Domestic-league season · Gent.
Missed 4 of Gent's ~41 games this season through 4 injury absences (ruptured cruciate ligament). He still appeared 23 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.
Earlier this season at KAA Gent II — Challenger Pro League: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 105 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Gent; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jupiler Pro League | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1187 | 6.7 |
 Challenger Pro Leagueat KAA Gent II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 6.1 |
Dean's current-season form is up 33% on last season (Season 18→24), while his Rating held around 53. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 35).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Gent · 5th | 23 | 7 | 1 | 6.7 | 53 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | Gent · 6th | 17 | 6 | 1 | 6.89 | 52 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | Milton Keynes Dons · 4th | 31 | 16 | 5 | 7.3 | 37 | 35 |
| 2022/23 | Milton Keynes Dons · 21st | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6.53 | 42 | 2 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Dean is a 22-year-old central midfielder at Gent, rated 52.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 129th of 293 in the Belgium tier 1 and 1167th of 3060 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (35.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.37 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dean.
Judged on this season alone, Dean graded 24 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 13th of 24 of the 24 central midfielders in the Belgium tier 1, on 7 goals, 1 assist and 1.365 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 18 → 24). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 53, 15th of 24 of the 24 central midfielders in the Belgium tier 1. At 22 Dean is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 44 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Dean missed 4 games through injury (ruptured cruciate ligament) out of roughly 41 this season. The 23 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 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1.37 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (5th of 6) 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 7 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 52.6, Dean carries the 15th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Belgium tier 1 of 24, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Gent finished 5th of 6) — 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 (1.37 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
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 (~46), then tapers with age. At 22, Dean sits on 44, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Dean's projected Rating — 52.6 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.
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