Kerim Çalhanoğlu

Following his move to Vukovar, Çalhanoğlu's current-season form is up 57% on last season (Season 7→11), while his Rating eased 57→32. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Vukovar · 10th	22	1	2	6.6	33	11
2023/24	SpVgg Greuther Fürth · 8th	11	0	1	6.82	57	7
2022/23	SV SandhausenLoan · 18th	8	0	0	7	52	8
2022/23	FC Schalke 04 · 17th	3	0	0	6.45	62	0
2021/22	FC Schalke 04 · 1st	10	0	1	6.83	62	10
2020/21	FC Schalke 04 · 18th	4	0	0	6.38	63	2

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 youth-team spells in the full career.

Germany · international

Side	Apps	G
Germany U17	5	0

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

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

K. Çalhanoğlu is a 24-year-old full-back at Vukovar, rated 32.3 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (37.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.85 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Çalhanoğlu.

On the season, Çalhanoğlu graded 11 for current form (age-blind), on 2 clean sheets and 3.852 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 7 → 11). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 32. At 24 Çalhanoğlu is in his prime years, and a market index of 4.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2025/264 clubs

32.3

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

37.5%

Minutes

rotation minutes

3.85

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Vukovar finished 10th of 10 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

3.85

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 22 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (10th of 10) 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.22 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
Defensive volume. 3.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 37.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 32.3 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %37.5%

Available fixtures36 of 36

Goals / 900.074

Assists / 900.148

Goal contribution / 900.222

Defensive actions / 903.852

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.148

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 24, Çalhanoğlu sits on 4.4, at or near its peak. The blue line is Çalhanoğlu's projected Rating — 32.3 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 full-backs in the Süper Lig with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles25

Interceptions19

Blocks8

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

Gaziantep FKJul 2026 – nowFree

VukovarSept 2025 – Jul 2026Free

SpVgg Greuther FürthJul 2023 – Sept 2025

SSV Sandhausen(on loan)Jan 2023 – Jul 2023

FC Schalke 04until Jan 2023

About K. Çalhanoğlu

Kerim Çalhanoğlu is a 23-year-old full-back who plays for Gaziantep FK, born on August 26, 2002 in Mannheim, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Germany. Gaziantep FK currently sit 6th of 18 in the Süper Lig.

This season

In the current season, K. Çalhanoğlu has made 22 appearances with 1 goal and 2 assists across 1,215 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

K. Çalhanoğlu's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Gaziantep FK face Rizespor at home in the Süper Lig.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates K. Çalhanoğlu at 32.3 with a Season form score of 11. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the Tipsport Malta Cup and the 2. Bundesliga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 8 recorded seasons, K. Çalhanoğlu has totalled 115 club appearances with 8 goals and 4 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 22 appearances for Vukovar.

K. Çalhanoğlu's career has also included time at Vukovar, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, SSV Sandhausen and FC Schalke 04.

On the international stage, K. Çalhanoğlu has represented Germany U17 — 5 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Vukovar finished 10th of 10 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points