Joshua Bitter

Bitter's current-season form is down 55% on last season (Season 20→9), while his Rating eased 28→23. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 20).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	MSV Duisburg · 1st	9	0	1	6.7	28	5
2025/26	MSV Duisburg · 4th	36	3	1	6.97	28	20
2024/25	MSV Duisburg	24	0	0	—	—	—
2023/24	MSV Duisburg · 18th	28	2	0	6.5	36	8
2022/23	MSV Duisburg · 12th	30	2	0	—	40	10

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCreative Central midfielder

J. Bitter is a 29-year-old central midfielder at MSV Duisburg, rated 23.4 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (15.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bitter.

On the season, Bitter graded 9 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 1 assist and 4 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 20 → 9). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 23. At 29 Bitter is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2025/26 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistent

23.4

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

9.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

15.8%

Minutes

limited game time

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · MSV Duisburg finished 1st of 20 · a title-challenging side

Apps

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 9 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (1st of 20) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.33 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Creativity. 0.33 assists per 90 — a genuine creative outlet.
Defensive volume. 4 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 15.8% 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 23.4 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %15.8%

Available fixtures10 of 10

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.333

Goal contribution / 900.333

Defensive actions / 904

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Pass accuracy %86

Cards / 900.333

Foul involvement / 901

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 (~4), then tapers with age. At 29, Bitter sits on 2.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Bitter's projected Rating — 23.4 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.

Transfer history

MSV DuisburgJul 2022 – nowFree

Energie Cottbusuntil Jul 2022

About J. Bitter

Joshua Bitter is a 29-year-old central midfielder who plays for MSV Duisburg, born on January 1, 1997 in Dorsten, standing 185 cm tall. He is from Germany. MSV Duisburg currently sit 1st of 20 in the 3. Liga.

This season

In the current season, J. Bitter has made 9 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 270 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

J. Bitter's next match is on October 31, 2026, when MSV Duisburg face Stuttgart II at home in the 3. Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates J. Bitter at 23.4 with a Season form score of 9.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Reg. Cup Brandenburg and the U19 Bundesliga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, J. Bitter has totalled 257 club appearances with 17 goals and 2 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 36 appearances for MSV Duisburg.

J. Bitter's career has also included time at Energie Cottbus.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.