Como leer una ficha de carrera sin dejarse enganar

Career tables look objective. They are still a summary, and summaries make choices. Four habits make them safer to read.

Read minutes before appearances

An appearance can be two minutes. Minutes played, divided by matches, tells you whether a player was the first choice or a substitute.

Expect two clubs in a season

Dual registration, loan spells and mid-season moves are routine below the professional tiers, especially for young players registered with a senior team while still eligible for a youth category.

Treat youth aggregates as context, not projection

Aggregated youth totals describe development history. They are not predictive of senior performance, and any site presenting them as such is selling something.

Percentages need denominators

A 38% penalty save rate is remarkable across forty kicks and meaningless across five. Wherever a rate appears on this site, the underlying count appears next to it.