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Anthony Markanich

Project playerMinnesota United FC · 26 yrsStarter

Profile

Full nameAnthony Markanich
PositionFull-back
NationalityUSA
Age26
Date of birth26 Dec 1999
BirthplaceBourbonnais
Height185 cm
Shirt number#13
ClubMinnesota United FC
Full-backalso played MID
21
Appearances
5
Goals
2
Assists
1710
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Minnesota United FC.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Major League Soccer154112037

Scout report

Project playerFull-back

A. Markanich is a 26-year-old full-back at Minnesota United FC, rated 41.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 118th of 436 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (90.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.58 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Markanich.

Judged on this season alone, Markanich graded 36 — a strong campaign that ranks top 21% of the 54 full-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 5 clean sheets and 3.579 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 35 → 36). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, top 26% of the 54 full-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 26 Markanich is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.3 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2025/26 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26
41.1
Ratingi
14th of 54 full-backs
36.1
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
90.5%
Minutes
near ever-present
3.58
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Minnesota United FC finished 11th of 15 · a lower-table side

21
Apps
3.58
Def. / 90
42
Tackles
22
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

3.58 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 21 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (11th of 15) 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 5 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 90.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.37 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
  • Defensive volume. 3.58 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 41.1, Markanich carries the 14th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Major League Soccer (top 26%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Minnesota United FC finished 11th of 15) — 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 (3.58 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals5
Shots on target12
Shots28

Passing

Assists2
Chances created21
Passes651
Pass accuracy72%

Possession

Successful dribbles2
Dribble success28.6%
Duels won120
Duels won %57.7%
Fouls won25
Penalties won2

Defending

Tackles42
Interceptions22
Blocks4
Fouls committed20

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.