Bero's current-season form is down 57% on last season (Season 54→23), while his Rating eased 58→34. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 54).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	VfL Bochum · 9th	24	0	1	6.73	34	23
2024/25	VfL Bochum · 18th	30	5	2	7.01	58	54
2023/24	VfL Bochum · 16th	26	1	1	6.65	57	25
2022/23	Vitesse · 10th	31	5	3	6.77	66	52
2021/22	Vitesse · 6th	30	1	2	6.49	66	32

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons in the full career.

Slovakia · international

Side	Apps	G
Slovakia	48	1
Slovakia U21	11	3
Slovakia U20	1	0
Slovakia U19	6	10
Slovakia U17	3	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

M. Bero is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at VfL Bochum, rated 33.8 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (59.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.61 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bero.

On the season, Bero graded 23 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 1 assist and 3.606 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 54 → 23). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 34. At 30 Bero is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 7.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2024/25

33.8

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

22.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

59.5%

Minutes

rotation minutes

3.61

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · VfL Bochum finished 9th of 18 · a mid-table side

Apps

3.61

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.61 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 3.61 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 59.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 33.8 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.61 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %59.5%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.049

Goal contribution / 900.049

Defensive actions / 903.606

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.494

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 (~14), then tapers with age. At 30, Bero sits on 7.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Bero's projected Rating — 33.8 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 defensive midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0—

Passing

Assists1—

Defending

Tackles44—

Interceptions21—

Blocks8—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards10

Red cards0

Transfer history

€4.1M total transfer fees · 4 moves

Free agentJun 2026 – nowFree

VfL BochumJul 2023 – Jun 2026Free

VitesseJul 2018 – Jul 2023€ 1.6M

TrabzonsporAug 2016 – Jul 2018€ 2.5M

AS Trencinuntil Aug 2016

About M. Bero

Matúš Bero is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for VfL Bochum, born on September 6, 1995 in Ilava, standing 181 cm tall. He is from Slovakia. VfL Bochum currently sit 7th of 18 in the 2. Bundesliga.

This season

In the current season, M. Bero has made 24 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 1,822 minutes, with 10 yellow cards.

M. Bero's next match is on August 28, 2026, when VfL Bochum face VfL Osnabrück at home in the 2. Bundesliga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Bero at 33.8 with a Season form score of 22.5. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the 1. liga and the Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, M. Bero has totalled 337 club appearances with 52 goals and 31 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2018/19, with 32 appearances for Vitesse.

M. Bero's career has also included time at Vitesse, Trabzonspor and AS Trencin.

On the international stage, M. Bero has represented Slovakia, Slovakia U21, Slovakia U20, Slovakia U19, Slovakia U17 — 69 caps and 14 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · VfL Bochum finished 9th of 18 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points