Kim Kang-San

Kang-San's current-season form is level with last season (Season 12→12), while his Rating eased 41→36. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Gimcheon Sangmu FC · 3rd	19	2	7.21	36	12
2024/25	Gimcheon Sangmu FC · 3rd	11	0	7.3	41	12
2023/24	Daegu FC · 3rd	19	0	6.74	41	9

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

Kim Kang-San is a 27-year-old central defender at Gimcheon Sangmu FC, rated 36.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 33rd of 148 in the K League 1. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (34.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.23 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kang-San.

Judged on this season alone, Kang-San graded 12 — a solid campaign that ranks top 39% of the 31 centre-backs in the K League 1, on 3 clean sheets and 3.234 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 12 → 12). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 36, top 26% of the 31 centre-backs in the K League 1. At 27 Kang-San is in his prime years, and a market index of 24.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Kang-San is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potentialTop 26% centre-backs · K League 1 Current seasonTop 39% centre-backs · K League 112th-best centre-back in the K League 133rd in the K League 1 · potential8th-highest potential centre-back in the K League 1

36.1

Ratingi

8th of 31 centre-backs

12.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

34.2%

Minutes

limited game time

3.23

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Gimcheon Sangmu FC finished 3rd of 6 · a mid-table side

3.23

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.15 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.

Watch points

Game time. Only 34.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 36.1, Kang-San carries the 8th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the K League 1 (top 26%). Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %34.2%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.154

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.154

Defensive actions / 903.234

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %66.7

Shot accuracy %42.9

Pass accuracy %50

Dribble success %62.5

Cards / 900.308

Foul involvement / 901.771

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 (~25), then tapers with age. At 27, Kang-San sits on 24.5, at or near its peak. The blue line is Kang-San's projected Rating — 36.1 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.