Domestic-league season · 1. FC Köln.
Missed 4 of 1. FC Köln's ~34 games this season through 4 injury absences (ribs). He still appeared 24 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1029 | 6.74 |
 DFB Pokal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 6.6 |
Maina's current-season form is down 68% on last season (Season 38→12), while his Rating eased 66→55. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 38).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1. FC Köln · 14th | 24 | 2 | 0 | 6.74 | 55 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 1. FC Köln · 1st | 27 | 3 | 11 | 7.22 | 66 | 38 |
| 2023/24 | 1. FC Köln · 17th | 31 | 1 | 3 | 6.69 | 72 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 1. FC Köln · 11th | 34 | 3 | 7 | 6.68 | 82 | 35 |
| 2021/22 | Hannover 96 · 11th | 27 | 6 | 1 | 6.74 | 61 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | Hannover 96 · 13th | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6.32 | 58 | 13 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Maina is a 27-year-old attacking midfielder at 1. FC Köln, rated 54.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 213th of 325 in the Germany tier 1. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (38.1% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Maina.
Judged on this season alone, Maina graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 52nd of 58 of the 58 attacking midfielders in the Germany tier 1, on 2 goals and 0 assists in 24 appearances (0.175 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 38 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 55, 43rd of 58 of the 58 attacking midfielders in the Germany tier 1. At 27 Maina is in his prime years, and a market index of 91.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Maina missed 4 games through injury (ribs) out of roughly 34 this season. The 24 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.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2 goals in 24 appearances (0.08 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
With a Rating of 54.9, Maina carries the 43rd-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Germany tier 1 of 58, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (1. FC Köln finished 14th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.18 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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 (~91), then tapers with age. At 27, Maina sits on 91.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Maina's projected Rating — 54.9 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
