Domestic-league season · Houston Dynamo.
Missed 10 of Houston Dynamo's ~34 games this season through 9 injury absences and 1 suspension (lower-body, injury, leg). He still appeared 15 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 15 | 0 | 0 | 971 | 6.7 |
Sviatchenko's current-season form is down 29% on last season (Season 24→17), while his Rating eased 21→11. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 53).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Houston Dynamo · 12th | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 11 | 17 |
| 2024/25 | Houston Dynamo · 8th | 33 | 1 | 3 | 7.1 | 21 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | Houston Dynamo · 8th | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 20 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | FC Midtjylland · 3rd | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6.89 | 23 | 21 |
| 2021/22 | FC Midtjylland · 2nd | 25 | 4 | 0 | 7.03 | 30 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | FC Midtjylland · 2nd | 28 | 3 | 3 | 7.25 | 37 | 53 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
E. Sviatchenko is a 34-year-old central defender at Houston Dynamo, rated 10.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 790th of 815 in the USA tier 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (45% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.97 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sviatchenko.
Judged on this season alone, Sviatchenko graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 76th of 154 of the 154 centre-backs in the USA tier 1, on 3 clean sheets and 2.966 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 17). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 11, 151st of 154 of the 154 centre-backs in the USA tier 1. At 34 Sviatchenko is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Sviatchenko missed 9 games through injury and 1 suspension (lower-body, injury, leg) out of roughly 34 this season. The 15 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 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.97 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 15 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (12th of 15) 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.
With a Rating of 10.8, Sviatchenko carries the 151st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the USA tier 1 of 154, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Houston Dynamo finished 12th of 15) — 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 moderate defensive volume (2.97 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.
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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 34, Sviatchenko sits on 1.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Sviatchenko's projected Rating — 10.8 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.
€3.5M total transfer fees · 4 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
