based on the 2025 season · updated 20 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Daejeon Citizen.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 K League 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 |
Scout report
Kim Jin-Ya is a 28-year-old central defender at Daejeon Citizen, rated 25.5 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (2.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.14 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Jin-Ya.
On the season, Jin-Ya graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets and 1.139 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 0 → 0). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 26. At 28 Jin-Ya is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.7 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Daejeon Citizen finished 9th of 13 · a lower-table side
1.14 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume across 9 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (9th of 13) 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 2.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
Rated 25.5 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.14 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
