based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · 1. FC Köln.
Scout report
L. Waldschmidt is a 30-year-old centre-forward at 1. FC Köln, rated 37.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 62nd of 84 on scout potential in the Bundesliga. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (23.3% of available minutes). He brings 1.26 goal contributions per 90 (0.63 goals, 0.63 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Waldschmidt.
Judged on this season alone, Waldschmidt graded 27 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 6th of 14 of the 14 centre-forwards in the Bundesliga, on 5 goals and 5 assists in 26 appearances (1.264 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 36 → 27). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 10th of 14 of the 14 centre-forwards in the Bundesliga. At 30 Waldschmidt is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 13.3 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · 1. FC Köln finished 14th of 18 · a lower-table side
5 goals in 26 appearances (0.19 per game), a meaningful share of the load for a lower-table side. He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 10 goal contributions (0.38 per appearance).
Strengths
- Final-third output. 1.26 goal contributions per 90 (0.63 goals, 0.63 assists) — productive for the role.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 23.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 37.1, Waldschmidt carries the 10th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Bundesliga of 14 — though on just 26 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (1.26 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.
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