based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nizhny Novgorod.
Scout report
I. Kirsch is a 22-year-old central defender at Nizhny Novgorod, rated 28 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 32nd of 134 on scout potential in the Premier League and 1343rd of 1628 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (28.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.62 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kirsch.
Judged on this season alone, Kirsch graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 25th of 37 of the 37 centre-backs in the Premier League, on 1 clean sheet and 4.618 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 2 → 9).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, top 25% of the 37 centre-backs in the Premier League. At 22 Kirsch is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 2.9 reflects that trajectory.
Output in context · Nizhny Novgorod finished 15th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side
4.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 10 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (15th of 16) 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.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 28.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 28, Kirsch carries the 9th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premier League of 37 — though on just 10 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
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 Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.
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