N. Maeda

Following his move to Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Maeda's current-season form is down 46% on last season (Season 13→7), while his Rating eased 31→21. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 29).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 4th	30	1	1	6.67	21	7
2024/25	Urawa · 13th	24	2	2	7.01	31	13
2023/24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 3rd	23	0	0	6.28	32	0
2022/23	Utrecht · 7th	26	0	0	6.53	43	0
2021/22	Nagoya Grampus · 5th	34	3	5	6.67	47	22
2020/21	Nagoya Grampus · 3rd	30	7	2	6.8	52	29

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Experienced headWinger

N. Maeda is a 31-year-old winger at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, rated 21.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 709th of 874 in the J3 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Maeda.

Judged on this season alone, Maeda graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 18th of 21 of the 21 wingers in the J3 League, on 1 goal and 1 assist in 30 appearances (0.169 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 13 → 7). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 21, 19th of 21 of the 21 wingers in the J3 League. At 31 Maeda is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 7.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding level4 clubs

Current potential19th of 21 wingers · J3 League Current season18th of 21 wingers · J3 League18th-best winger in the J3 League709th in the J3 League · potential19th-highest potential winger in the J3 League

21.3

Ratingi

19th of 21 wingers

7.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

31.2%

Minutes

limited game time

0.17

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Sanfrecce Hiroshima finished 4th of 20 · an upper-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.03

Goals / app

1 goal in 30 appearances (0.03 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 2 goal contributions in all.

Watch points

Game time. Only 31.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.17 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 21.3, Maeda carries the 19th-highest potential of the wingers in the J3 League of 21. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.17 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %31.2%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.084

Assists / 900.084

Goal contribution / 900.169

Defensive actions / 900.506

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %7.7

Shot accuracy %56.5

Dribble success %38.5

Cards / 900.169

Foul involvement / 901.264

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 (~16), then tapers with age. At 31, Maeda sits on 7.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Maeda's projected Rating — 21.3 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.