Kim Jin-Hyeon

Jin-Hyeon's current-season form is down 96% on last season (Season 25→1), while his Rating eased 17→6. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 37).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Cerezo Osaka · 10th	9	6.79	6	1
2024/25	Cerezo Osaka · 10th	38	7.04	17	25
2023/24	Cerezo Osaka · 9th	21	7.03	16	18
2022/23	Cerezo Osaka · 5th	33	6.86	22	23
2021/22	Cerezo Osaka · 12th	38	6.75	22	21
2020/21	Cerezo Osaka · 4th	34	7.02	25	37

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Experienced headGoalkeeper

Kim Jin-Hyeon is a 39-year-old goalkeeper at Cerezo Osaka, rated 5.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 377th of 377 in the J1 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (21.4% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Jin-Hyeon.

Judged on this season alone, Jin-Hyeon graded 1 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 30th of 30 of the 30 goalkeepers in the J1 League, on 1 clean sheet across 9 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 25 → 1). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 6, 30th of 30 of the 30 goalkeepers in the J1 League. At 39 Jin-Hyeon is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending down

Current potential30th of 30 goalkeepers · J1 League · 9 apps Current season30th of 30 goalkeepers · J1 League · 9 apps30th-best goalkeeper in the J1 League377th in the J1 League · potential30th-highest potential goalkeeper in the J1 League

5.5

Ratingi

30th of 30 goalkeepers

1.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

21.4%

Minutes

limited game time

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Cerezo Osaka finished 10th of 20 · a mid-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

11%

CS rate

21.4%

Minutes

1 clean sheet in 9 appearances (11% of games).

Watch points

Game time. Only 21.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 39, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 5.5, Jin-Hyeon carries the 30th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the J1 League of 30 — though on just 9 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. A limited game time keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %21.4%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~2), then tapers with age. At 39, Jin-Hyeon sits on 0.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Jin-Hyeon's projected Rating — 5.5 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.