Alexander Paulsen

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Lechia GdanskLoan · 16th	24	2	8%	6.69	35	2
2024/25	AucklandLoan	28	0	0%	7.06	—	—
2023/24	Wellington Phoenix	29	0	0%	7.54	—	—
2021/22	Wellington Phoenix	4	0	0%	7.03	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

New Zealand · international

Side	Apps	G
New Zealand	7	0
New Zealand U23	3	0
New Zealand U17	3	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerGoalkeeper

A. Paulsen is a 24-year-old goalkeeper at Lechia Gdansk, rated 35.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 92nd of 332 on scout potential in the Ekstraklasa. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (70.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Paulsen.

Judged on this season alone, Paulsen graded 2 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 23rd of 26 of the 26 goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa, on 2 clean sheets across 24 appearances.

We hold a single season for Paulsen, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 35, top 35% of the 26 goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa. At 24 Paulsen is in his prime years, and a market index of 5.1 reflects that trajectory.

Current potentialTop 35% goalkeepers · Ekstraklasa Current season23rd of 26 goalkeepers · Ekstraklasa23rd-best goalkeeper in the Ekstraklasa92nd in the Ekstraklasa · potential9th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Ekstraklasa

35.2

Ratingi

9th of 26 goalkeepers

1.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

70.6%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.08

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Lechia Gdansk finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

Clean sheets

CS rate

70.6%

Minutes

2 clean sheets in 24 appearances (8% of games). Keeping that many behind a relegation-threatened side (16th of 18) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 70.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 35.2, Paulsen carries the 9th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa (top 35%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Lechia Gdansk 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. A a regular starter keeper carrying the gloves this season. Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %70.6%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.083

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %62

Dribble success %100

Cards / 900.083

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~5), then tapers with age. At 24, Paulsen sits on 5.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Paulsen's projected Rating — 35.2 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Pass accuracy62%

Possession

Successful dribbles3

Dribble success100%

Fouls won6

Defending

Tackles1

Interceptions1—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

€2.3M total transfer fees · 6 moves

Motherwell(on loan)2026/27 – now

Bournemouth(back from loan)2026/27 – 2026/27

Lechia Gdansk(on loan)2025/26 – 2026/27

Bournemouth(back from loan)2025/26 – 2025/26

Auckland(on loan)2024/25 – 2025/26

Bournemouth2024/25 – 2024/25€ 2.3M

Wellington Phoenixuntil 2024/25

About A. Paulsen

Alexander Noah Paulsen is a 23-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Lechia Gdansk, born on July 4, 2002 in Auckland, standing 193 cm tall. He is from New Zealand. Lechia Gdansk currently sit 16th of 18 in the Ekstraklasa.

This season

In the current season, A. Paulsen has made 24 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 2,160 minutes, averaging a 6.87 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 2 yellow cards.

When A. Paulsen plays, Lechia Gdansk's record this season is 9W-4D-11L — and his match ratings average 6.88 at home against 6.5 on the road.

Recent matches

May 17, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs Legia Warszawa (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)
May 9, 2026: 1-3 loss away at Widzew Łódź (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
May 4, 2026: 1-3 loss away at Radomiak Radom (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
April 25, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs Raków Częstochowa (90 minutes, 7 rating)
April 20, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Piast Gliwice (90 minutes, 6.7 rating)
April 10, 2026: 0-1 loss away at Wisla Plock (90 minutes, 7.5 rating)
April 6, 2026: 4-2 win at home vs Korona Kielce (90 minutes, 7 rating)
March 21, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Pogon Szczecin (90 minutes, 7.9 rating)
March 14, 2026: 0-2 loss away at GKS Katowice (90 minutes, 6 rating)
March 6, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs Jagiellonia (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates A. Paulsen at 35.2 with a Season form score of 1.7, ranking 92nd of 332 goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the OFC Nations Cup and the A-Leagues All Stars Men. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 6 recorded seasons, A. Paulsen has totalled 106 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 29 appearances for Wellington Phoenix.

A. Paulsen's career has also included time at Motherwell, Bournemouth, Auckland and Wellington Phoenix.

On the international stage, A. Paulsen has represented New Zealand, New Zealand U23, New Zealand U17 — 13 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Lechia Gdansk finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points