Rooijen's current-season form is down 24% on last season (Season 21→16), while his Rating eased 49→37. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 31).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	FC OSS · 16th	14	2	0	6.83	37	16
2024/25	FC OSS · 16th	31	0	1	6.76	49	21
2023/24	Manchego	31	0	0	—	—	—
2022/23	VVV Venlo · 7th	32	2	3	6.67	52	14
2021/22	VVV Venlo · 10th	25	6	0	6.81	54	31

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

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

M. van Rooijen is a 27-year-old defensive midfielder at FC OSS, rated 37.4 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (29.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.75 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Rooijen.

On the season, Rooijen graded 16 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 0 assists and 3.754 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 21 → 16). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 37. At 27 Rooijen is in his prime years, and a market index of 11 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22Remarkably consistent

37.4

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

16.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

29.4%

Minutes

limited game time

3.75

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · FC OSS finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.75

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 14 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (16th 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 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.18 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.
Defensive volume. 3.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 29.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 37.4 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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 %29.4%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.179

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.179

Defensive actions / 903.754

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900.179

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 (~11), then tapers with age. At 27, Rooijen sits on 11, at or near its peak. The blue line is Rooijen's projected Rating — 37.4 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 defensive midfielders in the Eerste Divisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2—

Passing

Assists0—

Defending

Tackles17—

Interceptions12—

Blocks13—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

Free agentJun 2026 – nowFree

FC OSSJun 2024 – Jun 2026Free

MManchegoJul 2023 – Jun 2024Free

VVV VenloJul 2021 – Jul 2023Free

Utrecht(back from loan)Jul 2021 – Jul 2021

Excelsior(on loan)Aug 2020 – Jul 2021

Utrechtuntil Aug 2020

About M. van Rooijen

Mitchell van Rooijen is a 27-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for FC OSS, born on December 22, 1998 in Utrecht, standing 178 cm tall. He is from Netherlands. FC OSS currently sit 19th of 20 in the Eerste Divisie.

This season

In the current season, M. van Rooijen has made 14 appearances with 2 goals and 0 assists across 1,007 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

M. van Rooijen's next match is on August 28, 2026, when FC OSS face Jong Utrecht at home in the Eerste Divisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. van Rooijen at 37.4 with a Season form score of 16.2. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, M. van Rooijen has totalled 230 club appearances with 20 goals and 4 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 32 appearances for VVV Venlo.

M. van Rooijen's career has also included time at MManchego, VVV Venlo, Utrecht and Excelsior.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · FC OSS finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side

Strengths

Watch points