Álex Grimaldo

Grimaldo's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers

In 2026/27, Álex Grimaldo was used in rotation for Atletico Madrid in the La Liga: 6 appearances and 535 minutes, averaging 89 minutes per outing. His standout number is match rating — 11th of 905 defenders and inside the top 1%.

Per 90 minutes that is 2.4 tackles per 90, 0.7 interceptions per 90 and 53% of his duels won — the rate profile behind Grimaldo's totals. Grimaldo played 287 passes at 84% accuracy — 48.3 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him.

Set against Grimaldo's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 701 minutes against 4027 at his peak; his average match rating has slipped from 7.42 to 6.92 since 2025/26. Our records cover 4 seasons of Grimaldo's career, 2023/24 to 2026/27, across 2 clubs — Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid. In that time he has played 153 matches across 5 competitions, 12,715 minutes in all.

His best season on our records was 2023/24, when he averaged 7.66 across 51 appearances. Grimaldo has 35 appearances in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League on our records, and the level holds either way, 0.25 per 90 domestically against 0.26 in Europe.

Away from his club, Grimaldo has 8 appearances for Spain on our records — across Euro Championship - Qualification, World Cup - Qualification Europe and Euro Championship. Grimaldo has won 21 senior honours on our records: UEFA European Championship (2 times), Bundesliga (2 times) and DFB Pokal (2 times), and 4 other competitions. He has also finished runner-up 16 times, the nearest miss a UEFA Europa League final.

On our positional score Grimaldo rates 47 out of 100, 49th of 304 qualified players — inside the top 17%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is interceptions.

How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.