M. Costly

Costly's current-season form is up 557% on last season (Season 7→46), while his Rating eased 29→27. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	FC Ingolstadt 04 · 12th	38	13	6	7.66	27	46
2024/25	FC Ingolstadt 04 · 10th	17	1	2	6.86	29	7
2023/24	FC Ingolstadt 04 · 10th	28	2	4	7.33	36	14
2022/23	FC Ingolstadt 04 · 11th	17	1	2	6.86	36	15
2021/22	Waldhof Mannheim · 5th	36	3	0	—	45	19

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerGoal-getting Winger

M. Costly is a 30-year-old winger at FC Ingolstadt 04, enjoying a standout season — 13 goals and 6 assists in 38 appearances, a Season grade of 46, top 13% of 3. Liga wingers. On long-term scout potential he's rated 26.8, ranking 238th of 323 in the 3. Liga. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter (69.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.72 goal contributions per 90 (0.49 goals, 0.23 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Costly.

Judged on this season alone, Costly graded 46 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 13% of the 31 wingers in the 3. Liga, on 13 goals and 6 assists in 38 appearances (0.72 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 7 → 46). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 27, 27th of 31 of the 31 wingers in the 3. Liga. At 30 Costly is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Costly is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26

Current potential27th of 31 wingers · 3. Liga Current seasonTop 13% wingers · 3. Liga4th-best winger in the 3. Liga238th in the 3. Liga · potential27th-highest potential winger in the 3. Liga

26.8

Ratingi

27th of 31 wingers

45.9

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

69.5%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.72

Goal contrib / 90

strong end product

Output in context · FC Ingolstadt 04 finished 10th of 20 · a mid-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.34

Goals / app

13 goals in 38 appearances (0.34 per game) — double figures playing for a mid-table side (10th of 20). He also laid on 6 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 19 goal contributions (0.5 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 69.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.72 goal contributions per 90 (0.49 goals, 0.23 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 26.8, Costly carries the 27th-highest potential of the wingers in the 3. Liga of 31. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.72 goal contributions 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %69.5%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.492

Assists / 900.227

Goal contribution / 900.72

Defensive actions / 901.25

Player flow

Goal involvements19

Shot conversion %38.2

Shot accuracy %54

Pass accuracy %59

Dribble success %87.2

Cards / 900.114

Foul involvement / 902.159

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~8), then tapers with age. At 30, Costly sits on 4.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Costly's projected Rating — 26.8 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.