Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Halmstad.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Allsvenskan | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1380 | 6.66 |
Scout report
N. Mäenpää is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Halmstad, rated 23.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 171st of 248 on scout potential in the Allsvenskan. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (51.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mäenpää.
Judged on this season alone, Mäenpää graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 53rd of 59 of the 59 central midfielders in the Allsvenskan, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 10 → 11). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 24, 42nd of 59 of the 59 central midfielders in the Allsvenskan. At 28 Mäenpää is in his prime years, and a market index of 1.8 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Halmstad finished 11th of 16 · a lower-table side
3 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (11th of 16) 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 51.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 23.5, Mäenpää carries the 42nd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Allsvenskan of 59, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Halmstad finished 11th of 16) — 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 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
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