Domestic-league season · Vitesse.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eerste Divisie | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2060 | 6.8 |
Following his move to Vitesse, Markelo's current-season form is up 2500% on last season (Season 1→26), while his Rating held around 41. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Vitesse · 15th | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 41 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | Roda · 12th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.53 | 40 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | Fortuna Sittard · 10th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.47 | 52 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | Excelsior · 15th | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 54 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | Jong PSV U21 · 12th | 30 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 52 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | Twente · 10th | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.52 | 59 | 8 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
N. Markelo is a 27-year-old central defender at Vitesse, rated 41.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 310th of 360 in the Eerste Divisie. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (60.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.24 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Markelo.
Judged on this season alone, Markelo graded 26 — a strong campaign that ranks top 16% of the 57 centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie, on 5 clean sheets and 4.238 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 1 → 26). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, 51st of 57 of the 57 centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie. At 27 Markelo is in his prime years, and a market index of 33.8 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Markelo is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
4.24 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th 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.
With a Rating of 41.2, Markelo carries the 51st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie of 57, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Vitesse finished 15th of 20) — 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 solid defensive volume (4.24 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.
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 (~34), then tapers with age. At 27, Markelo sits on 33.8, at or near its peak. The blue line is Markelo's projected Rating — 41.2 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.
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