based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Feyenoord.
Scout report
G. Smal is a 28-year-old full-back at Feyenoord, rated 45.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 57th of 78 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (28.6% 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 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 13th of 16 of the 16 full-backs in the Eredivisie, on 3 clean sheets and 3.801 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 15 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 46, 16th of 16 of the 16 full-backs in the Eredivisie. At 28 Smal is in his prime years, and a market index of 12.6 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Feyenoord finished 2nd of 18 · a title-challenging side
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.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.21 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
- Defensive volume. 3.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 28.6% 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 45.7, Smal carries the 16th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Eredivisie of 16 — 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.
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