Milan Smits

Smits's current-season form is level with last season (Season 8→8), while his Rating held around 51. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 8).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	De Graafschap · 17th	2	0	6.5	51	8
2025/26	De Graafschap · 4th	19	1	6.66	51	8
2024/25	Antwerp · 5th	19	0	6.3	—	—
2023/24	Antwerp · 2nd	19	0	6.3	—	—
2022/23	Antwerp · 1st	2	0	—	50	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

M. Smits is a 21-year-old central midfielder at De Graafschap, rated 50.5 overall by Field Insider's model. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (15.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.95 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Smits.

On the season, Smits graded 8 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 0 assists and 2.945 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 8 → 8). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 51. At 21 Smits is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 13.4 reflects that trajectory.

50.5

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

7.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

15.3%

Minutes

limited game time

2.95

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · De Graafschap finished 4th of 20 · an upper-table side

Apps

2.95

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 19 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (4th of 20) 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.16 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Ceiling. High potential at just 21 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 15.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 50.5 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 21, 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %15.3%

Available fixtures40 of 40

Goals / 900.164

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.164

Defensive actions / 902.945

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900

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 (~15), then tapers with age. At 21, Smits sits on 13.4, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Smits's projected Rating — 50.5 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 central midfielders in the Eerste Divisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles10

Interceptions7

Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

De GraafschapJun 2025 – nowFree

Antwerpuntil Jun 2025

About M. Smits

Milan Smits is a 21-year-old central midfielder who plays for De Graafschap, born on November 13, 2004, standing 183 cm tall. He is from Belgium. De Graafschap currently sit 17th of 20 in the Eerste Divisie.

This season

In the current season, M. Smits has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 30 minutes.

M. Smits's next match is on August 29, 2026, when De Graafschap face Almere City FC at home in the Eerste Divisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Smits at 50.5 with a Season form score of 7.5. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the Super Cup and the First Division A. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 5 recorded seasons, M. Smits has totalled 127 club appearances with 3 goals and 0 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 24 appearances for Royal Antwerp II.

M. Smits's career has also included time at Antwerp.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.