Ayensa's current-season form is up 188% on last season (Season 24→69), while his Rating climbed 36→43. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Standard Liege · 6th	3	2	0	7.4	43	69
2025/26	Standard Liege · 3rd	35	5	0	6.63	36	24
2024/25	Standard LiegeLoan · 3rd	33	7	0	7.2	48	26
2024/25	Union St. Gilloise	3	1	0	7.2	—	—
2023/24	Union St. Gilloise · 2nd	31	8	0	—	48	23
2022/23	Union St. Gilloise · 3rd	8	2	1	6.71	47	6

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 7 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

D. Eckert Ayensa is a 29-year-old central midfielder at Standard Liege, rated 36.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 60th of 76 on scout potential in the Jupiler Pro League. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (55.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.04 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ayensa.

Judged on this season alone, Ayensa graded 24 — a solid campaign that ranks top 34% of the 18 central midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League, on 5 goals, 0 assists and 1.042 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 24 → 69). Across the 7 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 36, 15th of 18 of the 18 central midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League. At 29 Ayensa is in his prime years, and a market index of 6.9 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 levelBreakout: 2023/24Remarkably consistentStepped up 2021/22

Current potential15th of 18 central midfielders · Jupiler Pro League Current seasonTop 34% central midfielders · Jupiler Pro League 6th-best central midfielder in the Jupiler Pro League 60th in the Jupiler Pro League · potential 15th-highest potential central midfielder in the Jupiler Pro League

36.4

Ratingi

15th of 18 central midfielders

23.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

55.2%

Minutes

rotation minutes

1.04

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Standard Liege finished 6th of 18 · an upper-table side

Apps

1.04

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

1.04 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 35 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 5 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.23 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 55.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Defensive numbers. Modest 1.04 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 36.4, Ayensa carries the 15th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League of 18. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.04 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %55.2%

Available fixtures40 of 40

Goals / 900.226

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.226

Defensive actions / 901.042

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.091

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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 29, Ayensa sits on 6.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ayensa's projected Rating — 36.4 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals5

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles18

Interceptions4

Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

Union St. Gilloise(back from loan)Jul 2025 – now

Standard LiegeJun 2025 – Jul 2025

Standard Liege(on loan)Sept 2024 – Jun 2025

Union St. GilloiseJun 2022 – Sept 2024

FC Ingolstadt 04Sept 2019 – Jun 2022Free

Celta Vigo(back from loan)Jul 2019 – Sept 2019

Excelsior(on loan)Jan 2019 – Jul 2019

Celta VigoJul 2017 – Jan 2019

Borussia Mönchengladbachuntil Jul 2017

About D. Eckert Ayensa

Dennis-Yerai Eckert Ayensa is a 29-year-old central midfielder who plays for Union St. Gilloise, born on January 9, 1997 in Bonn, standing 182 cm tall. He is from Germany. Union St. Gilloise currently sit 7th of 18 in the Jupiler Pro League.

This season

In the current season, D. Eckert Ayensa has made 35 appearances with 5 goals and 0 assists across 1,987 minutes, averaging a 7.4 match rating over his last 3 rated games, with 2 yellow cards. Though primarily a central midfielder, he has also lined up in attack this season.

Recent matches

August 21, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs RAAL La Louvière (62 minutes, 6.5 rating)
August 16, 2026: 3-3 draw away at KV Mechelen (90 minutes, 6.7 rating)
August 8, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs Cercle Brugge (71 minutes, 2 goals, 9 rating)

D. Eckert Ayensa's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Union St. Gilloise face Anderlecht at home in the Jupiler Pro League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates D. Eckert Ayensa at 36.4 with a Season form score of 23.9, ranking 60th of 76 central midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Super Cup and the Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, D. Eckert Ayensa has totalled 315 club appearances with 88 goals and 5 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2017/18, with 40 appearances for Celta de Vigo II.

D. Eckert Ayensa's career has also included time at Standard Liege, FC Ingolstadt 04, Celta Vigo, Excelsior and Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Transfer news

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