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Full nameIsmail Joshua Jakobs
PositionFull-back
NationalitySenegal
Age26
Date of birth17 Aug 1999
BirthplaceStuttgart
Height184 cm
Shirt number#4
ClubGalatasaray
Full-back
25
Appearances
0
Goals
1
Assists
1310
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Galatasaray.

Injury-affected season

Missed 4 of Galatasaray's ~34 games this season through 4 injury absences (international duty, injury, calf). He still appeared 25 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

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Süper Lig250113106.73
UEFA Champions League12008716.54
Türkiye Kupası2000

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

I. Jakobs is a 26-year-old full-back at Galatasaray, rated 42 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 105th of 326 on scout potential in the Süper Lig. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (48.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.95 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Jakobs.

Judged on this season alone, Jakobs graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 33rd of 62 of the 62 full-backs in the Süper Lig, on 5 clean sheets and 2.954 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 25 → 23). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, top 36% of the 62 full-backs in the Süper Lig. At 26 Jakobs is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.7 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Jakobs missed 4 games through injury (international duty, injury, calf) out of roughly 34 this season. The 25 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.

From the career report
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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24
Current potentialTop 36% full-backs · Süper LigCurrent season33rd of 62 full-backs · Süper Lig33rd-best full-back in the Süper Lig105th in the Süper Lig · potential22nd-highest potential full-back in the Süper Lig
42
Ratingi
22nd of 62 full-backs
22.7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
48.5%
Minutes
rotation minutes
2.95
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Galatasaray finished 1st of 18 · a title-challenging side

2.95
Def. / 90
28
Tackles
13
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

2.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (1st of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 48.5% 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 42, Jakobs carries the 22nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Süper Lig (top 36%). Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

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

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.