Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Heracles.
Injury-affected season
Missed 5 of Heracles's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences (inactive). He still appeared 22 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
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eredivisie | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1401 | 6.57 |
 KNVB Beker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 7.1 |
Scout report
M. te Wierik is a 34-year-old central defender at Heracles, rated 17.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 274th of 284 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (53.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.02 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Wierik.
Judged on this season alone, Wierik graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 45th of 49 of the 49 centre-backs in the Eredivisie, on 1 clean sheet and 3.019 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 39 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 48th of 49 of the 49 centre-backs in the Eredivisie. At 34 Wierik is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Wierik missed 5 games through injury (inactive) out of roughly 34 this season. The 22 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 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Heracles finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
3.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 22 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 18) 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 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 53.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 34, 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 17.8, Wierik carries the 48th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eredivisie of 49, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Heracles finished 18th of 18) — 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 moderate defensive volume (3.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
