Niehues's current-season form is level with last season (Season 27→27), while his Rating held around 67. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 31).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	1. FC Heidenheim · 3rd	3	1	5.08	67	27
2025/26	1. FC Heidenheim · 17th	24	3	6.75	67	27
2024/25	1. FC Heidenheim · 16th	12	0	6.67	59	1
2023/24	1. FC Kaiserslautern · 13th	26	1	6.86	58	26
2022/23	1. FC Kaiserslautern · 1st	29	2	6.68	67	31

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 earlier season and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthAttacking midfielder

J. Niehues is a 25-year-old attacking midfielder at 1. FC Heidenheim, rated 67 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (45.7% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Niehues.

On the season, Niehues graded 16 for current form (age-blind), on 3 goals and 0 assists in 24 appearances (0.193 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 27 → 27). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 67. At 25 Niehues is in his prime years, and a market index of 40 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2022/23

Ratingi

a strong, regular top-tier starter

15.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

45.7%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.19

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · 1. FC Heidenheim finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.13

Goals / app

3 goals in 24 appearances (0.13 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Watch points

Game time. Only 45.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.19 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

Rated 67 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.19 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %45.7%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.193

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.193

Defensive actions / 902.899

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.064

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 age 25 (~40), then tapers with age. At 25, Niehues sits on 40, at or near its peak. The blue line is Niehues's projected Rating — 67 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among attacking midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles17

Interceptions21

Blocks7

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

1. FC HeidenheimJul 2024 – nowFree

1. FC Kaiserslauternuntil Jul 2024

About J. Niehues

Julian Niehues is a 25-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for 1. FC Heidenheim, born on April 17, 2001 in Münster, standing 195 cm tall. He is from Germany.

This season

In the current season, J. Niehues has made 3 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 103 minutes, averaging a 7.65 match rating over his last 2 rated games.

Recent matches

August 29, 2026: 5-3 win at home vs Dynamo Dresden (10 minutes, 1 goal, 8.3 rating)
August 23, 2026: 2-5 loss away at SSV Jeddeloh (90 minutes, 7 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates J. Niehues at 67 with a Season form score of 15.8. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, J. Niehues has totalled 200 club appearances with 18 goals and 0 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 39 appearances for Borussia M'gladbach II.

J. Niehues's career has also included time at 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.