Domestic-league season · Nizhny Novgorod.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 760 | 6.74 |
Following his move to Nizhny Novgorod, Kirsch's current-season form is up 350% on last season (Season 2→9), while his Rating held around 29. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Nizhny Novgorod · 15th | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.74 | 29 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | Dinamo Makhachkala · 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 28 | 2 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
I. Kirsch is a 21-year-old central defender at Nizhny Novgorod, rated 28.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 126th of 275 in the Russia tier 1 and 2758th of 3060 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (28.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.62 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kirsch.
Judged on this season alone, Kirsch graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 44th of 48 of the 48 centre-backs in the Russia tier 1, on 1 clean sheet and 4.618 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 2 → 9).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, top 36% of the 48 centre-backs in the Russia tier 1. At 21 Kirsch is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 7.7 reflects that trajectory.
4.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 10 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (15th of 16) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.
With a Rating of 28.5, Kirsch carries the 17th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Russia tier 1 of 48 — though on just 10 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow.
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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 21, Kirsch sits on 7.7, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Kirsch's projected Rating — 28.5 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
