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Defensive midfielderFinlandAllsvenskan

Niilo Mäenpää

Squad depthHalmstad · 28 yrsFringe player
19.1
18.7%
Ratingi
11
±0%
Seasoni
1.8
Valuei

based on the 2025 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameNiilo Mäenpää
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityFinland
Age28
Date of birth14 Jan 1998
BirthplaceHämeenlinna
Height182 cm
Shirt number#8
ClubHalmstad
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Defensive midfielder

Season stats

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6
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
314
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Halmstad.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Allsvenskan300726.6

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

N. Mäenpää is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at Halmstad, rated 23.6 overall by Field Insider's model. 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.

On the season, Mäenpää graded 11 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 11 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 24. At 28 Mäenpää is in his prime years, and a market index of 1.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelRemarkably consistent
23.6
Ratingi
below regular-starter level
11
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
51.1%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Halmstad finished 11th of 16 · a lower-table side

26
Apps
3
Def. / 90
32
Tackles
12
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

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

Rated 23.6 overall — below regular-starter level. 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Allsvenskan with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles32
Interceptions12
Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.