Kenan Karaman

Karaman's current-season form is up 11% on last season (Season 55→61), while his Rating eased 39→35. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	FC Schalke 04 · 1st	32	14	5	6.99	35	61
2024/25	FC Schalke 04 · 14th	29	13	4	7.08	39	55
2023/24	FC Schalke 04 · 10th	29	13	7	7.08	45	59
2022/23	FC Schalke 04 · 17th	21	1	2	6.47	46	12
2022/23	Beşiktaş · 3rd	2	0	0	6.8	26	0
2021/22	Beşiktaş · 6th	25	2	1	6.63	36	11

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 5 youth-team spells in the full career.

Türkiye · international

Side	Apps	G
Türkiye	31	6
Turkey U21	14	2
Turkey U19	3	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headGoal-getting Centre-forward

K. Karaman is a 32-year-old centre-forward at FC Schalke 04, enjoying a standout season — 14 goals and 5 assists in 32 appearances, a Season grade of 61, top 11% of 2. Bundesliga centre-forwards. On long-term scout potential he's rated 35, ranking 98th of 116 in the 2. Bundesliga. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (88.7% of available minutes). He brings 0.63 goal contributions per 90 (0.46 goals, 0.17 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Karaman.

Judged on this season alone, Karaman graded 61 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 12% of the 18 centre-forwards in the 2. Bundesliga, on 14 goals and 5 assists in 32 appearances (0.63 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 55 → 61). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 35, 13th of 18 of the 18 centre-forwards in the 2. Bundesliga. At 32 Karaman is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Karaman is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelBreakout: 2023/24StreakyStepped up 2021/22

Current potential13th of 18 centre-forwards · 2. Bundesliga Current seasonTop 12% centre-forwards · 2. Bundesliga 2nd-best centre-forward in the 2. Bundesliga 98th in the 2. Bundesliga · potential 13th-highest potential centre-forward in the 2. Bundesliga

Ratingi

13th of 18 centre-forwards

60.8

Seasoni

a strong, regular top-tier starter

88.7%

Minutes

near ever-present

0.63

Goal contrib / 90

strong end product

Output in context · FC Schalke 04 finished 1st of 18 · a title-challenging side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.44

Goals / app

14 goals in 32 appearances (0.44 per game) — double figures playing for a title-challenging side (1st of 18). He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 19 goal contributions (0.59 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 88.7% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.63 goal contributions per 90 (0.46 goals, 0.17 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

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 35, Karaman carries the 13th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the 2. Bundesliga of 18. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.63 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 %88.7%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.464

Assists / 900.166

Goal contribution / 900.63

Defensive actions / 901.16

Player flow

Goal involvements19

Cards / 900.166

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 (~22), then tapers with age. At 32, Karaman sits on 8.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Karaman's projected Rating — 35 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 2. Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals14

Passing

Assists5

Defending

Tackles30

Interceptions3

Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5

Red cards0

Transfer history

FC Schalke 04Sept 2022 – nowFree

BeşiktaşJul 2021 – Sept 2022Free

Fortuna DüsseldorfJul 2018 – Jul 2021Free

Hannover 96Jul 2014 – Jul 2018Free

1899 Hoffenheimuntil Jul 2014

About K. Karaman

Kenan Karaman is a 32-year-old centre-forward who plays for FC Schalke 04, born on March 5, 1994 in Stuttgart, standing 189 cm tall. He is from Türkiye. FC Schalke 04 currently sit 16th of 18 in the 2. Bundesliga.

This season

In the current season, K. Karaman has made 32 appearances with 14 goals and 5 assists across 2,715 minutes, with 5 yellow cards.

K. Karaman's next match is on August 30, 2026, when FC Schalke 04 face FC Augsburg away in the Bundesliga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates K. Karaman at 35 with a Season form score of 60.8, ranking 98th of 116 centre-forwards in the 2. Bundesliga. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the Super Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 15 recorded seasons, K. Karaman has totalled 294 club appearances with 82 goals and 24 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 32 appearances for FC Schalke 04.

K. Karaman's career has also included time at Beşiktaş, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Hannover 96 and 1899 Hoffenheim.

On the international stage, K. Karaman has represented Türkiye, Turkey U21, Turkey U19 — 48 caps and 8 goals in our records.

Transfer news

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Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · FC Schalke 04 finished 1st of 18 · a title-challenging side

Strengths

Watch points