Fans rate Arboleda's season at São Paulo as 'average' | OneFootball

Despite being the longest-serving player at São Paulo, with eight seasons, defender Arboleda is not a unanimous choice among the Tricolor fans. The Ecuadorian also felt the instability that marked the year for the Tricolor team.

In a poll conducted by Gazeta Esportiva, 38.4% of voters rated Arboleda's season as average. The other fans who voted were divided, with 30.7% classifying the defender's year as good and 26.9% evaluating it as bad or terrible.

(Photo: Reproduction / Gazeta Esportiva)

Arboleda's season can be divided into two distinct phases. In the first half of the year, the defender maintained consistency and established himself as one of the team's pillars. Even after suffering a muscle overload in his left thigh, which sidelined him for about 20 days between April and May, he returned at a high level and even made it to the Paulistão selection.

The second half of 2025, however, was marked by physical difficulties. In August, tests revealed an injury to the rectus femoris muscle in his left leg, which kept him out of six matches. In November, he felt pain again in the same area as the first injury of the year, missing three more games.

Arboleda's Statistics

Throughout the season, Arboleda played 45 matches for São Paulo, being the tenth player with the most appearances on the field, and scored four goals. Even so, he couldn't prevent the high number of goals conceded by the team: 73 in total, an average of 1.11 per game.

For comparison, since the defender's arrival, only in his debut season in 2017 (80 goals), and in the years 2021 (87) and 2022 (82), did São Paulo finish the year with worse numbers.

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