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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Vitesse.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eerste Divisie | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2060 | 6.8 |
Scout report
N. Markelo is a 27-year-old central defender at Vitesse, rated 41.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 321st of 376 on scout potential 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 17% of the 60 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, 53rd of 60 of the 60 centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie. At 27 Markelo is in his prime years, and a market index of 12.8 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Markelo is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · Vitesse finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side
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.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 60.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Defensive volume. 4.24 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 41.2, Markelo carries the 53rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie of 60, 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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