Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · FC Schalke 04.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 14 | 5 | 2715 | 6.99 |
 DFB Pokal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 6.4 |
Scout report
K. Karaman is a 32-year-old winger at FC Schalke 04, enjoying a standout season — 14 goals and 5 assists in 32 appearances, a Season grade of 62, top 6% of 2. Bundesliga wingers. On long-term scout potential he's rated 36, ranking 259th of 320 in the 2. Bundesliga. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (94.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.63 goal contributions per 90 (0.46 goals, 0.17 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Karaman.
Judged on this season alone, Karaman graded 62 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 6% of the 18 wingers in the 2. Bundesliga, on 14 goals and 5 assists in 32 appearances (0.63 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 55 → 62). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 36, 17th of 18 of the 18 wingers in the 2. Bundesliga. At 32 Karaman is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 9.2 reflects that trajectory.
Karaman is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · FC Schalke 04 finished 1st of 18 · a title-challenging side
14 goals in 32 appearances (0.44 per game) — double figures playing for a title-challenging side (1st of 18). He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 19 goal contributions (0.59 per appearance).
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 94.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Final-third output. 0.63 goal contributions per 90 (0.46 goals, 0.17 assists) — productive for the role.
Watch points
- Age curve. At 32, 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 36, Karaman carries the 17th-highest potential of the wingers in the 2. Bundesliga of 18. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.63 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
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