Domestic-league season · Azul Claro Numazu.
Following his move to Azul Claro Numazu, Saitō's current-season form is down 78% on last season (Season 9→2), while his Rating eased 16→8. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 10).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Azul Claro Numazu · 20th | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6.52 | 8 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | Suwon Bluewings · 3rd | 18 | 1 | 3 | 6.69 | 16 | 9 |
| 2021/22 | Nagoya Grampus · 5th | 24 | 0 | 1 | 6.55 | 20 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | Kawasaki Frontale · 1st | 25 | 1 | 2 | 6.71 | 26 | 10 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Saitō is a 36-year-old central midfielder at Azul Claro Numazu, rated 8.2 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (13.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.13 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Saitō.
On the season, Saitō graded 2 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 1.134 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 9 → 2). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 8. At 36 Saitō is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.9 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
1.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th of 20) 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.
Rated 8.2 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 36, Saitō sits on 1.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Saitō's projected Rating — 8.2 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.
