Domestic-league season · Arminia Bielefeld.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2. Bundesligaat 1. FC Nürnberg | 11 | 1 | 0 | 432 | 6.92 |
 DFB Pokalat 1. FC Nürnberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7.2 |
Following his move to Arminia Bielefeld, Knoche's current-season form is down 52% on last season (Season 33→16), while his Rating eased 31→21. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 56).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Arminia Bielefeld · 13th | 23 | 3 | 0 | 7.07 | 21 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | 1. FC Nürnberg · 10th | 31 | 1 | 2 | 7.01 | 31 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | Union Berlin · 15th | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6.85 | 36 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | Union Berlin · 4th | 33 | 2 | 3 | 6.98 | 52 | 56 |
| 2021/22 | Union Berlin · 5th | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6.93 | 58 | 44 |
| 2020/21 | Union Berlin · 7th | 34 | 1 | 0 | 6.91 | 64 | 38 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. Knoche is a 34-year-old central defender at Arminia Bielefeld, rated 20.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 308th of 320 in the 2. Bundesliga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (69.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.82 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Knoche.
Judged on this season alone, Knoche graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 44th of 57 of the 57 centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga, on 3 clean sheets and 1.824 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 33 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 21, 54th of 57 of the 57 centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga. At 34 Knoche is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.6 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th 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 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 20.6, Knoche carries the 54th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga of 57, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Arminia Bielefeld finished 13th of 18) — 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 light defensive volume (1.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
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 (~22), then tapers with age. At 34, Knoche sits on 6.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Knoche's projected Rating — 20.6 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.
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