Lim Chai-Min

Chai-Min's current-season form is level with last season (Season 12→12), while his Rating eased 15→11. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 21).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Jeju United FC · 3rd	34	0	6.69	11	12
2024/25	Jeju United FC · 3rd	18	0	6.93	15	12
2023/24	Jeju United FC · 3rd	12	1	7.04	16	7
2022/23	Shenzhen Ruby FC	24	1	6.83	—	—
2021/22	Gangwon FC · 3rd	28	1	6.99	28	21

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons in the full career.

Korea Republic · international

Side	Apps	G
South Korea	1	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

Lim Chai-Min is a 35-year-old central defender at Jeju United FC, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 34 appearances, a Season grade of 12, top 48% of K League 1 centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 11.4, ranking 135th of 148 in the K League 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (35.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.92 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Chai-Min.

Judged on this season alone, Chai-Min graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 15th of 31 of the 31 centre-backs in the K League 1, on 4 clean sheets and 1.915 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 12 → 12). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 11, 28th of 31 of the 31 centre-backs in the K League 1. At 35 Chai-Min is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.4 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 consistent

Current potential28th of 31 centre-backs · K League 1 Current season15th of 31 centre-backs · K League 115th-best centre-back in the K League 1135th in the K League 1 · potential28th-highest potential centre-back in the K League 1

11.4

Ratingi

28th of 31 centre-backs

11.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

35.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

1.92

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Jeju United FC finished 3rd of 6 · a mid-table side

1.92

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

1.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 34 appearances.

Watch points

Game time. Only 35.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Defensive numbers. Modest 1.92 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
Age curve. At 35, 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 11.4, Chai-Min carries the 28th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the K League 1 of 31. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %35.3%

Available fixtures40 of 40

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 901.915

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %50

Dribble success %33.3

Cards / 900.355

Foul involvement / 901.915

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 (~5), then tapers with age. At 35, Chai-Min sits on 1.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Chai-Min's projected Rating — 11.4 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.