based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · VfL Wolfsburg.
Scout report
M. Jenz is a 27-year-old central defender at VfL Wolfsburg, rated 55.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 37th of 84 on scout potential in the Bundesliga. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (55.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.22 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Jenz.
Judged on this season alone, Jenz graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 7th of 12 of the 12 centre-backs in the Bundesliga, on 2 clean sheets and 3.22 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 56 → 15). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 56, 8th of 12 of the 12 centre-backs in the Bundesliga. At 27 Jenz is in his prime years, and a market index of 33.2 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · VfL Wolfsburg finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
3.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 22 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 18) 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 55.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 55.6, Jenz carries the 8th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Bundesliga of 12, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (VfL Wolfsburg finished 16th of 18) — 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 (3.22 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. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.
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