Domestic-league season · Gent.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jupiler Pro League | 36 | 2 | 1 | 3075 | 6.76 |
Following his move to Gent, Heyden's current-season form is up 169% on last season (Season 16→43), while his Rating eased 57→42. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 52).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Gent · 5th | 36 | 2 | 1 | 6.76 | 42 | 43 |
| 2024/25 | FC St. Pauli · 14th | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6.62 | 57 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | Mallorca · 15th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 62 | 7 |
| 2022/23 | Union St. Gilloise · 3rd | 32 | 1 | 2 | 6.83 | 55 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | Union St. Gilloise · 2nd | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 56 | 52 |
| 2020/21 | Union St. Gilloise · 1st | 24 | 2 | 0 | — | 49 | 32 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
S. Van der Heyden is a 28-year-old full-back at Gent, rated 41.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 221st of 293 in the Jupiler Pro League. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (83.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.48 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Heyden.
Judged on this season alone, Heyden graded 43 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 6% of the 50 full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League, on 9 clean sheets and 4.478 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 16 → 43). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, 40th of 50 of the 50 full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League. At 28 Heyden is in his prime years, and a market index of 22 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
4.48 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 36 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (5th of 6) 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.
With a Rating of 41.7, Heyden carries the 40th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League of 50, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Gent finished 5th of 6) — 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 (4.48 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.
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 (~37), then tapers with age. At 28, Heyden sits on 22, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Heyden's projected Rating — 41.7 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.
