Meulensteen's current-season form is level with last season (Season 58→58), while his Rating held around 61. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 58).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	GO Ahead Eagles · 9th	8	1	2	7.17	61	58
2025/26	GO Ahead Eagles · 12th	34	6	1	7.12	61	58
2024/25	Sampdoria · 18th	29	3	0	7.02	55	26
2023/24	Vitesse · 18th	27	1	0	6.79	61	27
2022/23	Vitesse · 10th	32	1	2	6.99	70	40

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

Key starterAttacking midfielder

M. Meulensteen is a 27-year-old attacking midfielder at GO Ahead Eagles, rated 60.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 67th of 159 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (92.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.22 goal contributions per 90 (0.19 goals, 0.03 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Meulensteen.

Judged on this season alone, Meulensteen graded 32 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 11% of the 19 attacking midfielders in the Eredivisie, on 6 goals and 1 assist in 34 appearances (0.222 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 58 → 58). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 60, 9th of 19 of the 19 attacking midfielders in the Eredivisie. At 27 Meulensteen is in his prime years, and a market index of 27.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Meulensteen is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2025/264 clubs

Current potential9th of 19 attacking midfielders · Eredivisie Current seasonTop 11% attacking midfielders · Eredivisie 2nd-best attacking midfielder in the Eredivisie 67th in the Eredivisie · potential 9th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Eredivisie

60.2

Ratingi

9th of 19 attacking midfielders

31.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

92.5%

Minutes

near ever-present

0.22

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · GO Ahead Eagles finished 12th of 18 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.18

Goals / app

6 goals in 34 appearances (0.18 per game) for a mid-table side. Add 1 assist for 7 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 92.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Output. 0.22 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

With a Rating of 60.2, Meulensteen carries the 9th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Eredivisie of 19. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.22 goal contributions 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.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %92.5%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.191

Assists / 900.032

Goal contribution / 900.222

Defensive actions / 903.909

Player flow

Goal involvements7

Cards / 900.064

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 (~28), then tapers with age. At 27, Meulensteen sits on 27.7, at or near its peak. The blue line is Meulensteen's projected Rating — 60.2 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among attacking midfielders in the Eredivisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals6

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles49

Interceptions52

Blocks22

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

GO Ahead EaglesAug 2025 – now

SampdoriaJul 2024 – Aug 2025

VitesseJul 2022 – Jul 2024

WaalwijkJan 2018 – Jul 2022

Prestonuntil Jan 2018

About M. Meulensteen

Melle Meulensteen is a 27-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for GO Ahead Eagles, born on July 4, 1999 in Nijmegen, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Netherlands. GO Ahead Eagles currently sit 9th of 18 in the Eredivisie.

This season

In the current season, M. Meulensteen has made 8 appearances with 1 goal and 2 assists across 691 minutes, averaging a 7.11 match rating over his last 8 rated games.

When M. Meulensteen plays, GO Ahead Eagles's record this season is 2W-4D-2L — and his match ratings average 7.63 at home against 6.6 on the road.

Recent matches

October 18, 2026: 1-4 loss away at PEC Zwolle (90 minutes, 6.64 rating)
October 10, 2026: 3-3 draw at home vs Sparta Rotterdam (90 minutes, 1 assist, 7.7 rating)
September 20, 2026: 1-1 draw away at NEC Nijmegen (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
September 12, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Groningen (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
September 8, 2026: 3-3 draw away at Utrecht (90 minutes, 6.85 rating)
August 29, 2026: 2-5 loss away at AZ Alkmaar (93 minutes, 5.6 rating)
August 23, 2026: 3-1 win at home vs ADO Den Haag (76 minutes, 7 rating)
August 8, 2026: 4-1 win at home vs Willem II (75 minutes, 1 goal, 1 assist, 8.6 rating)

M. Meulensteen's next match is on October 31, 2026, when GO Ahead Eagles face Cambuur away in the Eredivisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Meulensteen at 60.2 with a Season form score of 31.7, ranking 67th of 159 attacking midfielders in the Eredivisie. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, M. Meulensteen has totalled 248 club appearances with 18 goals and 7 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 34 appearances for GO Ahead Eagles.

M. Meulensteen's career has also included time at Sampdoria, Vitesse, Waalwijk and Preston.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · GO Ahead Eagles finished 12th of 18 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points