Domestic-league season · Erzgebirge Aue.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 3. Liga | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1744 | 7.12 |
Following his move to Erzgebirge Aue, Malone's current-season form is up 375% on last season (Season 4→19), while his Rating eased 17→13. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 38).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Erzgebirge Aue · 18th | 32 | 2 | 0 | 7.12 | 13 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | FC Ingolstadt 04 · 10th | 18 | 3 | 2 | 7.06 | 17 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | FC Ingolstadt 04 · 10th | 33 | 1 | 0 | 7.25 | 25 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | Hansa Rostock · 13th | 31 | 1 | 2 | 7.14 | 40 | 38 |
| 2021/22 | Hansa Rostock · 13th | 23 | 0 | 1 | 7.11 | 41 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | VfB Lübeck · 19th | 23 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 8 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. Malone is a 33-year-old central defender at Erzgebirge Aue, rated 13.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 295th of 311 in the 3. Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (51% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.92 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Malone.
Judged on this season alone, Malone graded 19 — a strong campaign that ranks top 27% of the 49 centre-backs in the 3. Liga, on 4 clean sheets and 3.922 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 4 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 13, 49th of 49 of the 49 centre-backs in the 3. Liga. At 33 Malone is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.4 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 20) 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 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 13.1, Malone carries the 49th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the 3. Liga of 49, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Erzgebirge Aue finished 18th of 20) — 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 solid defensive volume (3.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× 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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 33, Malone sits on 2.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Malone's projected Rating — 13.1 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.
