Domestic-league season · Feyenoord.
Missed 9 of Feyenoord's ~34 games this season through 9 injury absences (hip, injured, inactive). He still appeared 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eredivisie | 17 | 0 | 2 | 876 | 7 |
 UEFA Europa League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 467 | 6.7 |
 KNVB Beker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.6 |
 Friendlies Clubs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Smal's current-season form is up 40% on last season (Season 15→21), while his Rating eased 60→48. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 78).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Feyenoord · 2nd | 17 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | Feyenoord · 3rd | 32 | 0 | 2 | 6.86 | 60 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | Twente · 3rd | 26 | 0 | 6 | 7.02 | 70 | 41 |
| 2022/23 | Twente · 5th | 38 | 2 | 10 | 7.34 | 78 | 78 |
| 2021/22 | Twente · 4th | 25 | 2 | 2 | 7.03 | 69 | 46 |
| 2020/21 | Twente · 10th | 22 | 0 | 3 | 6.91 | 67 | 20 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
G. Smal is a 28-year-old full-back at Feyenoord, rated 47.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 230th of 299 in the Eredivisie. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (38.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.8 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Smal.
Judged on this season alone, Smal graded 21 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 31st of 51 of the 51 full-backs in the Eredivisie, on 3 clean sheets and 3.801 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 15 → 21). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 48, 43rd of 51 of the 51 full-backs in the Eredivisie. At 28 Smal is in his prime years, and a market index of 36.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Smal missed 9 games through injury (hip, injured, inactive) out of roughly 34 this season. The 17 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 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 47.9, Smal carries the 43rd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Eredivisie of 51 — though on just 17 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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.
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 (~61), then tapers with age. At 28, Smal sits on 36.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Smal's projected Rating — 47.9 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
