# Santiago Lencina > Midfielder · [River Plate](https://betsprinter.com/teams/1755) · [Canonical HTML](https://betsprinter.com/players/47837) ## Quick facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Age | 20 | | Date of birth | 2005-09-04 | | Position | Midfielder | | Jersey | #39 | | Height | 172 cm | | Weight | 68 kg | | Current club | [River Plate](https://betsprinter.com/teams/1755) | | Competition | [Liga Profesional de Fútbol](https://betsprinter.com/leagues/30) | ## Season snapshot | Metric | Value | | --- | ---: | | Season | 2025 | | Competition | Liga Profesional de Fútbol | | Appearances | 14 | | Minutes | 685 | | Goals | 3 | | Assists | 0 | | Average rating | 6.86 | ## Last matches | Date | Competition | Opponent | Min | G | A | xG | xA | Rating | | --- | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Thu 14 May | Liga Profesional de Fútbol | Gimnasia La Plata | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | — | 6.30 | ## Profile ### Underused River Plate prospect carving tiny edges[^fact-1] ## Profile Santiago Lencina is a 20-year-old central midfielder at River Plate[^fact-1]. The profile is of a young squad player: domestically registered, occasionally trusted to close out games and provide an extra body in midfield rather than to drive heavy attacking returns[^fact-1]. ## Season form Usage has been limited — five appearances and 123 minutes across the season — which frames most other numbers as sample-size driven[^fact-2]. Those minutes have produced a provider rating average of 6.61 across the campaign, a baseline suggesting competency when on the pitch but not standout influence[^fact-3]. Over his last five matches, expected attacking output is minimal: 0.03 xG and 0.10 xA, figures that underline a scarcity of clear chances created or taken in his sporadic minutes[^fact-4]. The recent raw box-score mirrors that: zero goals and zero assists in the last five matches, with 60 minutes accumulated across one appearance in that span — a clear sign of peripheral match involvement[^fact-5]. ## Availability & momentum Availability trends are cautious rather than continuous. The season minutes total and the fact he has only one appearance worth 60 minutes in the latest five-match window point to a player on the fringes of the matchday rotation[^fact-2][^fact-5]. In the last match he featured in River Plate’s 2–0 win over Gimnasia La Plata, recording no goals or assists and a game rating of 6.30, which sits slightly below his season average but within the same small-sample band[^fact-6][^fact-3]. The immediate momentum is therefore flat: present enough to be monitored, not present enough to have built form. ## What to watch The primary watch-item is minutes. A clear threshold would be a sustained increase from cameo minutes to a full half or more across consecutive matches; that shift would be the most reliable signal of development given the limited attacking numbers[^fact-2][^fact-5]. Expect monitoring of how the coaching staff deploys him in River Plate’s next fixture — a run of longer appearances would be the only context in which the 0.03 xG and 0.10 xA from the last five could translate into meaningful offensive contributions[^fact-4][^fact-1]. In short: short-term value hinges on getting regular minutes first; without that, statistical upside remains theoretical rather than demonstrated[^fact-2][^fact-3]. ### Cited facts [^fact-1]: **Identity** — 20 years old · Midfielder · current club River Plate. [^fact-2]: **Season volume** — 5 appearances (2026), 123 minutes on the pitch. [^fact-3]: **Average rating** — Provider rating averages 6.61 across the season. [^fact-4]: **Expected output (last 5)** — Last 5 matches: 0.03 xG and 0.10 xA. [^fact-5]: **Recent form (last 5)** — 0 goals, 0 assists, 60 minutes across the last 1 appearances. [^fact-6]: **Last match** — Gimnasia La Plata 2–0 (W) — 0 goals, 0 assists, rating 6.30. --- Methodology: . Canonical HTML: .