Velanas's current-season form is level with last season (Season 11→11), while his Rating held around 42. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 46).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	PEC Zwolle · 14th	3	0	0	6.53	42	11
2025/26	PEC Zwolle · 15th	13	2	1	6.83	42	11
2024/25	PEC Zwolle · 10th	32	1	2	6.7	57	21
2023/24	PEC Zwolle · 12th	31	5	5	6.78	69	36
2022/23	NAC Breda · 6th	30	14	4	7.34	58	46

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons in the full career.

Netherlands · international

Side	Apps	G
Netherlands U19	3	1

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

O. Velanas is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at PEC Zwolle, rated 41.8 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (20.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.24 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Velanas.

On the season, Velanas graded 16 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 1 assist and 3.239 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 11 → 11). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 42. At 28 Velanas is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downStepped up 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26

41.8

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

20.9%

Minutes

limited game time

3.24

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · PEC Zwolle finished 15th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.24

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.24 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 13 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. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.42 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 20.9% 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 41.8 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.24 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %20.9%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.282

Assists / 900.141

Goal contribution / 900.423

Defensive actions / 903.239

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~19), then tapers with age. At 28, Velanas sits on 11.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Velanas's projected Rating — 41.8 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.

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals2—

Passing

Assists1—

Defending

Tackles21—

Interceptions2—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

PEC ZwolleJul 2023 – nowFree

NAC BredaJul 2021 – Jul 2023Free

Utrecht(back from loan)Jul 2019 – Jul 2021

Helmond Sport(on loan)Jan 2019 – Jul 2019

Utrechtuntil Jan 2019

About O. Velanas

Odysseus Velanas is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for PEC Zwolle, born on June 5, 1998 in Samos, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Netherlands. PEC Zwolle currently sit 14th of 18 in the Eredivisie.

This season

In the current season, O. Velanas has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 43 minutes, averaging a 6.55 match rating over his last 2 rated games.

Recent matches

August 16, 2026: 1-3 loss away at Twente (24 minutes, 6.2 rating)
August 9, 2026: 0-2 loss at home vs Ajax (11 minutes, 6.9 rating)

O. Velanas's next match is on August 29, 2026, when PEC Zwolle face NEC Nijmegen at home in the Eredivisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates O. Velanas at 41.8 with a Season form score of 16. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, O. Velanas has totalled 256 club appearances with 48 goals and 20 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 32 appearances for PEC Zwolle.

O. Velanas's career has also included time at NAC Breda, Utrecht and Helmond Sport.

On the international stage, O. Velanas has represented Netherlands U19 — 3 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.