Following his move to FC Schalke 04, Ljubičić's current-season form is down 42% on last season (Season 40→23), while his Rating eased 61→45. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 40).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	FC Schalke 04 · 1st	15	4	3	6.93	45	23
2025/26	Dinamo Zagreb · 1st	15	0	3	6.59	25	12
2024/25	1. FC Köln · 1st	27	4	3	7.03	61	40
2023/24	1. FC Köln · 17th	26	0	2	6.87	69	27
2022/23	1. FC Köln · 11th	27	5	1	6.67	75	35
2021/22	1. FC Köln · 7th	30	3	1	6.75	79	33

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Austria · international

Side	Apps	G
Austria	9	1
Austria U21	7	0

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

Scout report

Squad depthAttacking midfielder

D. Ljubičić is a 28-year-old attacking midfielder at FC Schalke 04, rated 44.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 69th of 116 on scout potential in the 2. Bundesliga. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (38.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.53 goal contributions per 90 (0.31 goals, 0.23 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ljubičić.

Judged on this season alone, Ljubičić graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 6th of 7 of the 7 attacking midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga, on 4 goals and 3 assists in 15 appearances (0.533 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 40 → 23). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 45, 6th of 7 of the 7 attacking midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga. At 28 Ljubičić is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potential6th of 7 attacking midfielders · 2. Bundesliga Current season6th of 7 attacking midfielders · 2. Bundesliga 6th-best attacking midfielder in the 2. Bundesliga 69th in the 2. Bundesliga · potential 6th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the 2. Bundesliga

44.8

Ratingi

6th of 7 attacking midfielders

22.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

38.6%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.53

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · FC Schalke 04 finished 1st of 18 · a title-challenging side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.27

Goals / app

4 goals in 15 appearances (0.27 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 7 goal contributions (0.47 per appearance).

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.53 goal contributions per 90 (0.31 goals, 0.23 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 38.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 44.8, Ljubičić carries the 6th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga of 7. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.53 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %38.6%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.305

Assists / 900.228

Goal contribution / 900.533

Defensive actions / 902.132

Player flow

Goal involvements7

Cards / 900.228

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 (~17), then tapers with age. At 28, Ljubičić sits on 10.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ljubičić's projected Rating — 44.8 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among attacking midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals4—

Passing

Assists3—

Defending

Tackles18—

Interceptions8—

Blocks2—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

Dinamo ZagrebJul 2025 – nowFree Transfer

DDinamo Tiranauntil Jul 2025

FC Schalke 04Jan 2026 – Jul 2025

Dinamo ZagrebJul 2025 – Jan 2026Free Transfer

1. FC KölnJul 2021 – Jul 2025Free

Rapid Vienna(back from loan)Aug 2017 – Jul 2021

SSC Wiener Neustadt(on loan)Jul 2017 – Aug 2017

Rapid Viennauntil Jul 2017

About D. Ljubičić

Dejan Ljubičić is a 28-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for FC Schalke 04, born on October 8, 1997 in Wien, standing 187 cm tall. He is from Austria. FC Schalke 04 currently sit 16th of 18 in the 2. Bundesliga.

This season

In the current season, D. Ljubičić has made 15 appearances with 4 goals and 3 assists across 1,182 minutes, with 3 yellow cards.

D. Ljubičić's next match is on August 30, 2026, when FC Schalke 04 face FC Augsburg away in the Bundesliga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates D. Ljubičić at 44.8 with a Season form score of 22.7, ranking 69th of 116 attacking midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the 2. Bundesliga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, D. Ljubičić has totalled 295 club appearances with 25 goals and 21 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 30 appearances for 1. FC Köln.

D. Ljubičić's career has also included time at Dinamo Zagreb, DDinamo Tirana, 1. FC Köln, Rapid Vienna and SSC Wiener Neustadt.

On the international stage, D. Ljubičić has represented Austria and Austria U21 — 16 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

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Scout report

Output in context · FC Schalke 04 finished 1st of 18 · a title-challenging side

Strengths

Watch points