Domestic-league season · Oxford United.
Missed 18 of Oxford United's ~46 games this season through 18 injury absences (shoulder, inactive, injury). He still appeared 26 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 26 | 1 | 5 | 2247 | 6.97 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 6.9 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5.6 |
Following his move to Oxford United, Keersmaecker's current-season form is down 10% on last season (Season 59→53), while his Rating eased 70→63. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 59).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Oxford United · 22nd | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6.97 | 63 | 53 |
| 2024/25 | Heracles · 14th | 31 | 5 | 3 | 7.08 | 70 | 59 |
| 2023/24 | Heracles · 14th | 33 | 2 | 2 | 6.96 | 70 | 52 |
| 2022/23 | FC Eindhoven · 8th | 28 | 1 | 3 | 6.99 | 57 | 37 |
| 2021/22 | FC Eindhoven · 3rd | 36 | 1 | 1 | 7.04 | 61 | 42 |
| 2020/21 | FC Eindhoven · 15th | 26 | 3 | 1 | 6.84 | 53 | 27 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
B. De Keersmaecker is a 26-year-old central midfielder at Oxford United, rated 62.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 171st of 493 in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (89.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.89 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Keersmaecker.
Judged on this season alone, Keersmaecker graded 53 — a standout campaign that ranks top 3% of the 73 central midfielders in the Championship, on 1 goal, 5 assists and 3.885 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 59 → 53). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 63, top 36% of the 73 central midfielders in the Championship. At 26 Keersmaecker is in his prime years, and a market index of 80.3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Keersmaecker missed 18 games through injury (shoulder, inactive, injury) out of roughly 46 this season. The 26 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.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.89 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd of 24) 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 5 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 62.7, Keersmaecker carries the 26th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Championship (top 36%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Oxford United finished 22nd of 24) — 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 (3.89 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~80), then tapers with age. At 26, Keersmaecker sits on 80.3, at or near its peak. The blue line is Keersmaecker's projected Rating — 62.7 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.
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