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Erlend Reitan

Project playerStart · 28 yrsStarter

Profile

Full nameErlend Dahl Reitan
PositionCentre-back
NationalityNorway
Age28
Date of birth11 Sept 1997
Height180 cm
Shirt number#29
ClubStart
Centre-back
16
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
1388
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Start.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Eliteserien131011566.75

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

E. Reitan is a 28-year-old central defender at Start, rated 31.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 143rd of 199 on scout potential in the Eliteserien. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (90.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.79 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 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 30th of 36 of the 36 centre-backs in the Eliteserien, on 1 clean sheet and 2.788 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 17 → 15). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 31, 24th of 36 of the 36 centre-backs in the Eliteserien. At 28 Reitan is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.4 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
31.1
Ratingi
24th of 36 centre-backs
14.6
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
90.7%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.79
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

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

16
Apps
2.79
Def. / 90
20
Tackles
9
Interceptions
1
Clean sheets

2.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 16 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 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 90.7% 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 31.1, Reitan carries the 24th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eliteserien of 36, 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 (2.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Eliteserien with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1
Shots on target3
Shots8

Passing

Assists0
Chances created11
Passes583
Pass accuracy78%

Possession

Successful dribbles4
Dribble success44.4%
Duels won61
Duels won %59.2%
Fouls won19

Defending

Tackles20
Interceptions9
Blocks14
Fouls committed9
Penalties conceded1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.