Linton Maina

Maina's current-season form is level with last season (Season 15→15), while his Rating held around 54. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 40).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	1. FC Köln · 12th	3	1	1	7.03	54	15
2025/26	1. FC Köln · 14th	24	2	0	6.74	54	15
2024/25	1. FC Köln · 1st	27	3	11	7.22	66	40
2023/24	1. FC Köln · 17th	31	1	3	6.69	72	25
2022/23	1. FC Köln · 11th	34	3	7	6.68	82	36

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Germany · international

Side	Apps	G
Germany U19	6	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthAttacking midfielder

L. Maina is a 27-year-old attacking midfielder at 1. FC Köln, rated 53.9 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (33.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Maina.

On the season, Maina graded 11 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals and 0 assists in 24 appearances (0.175 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 15 → 15). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 54. At 27 Maina is in his prime years, and a market index of 32.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

Read the full career report →

Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downStepped up 2022/23

53.9

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

10.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

33.6%

Minutes

limited game time

0.18

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · 1. FC Köln finished 14th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.08

Goals / app

2 goals in 24 appearances (0.08 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Watch points

Game time. Only 33.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.18 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

Rated 53.9 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %33.6%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.175

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.175

Defensive actions / 901.312

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~32), then tapers with age. At 27, Maina sits on 32.2, at or near its peak. The blue line is Maina's projected Rating — 53.9 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among attacking midfielders in the Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles9

Interceptions4

Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

1. FC KölnJul 2022 – nowFree

Hannover 96until Jul 2022

About L. Maina

Linton Maina is a 27-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for 1. FC Köln, born on June 23, 1999 in Berlin, standing 173 cm tall. He is from Germany. 1. FC Köln currently sit 12th of 18 in the Bundesliga.

This season

In the current season, L. Maina has made 3 appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist across 165 minutes, averaging a 7.03 match rating over his last 3 rated games. Though primarily a attacking midfielder, he has also lined up in attack this season.

Recent matches

September 12, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Werder Bremen (65 minutes, 1 goal, 7.68 rating)
September 4, 2026: 1-4 loss away at VfB Stuttgart (75 minutes, 6.5 rating)
August 29, 2026: 3-2 win at home vs 1899 Hoffenheim (25 minutes, 1 assist, 6.9 rating)

L. Maina's next match is on September 19, 2026, when 1. FC Köln face Hamburger SV away in the Bundesliga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates L. Maina at 53.9 with a Season form score of 10.9. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the 2. Bundesliga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, L. Maina has totalled 255 club appearances with 32 goals and 33 assists for 3 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 34 appearances for 1. FC Köln.

L. Maina's career has also included time at Hannover 96.

On the international stage, L. Maina has represented Germany U19 — 6 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.