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N. Stark

Experienced headWerder Bremen · 31 yrs

Profile

Full nameNiklas Stark
PositionCentre-back
NationalityGermany
Age31
Date of birth14 Apr 1995
BirthplaceNeustadt an der Aisch
Height190 cm
Shirt number#4
ClubWerder Bremen
Centre-back
14
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
727
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Werder Bremen.

Injury-affected season

Missed 12 of Werder Bremen's ~34 games this season through 11 injury absences and 1 suspension (hip, lacking match fitness, muscle). He still appeared 14 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Bundesliga14007276.55
DFB Pokal100906.9

Scout report

Experienced headBall-winning Central defender

N. Stark is a 31-year-old central defender at Werder Bremen, rated 30.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 300th of 325 on scout potential in the Bundesliga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (36.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.21 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Stark.

Judged on this season alone, Stark graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 45th of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Bundesliga, on 1 clean sheet and 4.209 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 41 → 14). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 31, 51st of 52 of the 52 centre-backs in the Bundesliga. At 31 Stark is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8.2 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Stark missed 11 games through injury and 1 suspension (hip, lacking match fitness, muscle) out of roughly 34 this season. The 14 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

From the career report
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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelBreakout: 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/26
Current potential51st of 52 centre-backs · Bundesliga · 14 appsCurrent season45th of 52 centre-backs · Bundesliga · 14 apps45th-best centre-back in the Bundesliga300th in the Bundesliga · potential51st-highest potential centre-back in the Bundesliga
30.5
Ratingi
51st of 52 centre-backs
14.1
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
36.7%
Minutes
rotation minutes
4.21
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Werder Bremen finished 15th of 18 · a lower-table side

4.21
Def. / 90
16
Tackles
13
Interceptions
1
Clean sheets

4.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 14 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th of 18) 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

  • Defensive volume. 4.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 36.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 30.5, Stark carries the 51st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Bundesliga of 52 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.