based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · NEC Nijmegen.
Scout report
A. Kaplan is a 23-year-old central defender at NEC Nijmegen, rated 69.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 3rd of 78 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (67% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.95 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kaplan.
Judged on this season alone, Kaplan graded 23 — a solid campaign that ranks top 34% of the 12 centre-backs in the Eredivisie, on 3 clean sheets and 3.951 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 14 → 23). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 69, top 9% of the 12 centre-backs in the Eredivisie. At 23 Kaplan is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 31.8 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Kaplan is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · NEC Nijmegen finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side
3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (3rd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 67% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Defensive volume. 3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
With a Rating of 69.1, Kaplan carries the 1st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eredivisie (top 9%). Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Eredivisie with 600+ minutes this season.
