based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · FC Sochi.
Also this season
Earlier this season at Zenit 2 — Second League - Group 1: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 125 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Zenit; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
S. Volkov is a 23-year-old central defender at FC Sochi, rated 30.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 8th of 32 on scout potential in the Premier League. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (65.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.04 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Volkov.
Judged on this season alone, Volkov graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 9th of 13 of the 13 centre-backs in the Premier League, on 4 clean sheets and 2.036 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 4 → 14). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 31, top 39% of the 13 centre-backs in the Premier League. At 23 Volkov is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 3.3 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · FC Sochi finished 16th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side
2.04 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 16) 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 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 65.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 30.8, Volkov carries the 5th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premier League (top 39%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (FC Sochi finished 16th of 16) — 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 moderate defensive volume (2.04 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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