based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · PSV Eindhoven.
Also this season
Earlier this season at NEC Nijmegen — KNVB Beker: 5 apps, 0g 1a, 434 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at PSV Eindhoven; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
K. Sano is a 23-year-old central midfielder at NEC Nijmegen, rated 78.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 2nd of 159 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (100% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.71 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sano.
Judged on this season alone, Sano graded 59 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 12% of the 17 central midfielders in the Eredivisie, on 3 goals, 7 assists and 3.706 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 59 → 59). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 78, top 6% of the 17 central midfielders in the Eredivisie. At 23 Sano is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 45.1 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Sano is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · NEC Nijmegen finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side
3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 34 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (3rd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 7 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 100% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.29 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
- Defensive volume. 3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
With a Rating of 78.4, Sano carries the 1st-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Eredivisie (top 6%). Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Eredivisie with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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