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I. Mesík

Key starterHeracles · 25 yrsTransferred to Charlton

Profile

Full nameIvan Mesík
PositionFull-back
NationalitySlovakia
Age25
Date of birth1 Jun 2001
BirthplaceBanska Bystrica
Height186 cm
Shirt number#24
ClubHeracles
Full-back
30
Appearances
2
Goals
0
Assists
2633
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Heracles.

Injury-affected season

Missed 3 of Heracles's ~34 games this season through 3 injury absences (inactive, yellow cards). He still appeared 30 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.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Eredivisie302026336.35
KNVB Beker3012696.9

Scout report

Key starterFull-back

I. Mesík is a 25-year-old full-back at Heracles, rated 64.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 125th of 284 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (94.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.91 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mesík.

Judged on this season alone, Mesík graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 37th of 48 of the 48 full-backs in the Eredivisie, on 2 clean sheets and 2.905 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 32 → 18). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 65, 22nd of 48 of the 48 full-backs in the Eredivisie. At 25 Mesík is in his prime years, and a market index of 29.7 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Mesík missed 3 games through injury (inactive, yellow cards) out of roughly 34 this season. The 30 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.

From the career report
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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Trending upBreakout: 2024/254 clubs
Current potential22nd of 48 full-backs · EredivisieCurrent season37th of 48 full-backs · Eredivisie37th-best full-back in the Eredivisie125th in the Eredivisie · potential22nd-highest potential full-back in the Eredivisie
64.5
Ratingi
22nd of 48 full-backs
18.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
94.4%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.91
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Heracles finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

2.91
Def. / 90
42
Tackles
27
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

2.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 30 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 18) 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. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 94.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 64.5, Mesík carries the 22nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Eredivisie of 48, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Heracles finished 18th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.