Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Shimizu S-pulse.
Injury-affected season
Missed 4 of Shimizu S-pulse's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences (cruciate ligament). He still appeared 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 J1 League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1225 | 6.92 |
 J-League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
Scout report
Y. Takahashi is a 33-year-old central defender at Shimizu S-pulse, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 15 appearances, a Season grade of 16, top 67% of J1 League centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 14.7, ranking 332nd of 377 in the J1 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (40% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.65 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Takahashi.
Judged on this season alone, Takahashi graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 43rd of 64 of the 64 centre-backs in the J1 League, on 4 clean sheets and 2.645 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 41 → 16). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 15, 58th of 64 of the 64 centre-backs in the J1 League. At 33 Takahashi is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Takahashi missed 4 games through injury (cruciate ligament) out of roughly 38 this season. The 15 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.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Shimizu S-pulse finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side
2.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 15 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 20) 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 40% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 33, 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 14.7, Takahashi carries the 58th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the J1 League of 64, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Shimizu S-pulse finished 14th of 20) — 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 (2.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
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