Domestic-league season · 1. FC Heidenheim.
Missed 4 of 1. FC Heidenheim's ~34 games this season through 4 injury absences (ankle). He still appeared 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bundesliga | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1653 | 6.73 |
 DFB Pokal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6.6 |
Pieringer's current-season form is down 36% on last season (Season 39→25), while his Rating eased 77→65. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 46).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1. FC Heidenheim · 17th | 27 | 4 | 1 | 6.73 | 65 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 1. FC Heidenheim · 16th | 33 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 39 |
| 2023/24 | 1. FC Heidenheim · 8th | 31 | 3 | 3 | 6.85 | 76 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 1. FC Heidenheim · 1st | 23 | 10 | 8 | 7.18 | 69 | 46 |
| 2021/22 | FC Schalke 04 · 1st | 24 | 2 | 2 | 6.65 | 62 | 13 |
| 2020/21 | Würzburger Kickers · 18th | 20 | 6 | 0 | 6.91 | 59 | 23 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Pieringer is a 26-year-old centre-forward at 1. FC Heidenheim, rated 65.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 154th of 325 in the Bundesliga. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (61.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.27 goal contributions per 90 (0.22 goals, 0.05 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pieringer.
Judged on this season alone, Pieringer graded 25 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 26th of 36 of the 36 centre-forwards in the Bundesliga, on 4 goals and 1 assist in 27 appearances (0.272 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 39 → 25). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 65, 17th of 36 of the 36 centre-forwards in the Bundesliga. At 26 Pieringer is in his prime years, and a market index of 108.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Pieringer missed 4 games through injury (ankle) out of roughly 34 this season. The 27 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.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
4 goals in 27 appearances (0.15 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 5 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 65.2, Pieringer carries the 17th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Bundesliga of 36, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (1. FC Heidenheim finished 17th 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). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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 (~108), then tapers with age. At 26, Pieringer sits on 108.2, at or near its peak. The blue line is Pieringer's projected Rating — 65.2 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.
€2.3M total transfer fees · 5 moves
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