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K. Çalhanoğlu

Squad depthVukovar · 23 yrs

Profile

PositionFull-back
NationalityGermany
Age23
Date of birth26 Aug 2002
BirthplaceMannheim
Height180 cm
Shirt number#7
ClubVukovar
Full-backalso played MID
22
Appearances
1
Goals
2
Assists
1215
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Vukovar.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
HNL221212156.6

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

K. Çalhanoğlu is a 23-year-old full-back at Vukovar, rated 32.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 85th of 191 on scout potential in the HNL. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (37.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.85 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Çalhanoğlu.

Judged on this season alone, Çalhanoğlu graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 26th of 38 of the 38 full-backs in the HNL, on 2 clean sheets and 3.852 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 7 → 11). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 33, top 40% of the 38 full-backs in the HNL. At 23 Çalhanoğlu is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 4.5 reflects that trajectory.

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Çalhanoğlu is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2025/264 clubs
Current potentialTop 40% full-backs · HNLCurrent season26th of 38 full-backs · HNL26th-best full-back in the HNL85th in the HNL · potential15th-highest potential full-back in the HNL
32.9
Ratingi
15th of 38 full-backs
11
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
37.5%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.85
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Vukovar finished 10th of 10 · a relegation-threatened side

3.85
Def. / 90
25
Tackles
19
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

3.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 22 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (10th of 10) 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.22 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
  • Defensive volume. 3.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 37.5% 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 32.9, Çalhanoğlu carries the 15th-highest potential of the full-backs in the HNL (top 40%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Vukovar finished 10th of 10) — 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 solid defensive volume (3.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Transfer news

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