Masaaki Goto

Goto's current-season form is down 71% on last season (Season 7→2), while his Rating held around 14. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 7).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2027/28	V-varen Nagasaki · 15th	10	1	10%	6.71	14	2
2026/27	V-varen Nagasaki	16	0	0%	7.23	—	—
2025/26	V-varen Nagasaki · 2nd	10	3	30%	—	14	7
2024/25	Montedio Yamagata	39	0	0%	—	—	—
2023/24	Montedio Yamagata	39	0	0%	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headGoalkeeper

M. Goto is a 32-year-old goalkeeper at V-varen Nagasaki, rated 20 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 186th of 193 on scout potential in the J1 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (52.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Goto.

Judged on this season alone, Goto graded 2 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 25th of 28 of the 28 goalkeepers in the J1 League, on 1 clean sheet across 10 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 7 → 2). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 20, 25th of 28 of the 28 goalkeepers in the J1 League. At 32 Goto is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2025/26 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelStepped up 2027/28

Current potential25th of 28 goalkeepers · J1 League · 10 apps Current season25th of 28 goalkeepers · J1 League · 10 apps 25th-best goalkeeper in the J1 League 186th in the J1 League · potential 25th-highest potential goalkeeper in the J1 League

Ratingi

25th of 28 goalkeepers

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

52.6%

Minutes

rotation minutes

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · V-varen Nagasaki finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

10%

CS rate

52.6%

Minutes

1 clean sheet in 10 appearances (10% of games). Keeping that many behind a lower-table side (15th of 20) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.

Watch points

Game time. Only 52.6% 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

With a Rating of 20, Goto carries the 25th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the J1 League of 28 — though on just 10 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. A rotation minutes keeper carrying the gloves this season. 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 %52.6%

Available fixtures10 of 10

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %52

Cards / 900

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 32, Goto sits on 2.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Goto's projected Rating — 20 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 goalkeepers in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets1

Saves31

Save rate66%

Goals conceded16

Distribution

Passes273

Pass accuracy52%

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

V-varen NagasakiJan 2025 – now

Montedio YamagataJan 2022 – Jan 2025Free

KanazawaJan 2021 – Jan 2022

Shonan Bellmare(back from loan)Feb 2020 – Jan 2021

Kanazawa(on loan)Feb 2019 – Feb 2020

Shonan Bellmareuntil Feb 2019

About M. Goto

Masaaki Goto is a 32-year-old goalkeeper who plays for V-varen Nagasaki, born on May 24, 1994 in Tokorozawa, standing 190 cm tall. He is from Japan. V-varen Nagasaki currently sit 15th of 20 in the J1 League.

This season

In the current season, M. Goto has made 10 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 900 minutes.

M. Goto's next match is on November 1, 2026, when V-varen Nagasaki face Tokyo Verdy at home in the J1 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Goto at 20 with a Season form score of 2, ranking 186th of 193 goalkeepers in the J1 League. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the J-League Cup and the J2 League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, M. Goto has totalled 203 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 43 appearances for Montedio Yamagata.

M. Goto's career has also included time at Montedio Yamagata, Kanazawa and Shonan Bellmare.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · V-varen Nagasaki finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side

Watch points