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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Excelsior.
Injury-affected season
Missed 11 of Excelsior's ~34 games this season through 11 injury absences (jumpers knee, knee). He still appeared 21 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eredivisie | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1566 | 6.81 |
Scout report
L. Hartjes is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder at Excelsior, rated 61.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 106th of 284 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (51.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.74 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hartjes.
Judged on this season alone, Hartjes graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 10th of 24 of the 24 central midfielders in the Eredivisie, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 3.736 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 30 → 22). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 62, 10th of 24 of the 24 central midfielders in the Eredivisie. At 23 Hartjes is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 28.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Hartjes missed 11 games through injury (jumpers knee, knee) out of roughly 34 this season. The 21 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Excelsior finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side
3.74 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 21 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 3.74 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 51.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 61.8, Hartjes carries the 10th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Eredivisie of 24, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Excelsior finished 13th 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 solid defensive volume (3.74 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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 defensive midfielders in the Eredivisie with 600+ minutes this season.
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