Ernest Poku
based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Beşiktaş.
Also this season
Parent club Bayer Leverkusen — Bundesliga: 29 apps, 5g 5a, 1484 min
Parent club Bayer Leverkusen — UEFA Champions League: 12 apps, 0g 1a, 770 min
Earlier this season at AZ Alkmaar — UEFA Europa Conference League: 2 apps, 1g 1a, 256 min
Parent club Bayer Leverkusen — DFB Pokal: 4 apps, 0g 2a, 234 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Beşiktaş; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
E. Poku is a 22-year-old winger at Bayer Leverkusen, rated 79.9 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (48.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.61 goal contributions per 90 (0.3 goals, 0.3 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Poku.
On the season, Poku graded 34 for current form (age-blind), on 5 goals and 5 assists in 29 appearances (0.606 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 34 → 35). Across the 7 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 80. At 22 Poku is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 45.4 reflects that trajectory.
Poku is operating at his career peak — the 2023/24 level is the level.
Output in context · Bayer Leverkusen finished 6th of 18 · an upper-table side
5 goals in 29 appearances (0.17 per game) for an upper-table side. He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 10 goal contributions (0.34 per appearance).
Strengths
- Final-third output. 0.61 goal contributions per 90 (0.3 goals, 0.3 assists) — productive for the role.
- Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 88.3/100).
- Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 48.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
Rated 79.9 overall — elite — among the best in the position. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.61 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Süper Lig with 600+ minutes this season.
