Domestic-league season · Erzgebirge Aue.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 3. Liga | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1296 | 7.23 |
Stefaniak's current-season form is level with last season (Season 15→15), while his Rating eased 25→18. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 32).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Erzgebirge Aue · 18th | 29 | 3 | 0 | 7.23 | 18 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | Erzgebirge Aue · 13th | 15 | 4 | 2 | 7.07 | 25 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | Erzgebirge Aue · 6th | 35 | 9 | 1 | 7.58 | 35 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | Erzgebirge Aue · 14th | 15 | 4 | 2 | 7.07 | 32 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | Würzburger Kickers · 18th | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Dynamo Dresden · 1st | 22 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Stefaniak is a 31-year-old central midfielder at Erzgebirge Aue, rated 18 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 271st of 311 in the 3. Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (37.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.6 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Stefaniak.
Judged on this season alone, Stefaniak graded 15 — a solid campaign that ranks top 37% of the 101 central midfielders in the 3. Liga, on 3 goals, 0 assists and 1.597 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 trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 89th of 101 of the 101 central midfielders in the 3. Liga. At 31 Stefaniak is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.2 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th 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. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 18, Stefaniak carries the 89th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the 3. Liga of 101, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Erzgebirge Aue finished 18th of 20) — 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 light defensive volume (1.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× 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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 31, Stefaniak sits on 4.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Stefaniak's projected Rating — 18 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.
