Igor Matanović

Matanović's current-season form is level with last season (Season 44→44), while his Rating held around 81. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 58).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	SC Freiburg · 1st	3	3	1	8.7	81	44
2025/26	SC Freiburg · 7th	31	11	2	6.81	81	44
2024/25	Eintracht Frankfurt · 5th	16	1	0	6.55	70	5
2023/24	Karlsruher SCLoan · 5th	32	14	5	7.32	73	58
2022/23	FC St. Pauli · 5th	18	0	2	6.56	58	7

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 earlier season and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Croatia · international

Side	Apps	G
Croatia	12	1
Croatia U21	4	1

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthGoal-getting Winger

I. Matanović is a 23-year-old winger at SC Freiburg, rated 80.5 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (51.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.75 goal contributions per 90 (0.63 goals, 0.12 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Matanović.

On the season, Matanović graded 44 for current form (age-blind), on 11 goals and 2 assists in 31 appearances (0.745 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 44 → 44). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 81. At 23 Matanović is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 48.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24StreakyStepped up 2024/254 clubs

80.5

Ratingi

elite — among the best in the position

44.3

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

51.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.75

Goal contrib / 90

strong end product

Output in context · SC Freiburg finished 7th of 18 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.35

Goals / app

11 goals in 31 appearances (0.35 per game) — double figures playing for a mid-table side (7th of 18). Add 2 assists for 13 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.75 goal contributions per 90 (0.63 goals, 0.12 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 51.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 80.5 overall — elite — among the best in the position. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.75 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %51.3%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.631

Assists / 900.115

Goal contribution / 900.745

Defensive actions / 901.949

Player flow

Goal involvements13

Cards / 900

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~48), then tapers with age. At 23, Matanović sits on 48.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Matanović's projected Rating — 80.5 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals11—

Passing

Assists2—

Defending

Tackles23—

Interceptions9—

Blocks2—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.5M total transfer fees · 6 moves

SC FreiburgJul 2025 – now

Eintracht Frankfurt(back from loan)Jul 2024 – Jul 2025

Karlsruher SC(on loan)Aug 2023 – Jul 2024

Eintracht Frankfurt(back from loan)Jul 2023 – Aug 2023

FC St. Pauli(on loan)Aug 2021 – Jul 2023

Eintracht FrankfurtAug 2021 – Aug 2021€ 500K

FC St. Pauliuntil Aug 2021

About I. Matanović

Igor Matanović is a 23-year-old winger who plays for SC Freiburg, born on March 31, 2003 in Hamburg, standing 194 cm tall. He is from Croatia.

This season

In the current season, I. Matanović has made 3 appearances with 3 goals and 1 assist across 241 minutes, averaging a 8.38 match rating over his last 6 rated games.

When I. Matanović plays, SC Freiburg's record this season is 6W-0D-0L — and his match ratings average 9 at home against 7.76 on the road.

Recent matches

September 12, 2026: 5-0 win at home vs Borussia Mönchengladbach (78 minutes, 2 goals, 9.19 rating)
September 5, 2026: 1-0 win away at SC Paderborn 07 (90 minutes, 7.09 rating)
August 30, 2026: 4-1 win at home vs Werder Bremen (73 minutes, 1 goal, 1 assist, 9.3 rating)
August 27, 2026: 4-1 win at home vs Motherwell (67 minutes, 1 goal, 8.5 rating)
August 23, 2026: 5-1 win away at Fortuna Düsseldorf (21 minutes, 2 goals, 1 assist, 9.2 rating)
August 20, 2026: 3-1 win away at Motherwell (80 minutes, 1 assist, 7 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates I. Matanović at 80.5 with a Season form score of 44.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 8 recorded seasons, I. Matanović has totalled 128 club appearances with 33 goals and 10 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 32 appearances for Karlsruher SC.

I. Matanović's career has also included time at Eintracht Frankfurt, Karlsruher SC and FC St. Pauli.

On the international stage, I. Matanović has represented Croatia and Croatia U21 — 16 caps and 2 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.