494Excellent
Vicente Fernández27213714Fair
César Yanis26167414Good
Cristopher Barrera22166122Below expectations
Christian Moreno25158900Did not deliver
Aaron Astullido29114901Did not deliver
Félix Triñanes1955221Did not deliver
Alejandro Marquez1847000Did not deliver
Rick2000Did not deliver

Colo Colo (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Claudio Aquino28201363Excellent
Sebastián Vegas23165920Fair
Víctor Méndez26116320Fair
Jonathan Villagra26108300Did not deliver
Tomás Alarcón2277710Fair
Salomón Rodríguez2163210Below expectations

Coquimbo Unido (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Cecilio Waterman271892101Good
Cristian Zavala13105924Good
Salvador Cordero2875011Fair
Nahuel Donadell2138622Excellent
Lukas Soza916900Did not deliver
Jason Flores Abrigo1116800Did not deliver
Enzo Riquelme *610900Investment
Gonzalo Flores289000Did not deliver
Felipe Reynero2900Did not deliver

D. La Serena (25 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Sebastian Gallegos29227943Good
Jeyson Rojas26183902Fair
Sebastián Díaz25183301Fair
Andres Zanini25176320Below expectations
Jeisson Vargas221742113Excellent
Eryin Sanhueza29171800Fair
Felipe Chamorro23168022Did not deliver
Nicolas Ferreyra28157010Fair
Gonzalo Jara30146831Below expectations
Ángelo Henríquez15106832Below expectations
Esteban Moreira19102412Below expectations
Fabian Cerda25100700Below expectations
Manuel Rivera2498911Below expectations
Juan Fuentes1788000Did not deliver
Jhonatan Kauan2076310Did not deliver
Lautaro Ovando1375700Did not deliver
Matias Pinto2572111Fair
Cristián Gutiérrez1869700Below expectations
Joaquín Fernández1064410Below expectations
Emanuel Herrera928300Below expectations
Bryan Mendoza Cruz722010Did not deliver
Fabricio Diaz *619201Investment
Jorge Ortiz *21900Investment
Rodrigo Dubó *1900Investment
Gonzalo Escalante0000Did not deliver

Deportes Iquique (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Leandro Requena29243900Fair
Misael Davila28231242Good
César Fuentes27187502Below expectations
Salvador Sánchez15135001Good
Marcelo Jorquera20121504Fair
Bryan Soto1993820Did not deliver
Marcos Gómez1592300Below expectations
Agustin Venezia1272600Fair
Tiago Ferreyra762800Below expectations
Matias Moya1658600Did not deliver
Enric Saborit855220Good
Juan Gomez749300Fair
Javier Parraguez711211Did not deliver

Deportes Limache (32 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Alfonso Parot28237010Good
Augusto Aguirre26232300Fair
Jorge Luis Guerra262157310Good
Daniel Castro252053121Excellent
Matías Bórquez30200800Fair
Misael Llantén26179011Fair
César Pinares21176713Fair
Francisco Romero22155813Fair
Jonathan Andia22154300Fair
Gonzalo Paz22138001Fair
Guillermo Pacheco18128112Good
Nicolás Peñailillo20127600Below expectations
Nelson Da Silva13106133Good
Bastian Silva2298510Did not deliver
Felipe Fritz2085822Good
Facundo Pons1076760Below expectations
Nicolás Peranic3072000Below expectations
Brian Torrealba1455710Fair
Mario Sandoval1549601Fair
Yorman Zapata1447101Below expectations
Danilo Catalan1542700Did not deliver
Luis Hernández1239810Did not deliver
Paul Charpentier828100Did not deliver
Dylan Portilla1526300Did not deliver
Aldrix Jara916200Did not deliver
Francisco Plaza *916010Investment
Gonzalo Álvarez512000Did not deliver
Josué Ovalle910100Did not deliver
Harol Salgado119300Did not deliver
Carlos Morales32200Did not deliver
Benjamin Morales *0000Investment
Bairo Riveros0000Did not deliver

Everton de Vina (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Alan Medina28222140Good
Ramiro González24190510Fair
Hugo Magallanes23160600Below expectations
Lucas Soto22140300Below expectations
Joaquin Moya27124010Fair
Rodrigo Piñeiro1898410Fair
Raimundo Rebolledo1672600Below expectations
Cristian Palacios2066931Fair
Juan Ignacio Ramírez1366122Below expectations
Diego García1761100Did not deliver
Julián Alfaro1152110Did not deliver
Enrique Serje1543100Did not deliver
Diego Hernández842401Below expectations
Sergio Hernandez *618911Investment
Rick1000Did not deliver

Huachipato (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Rafael Caroca29262630Excellent
Lionel Altamirano282358124Excellent
Rodrigo Odriozola29226601Excellent
Nicolas Vargas22153500Fair
Brayan Garrido2299811Did not deliver
Oscar Ortega1242000Did not deliver
Luciano Arriagada815200Did not deliver
Jose Ignacio Castro310300Did not deliver
Rick1000Did not deliver

Nublense (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Pablo Calderón23171001Fair
Gonzalo Sosa26133991Good
Esteban Cristobal Valencia25112800Did not deliver
Diego Sanhueza2694801Below expectations
Martín Rodríguez1046300Below expectations
Rodrigo González2343700Did not deliver
Rick21200Did not deliver

O'Higgins (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Omar Carabalí28253000Fair
Luis Pavez28247426Excellent
Juan Leiva28223232Good
Gonzalo Lugo23188810Fair
Alan Robledo22187911Good
Nicolas Garrido23149901Good
Maximiliano Romero1399272Fair
Francisco González1480731Fair
Jorge Luis Deschamps2919000Did not deliver
Leandro Benegas1118710Did not deliver

Palestino (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Sebastian Perez27246000Fair
Julián Fernández25192501Fair
Jason León28181711Good
Junior Arias28122460Below expectations
Gonzalo Tapia2391722Fair
Pablo Parra2489911Fair
Ronnie Fernández1535600Below expectations
Facundo Castro832210Fair
Sebastián Salas1927000Did not deliver

U. Catolica (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jhojan Valencia28204107Good
Gary Medel22174700Fair
Eduard Bello27147762Good
Sebastián Arancibia16108502Did not deliver
Dylan Escobar1421600Did not deliver
Dario Melo20000Did not deliver
Rick1000Did not deliver

Union Espanola (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ignacio Jeraldino27196762Below expectations
Martín Parra27162000Below expectations
Agustin Nadruz21124400Below expectations
Sebastian Pereira23103110Below expectations
Gonzalo Castellani13101210Fair
Bianneider Tamayo12100800Fair
Fabricio Formiliano1299000Fair
Felipe Espinoza2092511Fair
Nicolás Díaz1087700Fair
Matías Marín1364921Good
Cristián Insaurralde1350010Below expectations
Matías Suárez844410Below expectations
Brayan Véjar1744100Did not deliver
Cristian Montes1026600Did not deliver
Renato Huerta *510801Investment

Union La Calera (18 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Felipe Campos28239001Fair
Camilo Moya28217110Below expectations
Cristopher Díaz26211521Fair
Ignacio Mesías28161230Below expectations
Erik De Los Santos26149111Below expectations
Javier Saldías26144411Fair
Juan Méndez26110811Below expectations
Kevin Méndez1398404Fair
Filipe Yanez2076300Did not deliver
Franco Lobos2575202Did not deliver
Leandro Benegas1568620Below expectations
Cristián Insaurralde1267923Good
Franco López1123501Below expectations
Fabrizio Tomarelli514700Did not deliver
Francisco Rivera *512300Investment
Diego Monreal *1111400Investment
Rick29000Did not deliver
José Martín Ballesteros *28000Investment

Universidad de Chile (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Javier Altamirano27182652Fair
Lucas Di Yorio271754122Good
Nicolás Ramírez25139100Fair
Rodrigo Contreras2694491Good
Nicolás Fernández1773801Below expectations
Felipe Salomoni1362511Below expectations
Gonzalo Montes1423901Good
Sebastián Rodriguez723800Fair
Julián Alfaro15700Did not deliver