Domestic-league season · VfL Wolfsburg.
Missed 4 of VfL Wolfsburg's ~36 games this season through 4 injury absences (calf, illness, injury). He still appeared 26 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 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1028 | 6.61 |
 Friendlies Clubs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 6.9 |
 DFB Pokal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Svanberg's current-season form is down 12% on last season (Season 26→23), while his Rating eased 69→54. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 41).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | VfL Wolfsburg · 16th | 26 | 3 | 1 | 6.61 | 54 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | VfL Wolfsburg · 11th | 22 | 3 | 1 | 6.79 | 69 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | VfL Wolfsburg · 12th | 25 | 1 | 3 | 7.01 | 73 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | VfL Wolfsburg · 8th | 33 | 4 | 6 | 6.75 | 81 | 34 |
| 2021/22 | Bologna · 13th | 36 | 3 | 3 | 6.88 | 79 | 41 |
| 2020/21 | Bologna · 12th | 34 | 5 | 2 | 6.8 | 80 | 39 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Svanberg is a 27-year-old central midfielder at VfL Wolfsburg, rated 54.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 218th of 325 in the Bundesliga. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (35.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.45 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Svanberg.
Judged on this season alone, Svanberg graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 27th of 35 of the 35 central midfielders in the Bundesliga, on 3 goals, 1 assist and 2.451 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 26 → 23). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 54, 23rd of 35 of the 35 central midfielders in the Bundesliga. At 27 Svanberg is in his prime years, and a market index of 90 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Svanberg missed 4 games through injury (calf, illness, injury) out of roughly 36 this season. The 26 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.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.45 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 26 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th 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 3 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 54.2, Svanberg carries the 23rd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Bundesliga of 35, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (VfL Wolfsburg finished 16th of 18) — 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 moderate defensive volume (2.45 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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 (~90), then tapers with age. At 27, Svanberg sits on 90, at or near its peak. The blue line is Svanberg's projected Rating — 54.2 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.
€14M total transfer fees · 2 moves
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