Mario Engels

Engels's current-season form is level with last season (Season 15→15), while his Rating held around 22. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 39).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Heracles · 1st	1	0	0	6.7	22	15
2025/26	Heracles · 18th	24	1	2	6.56	22	15
2024/25	Heracles · 14th	31	4	4	6.79	41	39
2023/24	Heracles · 14th	34	5	3	6.64	43	29
2023/24	Tokyo Verdy	14	0	0	—	—	—
2022/23	Sparta Rotterdam · 6th	9	1	1	6.6	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

M. Engels is a 32-year-old central midfielder at Heracles, rated 22.4 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (32.8% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Engels.

On the season, Engels graded 15 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 2 assists and 0.896 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 15 → 15). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 22. At 32 Engels is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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

Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26

22.4

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

14.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

32.8%

Minutes

limited game time

0.9

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Heracles finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

0.9

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

0.9 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 24 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 18) 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 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.27 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 32.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 22.4 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0.9 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %32.8%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.09

Assists / 900.179

Goal contribution / 900.269

Defensive actions / 900.896

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.269

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 32, Engels sits on 4.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Engels's projected Rating — 22.4 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 central midfielders in the Eerste Divisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles8

Interceptions1

Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

HeraclesJul 2023 – nowFree

Tokyo VerdyJan 2023 – Jul 2023Free

Sparta RotterdamOct 2020 – Jan 2023

SSV SandhausenJul 2019 – Oct 2020

RodaJul 2017 – Jul 2019Free

SSlask Wroclawuntil Jul 2017

FFSV FrankfurtJul 2014 – Jul 2017

1. FC Kölnuntil Jul 2014

About M. Engels

Mario Engels is a 32-year-old central midfielder who plays for Heracles, born on October 22, 1993 in Troisdorf, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Germany. Heracles currently sit 1st of 20 in the Eerste Divisie.

This season

In the current season, M. Engels has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 10 minutes, averaging a 6.7 match rating over his last 1 rated games.

Recent matches

August 7, 2026: 4-3 win away at VVV Venlo (10 minutes, 6.7 rating)

M. Engels's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Heracles face FC Eindhoven away in the Eerste Divisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Engels at 22.4 with a Season form score of 14.5. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 16 recorded seasons, M. Engels has totalled 359 club appearances with 52 goals and 19 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2018/19, with 34 appearances for Roda.

M. Engels's career has also included time at Tokyo Verdy, Sparta Rotterdam, SSV Sandhausen, Roda, SSlask Wroclaw, FFSV Frankfurt and 1. FC Köln.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.