Domestic-league season · FC St. Pauli.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 0 | 970 | 6.59 |
 DFB Pokal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6.4 |
Ritzka's current-season form is down 30% on last season (Season 23→16), while his Rating eased 58→45. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 23).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | FC St. Pauli · 18th | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6.59 | 45 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | FC St. Pauli · 14th | 29 | 1 | 0 | 6.69 | 58 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | FC St. Pauli · 1st | 29 | 2 | 1 | 6.87 | 60 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | FC St. Pauli · 5th | 33 | 0 | 1 | 6.72 | 54 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | FC St. Pauli · 5th | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 52 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | Verl · 7th | 35 | 2 | 0 | — | 46 | 9 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Ritzka is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at FC St. Pauli, rated 44.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 246th of 325 in the Bundesliga. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.66 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ritzka.
Judged on this season alone, Ritzka graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 52nd of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 5.66 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 23 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 45, 45th of 55 of the 55 defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga. At 28 Ritzka is in his prime years, and a market index of 44.7 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
5.66 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 21 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 18) 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.
With a Rating of 44.9, Ritzka carries the 45th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga of 55, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (FC St. Pauli finished 18th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.66 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
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 (~75), then tapers with age. At 28, Ritzka sits on 44.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ritzka's projected Rating — 44.9 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.
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