M. Murakami

Murakami's current-season form is down 35% on last season (Season 34→22), while his Rating eased 26→15. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 48).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Kyoto Sanga	1	0	0%	5.9	—	—
2025/26	Avispa Fukuoka · 12th	14	6	43%	7.04	15	22
2024/25	Avispa Fukuoka · 12th	26	10	38%	6.91	26	34
2023/24	Avispa Fukuoka · 7th	33	6	18%	6.88	29	19
2022/23	Avispa Fukuoka · 14th	27	9	33%	6.76	35	29

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. Murakami is a 33-year-old goalkeeper at Avispa Fukuoka, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 14 appearances, a Season grade of 22, top 42% of J1 League goalkeepers. On long-term scout potential he's rated 14.6, ranking 334th of 377 in the J1 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (36.8% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Murakami.

Judged on this season alone, Murakami graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 13th of 31 of the 31 goalkeepers in the J1 League, on 6 clean sheets across 14 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 34 → 22). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 15, 24th of 31 of the 31 goalkeepers in the J1 League. At 33 Murakami is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelBreakout: 2024/25

Current potential24th of 31 goalkeepers · J1 League · 14 apps Current season13th of 31 goalkeepers · J1 League · 14 apps13th-best goalkeeper in the J1 League334th in the J1 League · potential24th-highest potential goalkeeper in the J1 League

14.6

Ratingi

24th of 31 goalkeepers

21.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

36.8%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.07

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Avispa Fukuoka finished 12th of 20 · a mid-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

43%

CS rate

36.8%

Minutes

6 clean sheets in 14 appearances (43% of games).

Watch points

Game time. Only 36.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 33, 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 14.6, Murakami carries the 24th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the J1 League of 31 — though on just 14 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 (0.7× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %36.8%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.071

Player flow

Goal involvements0

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 33, Murakami sits on 2.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Murakami's projected Rating — 14.6 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.