Maarten Paes

Paes's current-season form is down 42% on last season (Season 12→7), while his Rating eased 41→31. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 12).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Ajax · 5th	13	4	31%	7.15	45	12
2025/26	FC Dallas · 7th	22	4	18%	6.97	31	7
2024/25	MLS All-Stars	1	0	0%	—	—	—
2024/25	FC Dallas · 8th	30	6	20%	7.24	41	12
2023/24	FC Dallas · 8th	33	6	18%	6.88	43	10
2022/23	FC Dallas · 7th	15	3	20%	6.97	39	6
2021/22	Utrecht · 7th	17	4	24%	6.89	65	10

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons in the full career.

Netherlands · international

Side	Apps	G
Netherlands U21	5	0
Netherlands U19	1	0

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

Scout report

Project playerGoalkeeper

M. Paes is a 28-year-old goalkeeper at FC Dallas, rated 30.7 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (61.5% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Paes.

On the season, Paes graded 7 for current form (age-blind), on 4 clean sheets across 22 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 12 → 7). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 31. At 28 Paes is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2021/22Injury-hit 2025/26

30.7

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

6.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

61.5%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.05

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · FC Dallas finished 7th of 15 · a mid-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

18%

CS rate

61.5%

Minutes

4 clean sheets in 22 appearances (18% of games).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 61.5% 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 30.7 overall — below regular-starter level. A a regular starter keeper carrying the gloves this season. 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %61.5%

Available fixtures36 of 36

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.045

Player flow

Goal involvements0

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 (~14), then tapers with age. At 28, Paes sits on 3.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Paes's projected Rating — 30.7 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 goalkeepers in the Eredivisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

€1M total transfer fees · 4 moves

AjaxFeb 2026 – now

FC DallasJul 2022 – Feb 2026€ 1M

FC Dallas(on loan)Jan 2022 – Jul 2022

UtrechtJul 2018 – Jan 2022Free

NEC Nijmegenuntil Jul 2018

About M. Paes

Maarten Vincent Paes is a 28-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Ajax, born on May 14, 1998 in Nijmegen, standing 191 cm tall. He is from Netherlands. Ajax currently sit 6th of 18 in the Eredivisie.

This season

In the current season, M. Paes has made 13 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 1,200 minutes.

M. Paes's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Ajax face Telstar away in the Eredivisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Paes at 30.7 with a Season form score of 6.7. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 8 recorded seasons, M. Paes has totalled 176 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 33 appearances for FC Dallas.

M. Paes's career has also included time at FC Dallas, Utrecht and NEC Nijmegen.

On the international stage, M. Paes has represented Netherlands U21 and Netherlands U19 — 6 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

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Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · FC Dallas finished 7th of 15 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points