based on the 2025 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Tokyo Verdy.
Scout report
K. Saito is a 29-year-old central midfielder at Tokyo Verdy, rated 34.4 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (79.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.79 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Saito.
On the season, Saito graded 32 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 3 assists and 2.794 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 32 → 32). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 34. At 29 Saito is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.1 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Saito is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · Tokyo Verdy finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side
2.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 13 clean sheets across 37 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 79.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
Rated 34.4 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.
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