Popara's current-season form is up 500% on last season (Season 2→12), while his Rating held around 37. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Zorya Luhansk · 8th	26	0	2	6.49	37	12
2024/25	Zorya Luhansk · 7th	11	0	0	6.43	37	2
2024/25	Sloga Doboj	13	2	0	—	—	—
2023/24	Sloga Doboj	30	0	0	—	—	—
2022/23	Borac Banja Luka	24	0	0	—	—	—
2021/22	Borac Banja Luka	1	0	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

D. Popara is a 23-year-old central midfielder at Zorya Luhansk, rated 37.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 38th of 188 on scout potential in the Premier League. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (38.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.21 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Popara.

Judged on this season alone, Popara graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 18th of 28 of the 28 central midfielders in the Premier League, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 1.205 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 2 → 12).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, top 25% of the 28 central midfielders in the Premier League. At 23 Popara is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 5.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Popara is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending up

Current potentialTop 25% central midfielders · Premier League Current season18th of 28 central midfielders · Premier League18th-best central midfielder in the Premier League38th in the Premier League · potential7th-highest potential central midfielder in the Premier League

37.4

Ratingi

7th of 28 central midfielders

11.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

38.7%

Minutes

rotation minutes

1.21

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Zorya Luhansk finished 8th of 16 · a mid-table side

1.21

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

1.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.17 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 38.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Defensive numbers. Modest 1.21 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 37.4, Popara carries the 7th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premier League (top 25%). Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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 %38.7%

Available fixtures30 of 30

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.172

Goal contribution / 900.172

Defensive actions / 901.205

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %30

Pass accuracy %77

Dribble success %47.8

Cards / 900.516

Foul involvement / 901.721

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 23, Popara sits on 5.9, at or near its peak. The blue line is Popara's projected Rating — 37.4 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.