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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Portsmouth.
Injury-affected season
Missed 4 of Portsmouth's ~46 games this season through 4 injury absences (groin, loan agreement, inactive). He still appeared 40 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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 36 | 2 | 3 | 2237 | 6.69 |
 League Cupat Ipswich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.9 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.2 |
Scout report
C. Chaplin is a 29-year-old central midfielder at Portsmouth, rated 42.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 365th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (57.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.75 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Chaplin.
Judged on this season alone, Chaplin graded 25 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 45th of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship, on 2 goals, 3 assists and 1.745 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 9 → 25). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, 59th of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship. At 29 Chaplin is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Chaplin missed 4 games through injury (groin, loan agreement, inactive) out of roughly 46 this season. The 40 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 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Portsmouth finished 18th of 24 · a lower-table side
1.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 40 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (18th 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 2 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.19 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 57.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Defensive numbers. Modest 1.75 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 42.1, Chaplin carries the 59th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Championship of 69, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Portsmouth finished 18th 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 light defensive volume (1.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.
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