Domestic-league season · Albirex Niigata.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 J1 League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 368 | 6.84 |
 J-League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 276 | — |
Chiba's current-season form is level with last season (Season 5→4), while his Rating held around 4. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 13).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Albirex Niigata · 20th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.84 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | Albirex Niigata · 16th | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6.71 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | Albirex Niigata · 10th | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6.88 | 7 | 13 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
K. Chiba is a 41-year-old central defender at Albirex Niigata, rated 3.7 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (10.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.67 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Chiba.
On the season, Chiba graded 4 for current form (age-blind), on 1 clean sheet and 3.668 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 5 → 4). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 4. At 41 Chiba is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.7 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.67 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 4 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th of 20) 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 3.7 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.67 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× 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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 41, Chiba sits on 0.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Chiba's projected Rating — 3.7 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.
