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Full nameSergey Babkin
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityRussia
Age23
Date of birth25 Sept 2002
BirthplaceVolgograd
Height176 cm
Shirt number#6
ClubKrylia Sovetov
Defensive midfielder
23
Appearances
1
Goals
1
Assists
1893
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Krylia Sovetov.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Premier League231118936.68
Cup10090

Scout report

Project playerDefensive midfielder

S. Babkin is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder at Krylia Sovetov, rated 32.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 51st of 274 on scout potential in the Premier League. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (72.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.8 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Babkin.

Judged on this season alone, Babkin graded 28 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 12th of 27 of the 27 defensive midfielders in the Premier League, on 1 goal, 1 assist and 3.803 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 23 → 28). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 33, top 23% of the 27 defensive midfielders in the Premier League. At 23 Babkin is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 5 reflects that trajectory.

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending up
Current potentialTop 23% defensive midfielders · Premier LeagueCurrent season12th of 27 defensive midfielders · Premier League12th-best defensive midfielder in the Premier League51st in the Premier League · potential6th-highest potential defensive midfielder in the Premier League
32.5
Ratingi
6th of 27 defensive midfielders
27.6
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
72.5%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.8
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Krylia Sovetov finished 11th of 16 · a lower-table side

3.8
Def. / 90
36
Tackles
41
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

3.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (11th of 16) 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 72.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 3.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

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

Outlook

With a Rating of 32.5, Babkin carries the 6th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Premier League (top 23%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Krylia Sovetov finished 11th of 16) — 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 (3.8 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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