Marijan Čabraja

Following his move to HNK Gorica, Čabraja's current-season form is up 30% on last season (Season 20→26), while his Rating eased 41→26. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	HNK Gorica · 8th	31	1	4	7.15	26	26
2024/25	HNK Rijeka	2	0	0	7	—	—
2023/24	HNK Rijeka	9	0	1	7	—	—
2022/23	Hibernian · 5th	25	0	1	6.77	41	20
2021/22	Olimpija LjubljanaLoan	13	0	0	—	—	—
2021/22	Ferencvarosi TCLoan	7	0	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Croatia · international

Side	Apps	G
Croatia U21	1	0
Croatia U19	2	0

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

Scout report

Project playerFull-back

M. Čabraja is a 29-year-old full-back at HNK Gorica, enjoying a standout season — 1 goals and 4 assists in 31 appearances, a Season grade of 26, top 30% of HNL full-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 25.7, ranking 102nd of 152 in the HNL. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter (79.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.6 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Čabraja.

Judged on this season alone, Čabraja graded 26 — a solid campaign that ranks top 31% of the 33 full-backs in the HNL, on 6 clean sheets and 3.596 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 20 → 26).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, 23rd of 33 of the 33 full-backs in the HNL. At 29 Čabraja is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Čabraja is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding level

Current potential23rd of 33 full-backs · HNL Current seasonTop 31% full-backs · HNL 10th-best full-back in the HNL 102nd in the HNL · potential 23rd-highest potential full-back in the HNL

25.7

Ratingi

23rd of 33 full-backs

26.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

79.6%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.6

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · HNK Gorica finished 8th of 10 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

3.6

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (8th of 10) 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 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 79.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.18 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
Defensive volume. 3.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 25.7, Čabraja carries the 23rd-highest potential of the full-backs in the HNL of 33, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (HNK Gorica finished 8th of 10) — 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 (3.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %79.6%

Available fixtures36 of 36

Goals / 900.035

Assists / 900.14

Goal contribution / 900.175

Defensive actions / 903.596

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Shot conversion %25

Shot accuracy %33.3

Pass accuracy %80

Dribble success %39.5

Cards / 900.279

Foul involvement / 902.234

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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 29, Čabraja sits on 3.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Čabraja's projected Rating — 25.7 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 full-backs in the HNL with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Shots on target4

Shots12

Passing

Assists4

Pass accuracy80%

Possession

Successful dribbles15

Dribble success39.5%

Fouls won35

Defending

Tackles51

Interceptions30

Blocks22

Fouls committed29

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards8

Red cards0

Transfer history

HNK GoricaJul 2025 – nowFree

HNK RijekaJul 2023 – Jul 2025Free

HibernianJul 2022 – Jul 2023

OOlimpija Ljubljana(on loan)Feb 2022 – Jul 2022

Dinamo Zagreb(back from loan)Feb 2022 – Feb 2022

Ferencvarosi TC(on loan)Jul 2021 – Feb 2022

Dinamo ZagrebFeb 2021 – Jul 2021

HNK Goricauntil Feb 2021

About M. Čabraja

Marijan Čabraja is a 29-year-old full-back who plays for HNK Gorica, born on February 25, 1997 in Pula. He is from Croatia. HNK Gorica currently sit 8th of 10 in the HNL.

This season

In the current season, M. Čabraja has made 31 appearances with 1 goal and 4 assists across 2,578 minutes, averaging a 7.1 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 8 yellow cards. Though primarily a full-back, he has also lined up in midfield this season.

When M. Čabraja plays, HNK Gorica's record this season is 3W-2D-5L — and his match ratings average 7.15 at home against 7.07 on the road.

Recent matches

May 10, 2026: 0-1 loss away at NK Slaven Belupo (78 minutes, 7 rating)
May 2, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs Dinamo Zagreb (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
April 22, 2026: 2-1 win away at Vukovar (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
April 17, 2026: 0-2 loss at home vs NK Lokomotiva Zagreb (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
April 12, 2026: 0-1 loss away at HNK Hajduk Split (21 minutes, 6.9 rating)
April 3, 2026: 1-1 draw away at NK Varazdin (90 minutes, 6.7 rating)
March 22, 2026: 4-0 win at home vs HNK Rijeka (90 minutes, 1 assist, 7.2 rating)
March 14, 2026: 0-0 draw away at NK Osijek (90 minutes, 7.9 rating)
January 31, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs HNK Hajduk Split (90 minutes, 7 rating)
August 10, 2025: 0-2 loss away at HNK Hajduk Split (90 minutes, 6.6 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Čabraja at 25.7 with a Season form score of 26.3, ranking 102nd of 152 full-backs in the HNL. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 8 career titles — among them the HNL and the Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, M. Čabraja has totalled 231 club appearances with 4 goals and 6 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2019/20, with 33 appearances for HNK Gorica.

M. Čabraja's career has also included time at HNK Rijeka, Hibernian, OOlimpija Ljubljana, Dinamo Zagreb and Ferencvarosi TC.

On the international stage, M. Čabraja has represented Croatia U21 and Croatia U19 — 3 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · HNK Gorica finished 8th of 10 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points