Domestic-league season · Holstein Kiel.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2. Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 2 | 844 | 6.8 |
 DFB Pokal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 6.5 |
Following his move to Holstein Kiel, Niehoff's current-season form is down 33% on last season (Season 18→12), while his Rating climbed 45→57. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 18).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Holstein Kiel · 12th | 27 | 1 | 2 | 6.8 | 57 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | VfL Osnabrück · 14th | 33 | 2 | 4 | 6.83 | 45 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | Holstein Kiel · 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 | 62 | 2 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
N. Niehoff is a 21-year-old central midfielder at Holstein Kiel, rated 57 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 119th of 320 in the 2. Bundesliga and 871st of 2861 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (27.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.07 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Niehoff.
Judged on this season alone, Niehoff graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 31st of 38 of the 38 central midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga, on 1 goal, 2 assists and 1.066 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 18 → 12). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 57, top 37% of the 38 central midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga. At 21 Niehoff is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 54.4 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
1.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 57, Niehoff carries the 14th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the 2. Bundesliga of 38 — though on just 27 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.07 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 21, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
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 (~60), then tapers with age. At 21, Niehoff sits on 54.4, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Niehoff's projected Rating — 57 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
