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based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameCody Mathès Gakpo
PositionAttacking midfielder
NationalityNetherlands
Age27
Date of birth7 May 1999
BirthplaceEindhoven
Height193 cm
Shirt number#18
ClubLiverpool
Attacking midfielder
1
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
90
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Liverpool.

Scout report

Top-tier performerAttacking midfielder

C. Gakpo is a 27-year-old attacking midfielder at Liverpool, rated 78.8 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (80.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.39 goal contributions per 90 (0.23 goals, 0.16 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gakpo.

On the season, Gakpo graded 44 for current form (age-blind), on 7 goals and 5 assists in 36 appearances (0.391 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 44 → 44). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 79. At 27 Gakpo is in his prime years, and a market index of 94.6 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 levelBreakout: 2021/22
78.8
Ratingi
elite — among the best in the position
43.6
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
80.8%
Minutes
near ever-present
0.39
Goal contrib / 90
productive for the role

Output in context · Liverpool finished 5th of 20 · an upper-table side

36
Apps
7
Goals
5
Assists
12
G+A
0.19
Goals / app

7 goals in 36 appearances (0.19 per game) for an upper-table side. He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 12 goal contributions (0.33 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 80.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.39 goal contributions per 90 (0.23 goals, 0.16 assists) — productive for the role.
  • Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 97.9/100).

Watch points

  • Defensive numbers. Modest 1.47 defensive actions per 90 for the position.

Outlook

Rated 78.8 overall — elite — among the best in the position. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.39 goal contributions 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 attacking midfielders in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals7

Passing

Assists5

Defending

Tackles28
Interceptions13
Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0