based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Genoa.
Also this season
Earlier this season at Genoa — Coppa Italia: 1 apps, 1g 0a, 105 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Juventus; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
J. Ekhator is a 19-year-old centre-forward at Genoa, rated 73.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 27th of 190 on scout potential in the Serie A and 41st of 652 U-21 players tracked. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (27.7% of available minutes). He brings 0.28 goal contributions per 90 (0.28 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ekhator.
Judged on this season alone, Ekhator graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 22nd of 31 of the 31 centre-forwards in the Serie A, on 3 goals and 0 assists in 30 appearances (0.285 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 9 → 14).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 73, top 4% of the 31 centre-forwards in the Serie A. At 19 Ekhator is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 36.3 reflects that trajectory.
Ekhator is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Genoa finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side
3 goals in 30 appearances (0.1 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
Strengths
- Ceiling. High potential at just 19 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 27.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Output. 0.28 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Outlook
With a Rating of 73.3, Ekhator carries the 1st-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Serie A (top 4%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Genoa finished 16th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.28 goal contributions per 90). At 19 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (99/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 19, 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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