Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · IFK Goteborg.
Injury-affected season
Missed 4 of IFK Goteborg's ~30 games this season through 4 injury absences (inactive, injury, muscle). He still appeared 0 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.
Scout report
J. Bager is a 30-year-old central defender at IFK Goteborg, rated 17.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 197th of 248 on scout potential in the Allsvenskan. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (37.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bager.
Judged on this season alone, Bager graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 46th of 51 of the 51 centre-backs in the Allsvenskan, on 0 clean sheets and 4.063 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 15 → 8). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 38th of 51 of the 51 centre-backs in the Allsvenskan. At 30 Bager is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Bager missed 4 games through injury (inactive, injury, muscle) out of roughly 30 this season. The 0 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.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · IFK Goteborg finished 4th of 16 · an upper-table side
No league appearances recorded this season, so there's no output sample to read yet.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 37.7% 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 17.5, Bager carries the 38th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Allsvenskan of 51 — though on just 0 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
