Domestic-league season · Albirex Niigata.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 J1 League | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2592 | 6.78 |
 J-League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 | — |
Fitzgerald's current-season form is down 36% on last season (Season 25→16), while his Rating eased 19→13. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 27).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Albirex Niigata · 20th | 31 | 1 | 0 | 6.78 | 13 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | Albirex Niigata · 16th | 32 | 1 | 3 | 6.94 | 19 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | Albirex Niigata · 10th | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6.92 | 14 | 27 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Fitzgerald is a 37-year-old central defender at Albirex Niigata, rated 12.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 803rd of 874 in the J3 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (75.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.47 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Fitzgerald.
Judged on this season alone, Fitzgerald graded 16 — a solid campaign that ranks top 32% of the 204 centre-backs in the J3 League, on 4 clean sheets and 2.465 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 25 → 16). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 13, 188th of 204 of the 204 centre-backs in the J3 League. At 37 Fitzgerald is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.4 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.47 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th of 20) 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 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 12.8, Fitzgerald carries the 188th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the J3 League of 204, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Albirex Niigata finished 20th of 20) — 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 (2.47 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× and falling).
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 (~10), then tapers with age. At 37, Fitzgerald sits on 2.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Fitzgerald's projected Rating — 12.8 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
