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

Profile

Full nameJan Elvedi
PositionCentre-back
NationalitySwitzerland
Age30
Date of birth30 Sept 1996
BirthplaceZürich
Height187 cm
Shirt number#33
Club1. FC Kaiserslautern
Centre-back
8
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
711
Minutes

Domestic-league season · 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
2. Bundesliga100957.2

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

J. Elvedi is a 30-year-old central defender at SpVgg Greuther Fürth, rated 32.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 83rd of 122 on scout potential in the 2. Bundesliga. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (58.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.99 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Elvedi.

Judged on this season alone, Elvedi graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 14th of 29 of the 29 centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga, on 4 clean sheets and 3.987 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 23 → 23). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, 19th of 29 of the 29 centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga. At 30 Elvedi is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 7.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2024/25Remarkably consistent
32.2
Ratingi
19th of 29 centre-backs
23.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
58.5%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.99
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · SpVgg Greuther Fürth finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

29
Apps
3.99
Def. / 90
39
Tackles
28
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

3.99 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th 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 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 3.99 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 58.5% 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 32.2, Elvedi carries the 19th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga of 29, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (SpVgg Greuther Fürth finished 16th 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 solid defensive volume (3.99 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles39
Interceptions28
Blocks17

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.