Field Insider
20.8
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Ratingi
10.8
±0%
Seasoni
1.3
Valuei

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameMichal Sáček
PositionCentre-back
NationalityCzechia
Age30
Date of birth19 Sept 1996
BirthplaceHustopeče
Height180 cm
Shirt number#61
ClubGornik Zabrze
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Centre-back

Season stats

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7
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
629
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Gornik Zabrze.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
UEFA Champions League100906.9

Scout report

★ Standout performer

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One of the biggest game-time risers in the Ekstraklasa: on the pitch for 87% of Gornik Zabrze's available minutes this season, up from 24% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.

Squad depthBall-winning Central defender

M. Sáček is a 30-year-old central defender at Gornik Zabrze, rated 17.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 103rd of 135 on scout potential in the Ekstraklasa. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (24.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.63 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sáček.

Judged on this season alone, Sáček graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 25th of 30 of the 30 centre-backs in the Ekstraklasa, on 2 clean sheets and 4.634 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 11 → 11). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 23rd of 30 of the 30 centre-backs in the Ekstraklasa. At 30 Sáček is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26
Current potential23rd of 30 centre-backs · Ekstraklasa · 12 appsCurrent season25th of 30 centre-backs · Ekstraklasa · 12 apps25th-best centre-back in the Ekstraklasa103rd in the Ekstraklasa · potential23rd-highest potential centre-back in the Ekstraklasa
17.8
Ratingi
23rd of 30 centre-backs
10.8
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
24.1%
Minutes
limited game time
4.63
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Gornik Zabrze finished 2nd of 18 · a title-challenging side

12
Apps
4.63
Def. / 90
20
Tackles
14
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

4.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 12 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 4.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 24.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 17.8, Sáček carries the 23rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Ekstraklasa of 30 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.63 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 Ekstraklasa with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles20
Interceptions14
Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.