S. van Gassel

Following his move to Excelsior, Gassel's current-season form is up 160% on last season (Season 5→13), while his Rating climbed 44→48. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 24).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Excelsior · 13th	32	6	19%	7.36	48	13
2024/25	NEC Nijmegen · 8th	2	1	50%	7.25	44	5
2023/24	Excelsior · 16th	34	5	15%	6.96	61	8
2022/23	Excelsior · 15th	34	8	24%	7.12	68	19
2021/22	Excelsior · 6th	36	10	28%	6.96	59	24

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Solid contributorGoalkeeper

S. van Gassel is a 29-year-old goalkeeper at Excelsior, rated 48.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 216th of 284 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (94.9% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gassel.

Judged on this season alone, Gassel graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 11th of 22 of the 22 goalkeepers in the Eredivisie, on 6 clean sheets across 32 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 13). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 48, 13th of 22 of the 22 goalkeepers in the Eredivisie. At 29 Gassel is in his prime years, and a market index of 12.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2022/23

Current potential13th of 22 goalkeepers · Eredivisie Current season11th of 22 goalkeepers · Eredivisie11th-best goalkeeper in the Eredivisie216th in the Eredivisie · potential13th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Eredivisie

48.4

Ratingi

13th of 22 goalkeepers

12.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

94.9%

Minutes

near ever-present

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Excelsior finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

19%

CS rate

94.9%

Minutes

6 clean sheets in 32 appearances (19% of games). Keeping that many behind a lower-table side (13th of 18) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 94.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 48.4, Gassel carries the 13th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Eredivisie of 22, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Excelsior finished 13th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. A near ever-present keeper carrying the gloves this season. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %94.9%

Available fixtures33 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.032

Goal contribution / 900.032

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Pass accuracy %58

Cards / 900

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 (~22), then tapers with age. At 29, Gassel sits on 12.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gassel's projected Rating — 48.4 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.