based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · VfL Wolfsburg.
Scout report
A. Zehnter is a 22-year-old central defender at VfL Wolfsburg, rated 70.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 9th of 69 on scout potential in the Bundesliga and 72nd of 1729 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (45.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.46 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Zehnter.
Judged on this season alone, Zehnter graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 10th of 11 of the 11 centre-backs in the Bundesliga, on 1 clean sheet and 2.457 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 30 → 8). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 71, top 19% of the 11 centre-backs in the Bundesliga. At 22 Zehnter is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 40.1 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · VfL Wolfsburg finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
2.46 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 20 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 45.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 70.6, Zehnter carries the 2nd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Bundesliga (top 19%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (VfL Wolfsburg finished 16th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.46 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.
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