Domestic-league season · Heracles.
Missed 8 of Heracles's ~34 games this season through 7 injury absences and 1 suspension (inactive, hamstring, knee). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eredivisie | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1005 | 6.56 |
 KNVB Beker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 6.6 |
Engels's current-season form is down 57% on last season (Season 35→15), while his Rating eased 41→24. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 35).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Heracles · 18th | 24 | 1 | 2 | 6.56 | 24 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | Heracles · 14th | 31 | 4 | 4 | 6.79 | 41 | 35 |
| 2023/24 | Heracles · 14th | 34 | 5 | 3 | 6.64 | 43 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | Sparta Rotterdam · 6th | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6.6 | 44 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | Sparta Rotterdam · 14th | 29 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 46 | 13 |
| 2020/21 | Sparta Rotterdam · 8th | 28 | 3 | 4 | 6.64 | 60 | 23 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Engels is a 32-year-old attacking midfielder at Heracles, rated 24.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 276th of 299 in the Netherlands tier 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (42.9% of available minutes). He brings 0.27 goal contributions per 90 (0.09 goals, 0.18 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Engels.
Judged on this season alone, Engels graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 52nd of 61 of the 61 attacking midfielders in the Netherlands tier 1, on 1 goal and 2 assists in 24 appearances (0.269 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 35 → 15). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 24, 55th of 61 of the 61 attacking midfielders in the Netherlands tier 1. At 32 Engels is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 12.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Engels missed 7 games through injury and 1 suspension (inactive, hamstring, knee) 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.
1 goal in 24 appearances (0.04 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 3 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 24.3, Engels carries the 55th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Netherlands tier 1 of 61, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Heracles finished 18th 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 (0.27 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× 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 (~31), then tapers with age. At 32, Engels sits on 12.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Engels's projected Rating — 24.3 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.
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