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Erlend Reitan

Project playerStart · 29 yrsStarter

Profile

Full nameErlend Dahl Reitan
PositionCentre-back
NationalityNorway
Age29
Date of birth11 Sept 1997
Height180 cm
Shirt number#29
ClubStart
Centre-back
22
Appearances
2
Goals
0
Assists
1879
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Start.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Eliteserien131011566.75

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

E. Reitan is a 29-year-old central defender at Start, rated 28.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 181st of 246 on scout potential in the Eliteserien. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (90.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.78 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Reitan.

Judged on this season alone, Reitan graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 28th of 49 of the 49 centre-backs in the Eliteserien, on 2 clean sheets and 2.778 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 17 → 17). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 33rd of 49 of the 49 centre-backs in the Eliteserien. At 29 Reitan is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.8 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending downRemarkably consistent
28.1
Ratingi
33rd of 49 centre-backs
16.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
90.8%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.78
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Start finished 16th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side

22
Apps
2.78
Def. / 90
30
Tackles
13
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 22 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 16) 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 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 90.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 28.1, Reitan carries the 33rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eliteserien of 49, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Start finished 16th of 16) — 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 (2.78 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 centre-backs in the Eliteserien with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2
Shots on target6
Shots12

Passing

Assists0
Chances created18
Passes785
Pass accuracy78%

Possession

Successful dribbles8
Dribble success47.1%
Duels won95
Duels won %60.5%
Fouls won31

Defending

Tackles30
Interceptions13
Blocks15
Fouls committed14
Penalties conceded1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards7
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.