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Jacob Widell Zetterström

Solid contributorDerby · 28 yrsStarter

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameJacob Mikael Widell Zetterström
PositionGoalkeeper
NationalitySweden
Age28
Date of birth11 Jul 1998
BirthplaceStockholm
Height197 cm
Shirt number#1
ClubDerby
Goalkeeper
7
Appearances
1
Clean sheets
14%
CS rate
share of apps kept clean
630
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Derby.

Scout report

Solid contributorGoalkeeper

J. Widell Zetterström is a 28-year-old goalkeeper at Derby, rated 50.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 68th of 160 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (69.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Zetterström.

Judged on this season alone, Zetterström graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 19th of 38 of the 38 goalkeepers in the Championship, on 8 clean sheets across 32 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 16 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 51, 17th of 38 of the 38 goalkeepers in the Championship. At 28 Zetterström is in his prime years, and a market index of 14 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2022/23Injury-hit 2025/26
50.8
Ratingi
17th of 38 goalkeepers
16.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
69.6%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.06
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · Derby finished 8th of 24 · an upper-table side

32
Apps
8
Clean sheets
25%
CS rate
69.6%
Minutes

8 clean sheets in 32 appearances (25% of games). Playing behind an upper-table side (8th of 24) means a more protected goal, so the read is about command and distribution as much as raw shut-outs.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 69.6% 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 50.8, Zetterström carries the 17th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Championship of 38. A a regular starter keeper carrying the gloves this season. 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets8

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.