based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Sivasspor.
Scout report
M. Yıldırım is a 30-year-old central defender at Sivasspor, rated 22 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 82nd of 114 on scout potential in the 1. Lig. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (71.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.29 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Yıldırım.
Judged on this season alone, Yıldırım graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 29th of 30 of the 30 centre-backs in the 1. Lig, on 0 clean sheets and 2.294 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 4 → 1). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 22, 21st of 30 of the 30 centre-backs in the 1. Lig. At 30 Yıldırım is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.7 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Sivasspor finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side
No league appearances recorded this season, so there's no output sample to read yet.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 71.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.22 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 22, Yıldırım carries the 21st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the 1. Lig of 30 — though on just 0 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.29 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the 1. Lig with 600+ minutes this season.
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