Domestic-league season · St. Louis City.
Missed 10 of St. Louis City's ~34 games this season through 10 injury absences (knee, knee problems). He still appeared 6 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 6.6 |
Nilsson's current-season form is down 82% on last season (Season 17→3), while his Rating eased 21→11. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 45).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | St. Louis City · 13th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | St. Louis City · 8th | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6.65 | 21 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | St. Louis City · 8th | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.96 | 22 | 12 |
| 2021/22 | Arminia Bielefeld · 17th | 31 | 2 | 0 | 6.9 | 63 | 38 |
| 2020/21 | Arminia Bielefeld · 15th | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 66 | 45 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Nilsson is a 32-year-old central defender at St. Louis City, rated 10.9 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (6.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 6.12 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nilsson.
On the season, Nilsson graded 3 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets and 6.122 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 17 → 3). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 11. At 32 Nilsson is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Nilsson missed 10 games through injury (knee, knee problems) out of roughly 34 this season. The 6 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
6.12 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume across 6 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (13th of 15) 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.
Rated 10.9 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (6.12 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 32, Nilsson sits on 2.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Nilsson's projected Rating — 10.9 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
