O. Sako

Sako's current-season form is up 39% on last season (Season 18→25), while his Rating eased 24→19. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	FC Rostov	2	0	0	6.9	—	—
2025/26	FC Rostov · 10th	23	0	0	6.68	19	25
2024/25	FC Rostov · 8th	28	1	0	6.83	24	18
2023/24	FC RostovLoan · 7th	11	0	1	6.97	24	12
2023/24	Arda Kardzhali	20	2	0	7.6	—	—
2022/23	Arda KardzhaliLoan	28	1	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

O. Sako is a 30-year-old central defender at FC Rostov, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 23 appearances, a Season grade of 25, top 40% of Premier League centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 19.1, ranking 218th of 274 in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter (70% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.34 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sako.

Judged on this season alone, Sako graded 25 — a solid campaign that ranks top 40% of the 48 centre-backs in the Premier League, on 5 clean sheets and 3.335 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 18 → 25). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 19, 37th of 48 of the 48 centre-backs in the Premier League. At 30 Sako is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending upRemarkably consistent

Current potential37th of 48 centre-backs · Premier League Current seasonTop 40% centre-backs · Premier League19th-best centre-back in the Premier League218th in the Premier League · potential37th-highest potential centre-back in the Premier League

19.1

Ratingi

37th of 48 centre-backs

25.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

70%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.34

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

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

3.34

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 23 appearances.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 70% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

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

Outlook

With a Rating of 19.1, Sako carries the 37th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premier League of 48. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.34 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %70%

Available fixtures27 of 30

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.335

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %25

Pass accuracy %77

Dribble success %33.3

Cards / 900.265

Foul involvement / 903.282

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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 30, Sako sits on 1.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Sako's projected Rating — 19.1 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.