Kai Brünker

Brünker's current-season form is down 24% on last season (Season 21→16), while his Rating eased 24→15. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 37).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	FC Saarbrücken · 15th	31	5	0	6.96	15	16
2024/25	FC Saarbrücken · 3rd	19	5	3	7.02	24	21
2023/24	FC Saarbrücken · 5th	37	12	0	6.89	32	37
2022/23	1. FC Magdeburg · 11th	26	0	1	6.51	36	4
2021/22	1. FC Magdeburg · 1st	28	7	0	—	33	17

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentre-forward

K. Brünker is a 32-year-old centre-forward at FC Saarbrücken, enjoying a standout season — 5 goals and 0 assists in 31 appearances, a Season grade of 16, top 39% of 3. Liga centre-forwards. On long-term scout potential he's rated 15.3, ranking 236th of 264 in the 3. Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member (33.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.39 goal contributions per 90 (0.39 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Brünker.

Judged on this season alone, Brünker graded 16 — a solid campaign that ranks top 40% of the 23 centre-forwards in the 3. Liga, on 5 goals and 0 assists in 31 appearances (0.392 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 21 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 15, 18th of 23 of the 23 centre-forwards in the 3. Liga. At 32 Brünker is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2022/23

Current potential18th of 23 centre-forwards · 3. Liga Current seasonTop 40% centre-forwards · 3. Liga 9th-best centre-forward in the 3. Liga 236th in the 3. Liga · potential 18th-highest potential centre-forward in the 3. Liga

15.3

Ratingi

18th of 23 centre-forwards

15.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

33.6%

Minutes

limited game time

0.39

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · FC Saarbrücken finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.16

Goals / app

5 goals in 31 appearances (0.16 per game), a meaningful share of the load for a lower-table side.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.39 goal contributions per 90 (0.39 goals, 0 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 33.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 32, 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 15.3, Brünker carries the 18th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the 3. Liga of 23, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (FC Saarbrücken finished 15th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.39 goal contributions 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %33.6%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.392

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.392

Defensive actions / 901.254

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.47

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 (~5), then tapers with age. At 32, Brünker sits on 1.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Brünker's projected Rating — 15.3 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 centre-forwards in the 3. Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals5

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles8

Interceptions5

Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6

Red cards0

Transfer history

FC SaarbrückenJul 2023 – nowFree

1. FC MagdeburgJul 2020 – Jul 2023Free

SSG Sonnenhof GrossaspachJan 2019 – Jul 2020

BradfordJan 2018 – Jan 2019

SC Freiburguntil Jan 2018

About K. Brünker

Kai Daniel Brünker is a 32-year-old centre-forward who plays for FC Saarbrücken, born on June 10, 1994 in Villingen-Schwenningen, standing 189 cm tall. He is from Germany. FC Saarbrücken currently sit 2nd of 20 in the 3. Liga.

This season

In the current season, K. Brünker has made 31 appearances with 5 goals and 0 assists across 1,148 minutes, with 6 yellow cards.

K. Brünker's next match is on August 30, 2026, when FC Saarbrücken face Hansa Rostock at home in the 3. Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates K. Brünker at 15.3 with a Season form score of 15.5, ranking 236th of 264 centre-forwards in the 3. Liga. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the Reg. Cup Saarland and the 3. Liga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, K. Brünker has totalled 274 club appearances with 50 goals and 4 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 37 appearances for FC Saarbrücken.

K. Brünker's career has also included time at 1. FC Magdeburg, SSG Sonnenhof Grossaspach, Bradford and SC Freiburg.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · FC Saarbrücken finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side

Strengths

Watch points