Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Houston Dynamo.
Injury-affected season
Missed 10 of Houston Dynamo's ~34 games this season through 9 injury absences and 1 suspension (lower-body, injury, leg). He still appeared 15 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 15 | 0 | 0 | 971 | 6.7 |
Scout report
E. Sviatchenko is a 34-year-old central defender at Houston Dynamo, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 15 appearances, a Season grade of 17, top 70% of Major League Soccer centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 10.8, ranking 497th of 513 in the Major League Soccer. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (45% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.97 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sviatchenko.
Judged on this season alone, Sviatchenko graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 61st of 87 of the 87 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 3 clean sheets and 2.966 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 17). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 11, 86th of 87 of the 87 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 34 Sviatchenko is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Sviatchenko missed 9 games through injury and 1 suspension (lower-body, injury, leg) out of roughly 34 this season. The 15 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Houston Dynamo finished 12th of 15 · a lower-table side
2.97 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 15 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (12th of 15) 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 45% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 34, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 10.8, Sviatchenko carries the 86th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Major League Soccer of 87, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Houston Dynamo finished 12th of 15) — 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 (2.97 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
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