S. Handle

Handle's current-season form is up 62% on last season (Season 13→21), while his Rating eased 19→15. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	FC Viktoria Köln · 11th	36	2	3	6.95	15	21
2024/25	FC Viktoria Köln · 6th	19	2	1	6.74	19	13
2023/24	FC Viktoria Köln · 13th	36	3	1	6.9	25	18
2022/23	FC Viktoria Köln · 9th	19	2	1	6.74	25	13
2021/22	FC Viktoria Köln · 13th	36	6	0	—	35	18
2020/21	FC Viktoria Köln · 12th	31	2	0	—	34	8

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

S. Handle is a 33-year-old central midfielder at FC Viktoria Köln, rated 14.8 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (56.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.45 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Handle.

On the season, Handle graded 21 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 3 assists and 1.45 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 13 → 21). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 15. At 33 Handle is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Handle is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistent

14.8

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

20.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

56.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

1.45

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · FC Viktoria Köln finished 11th of 20 · a mid-table side

1.45

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

1.45 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 36 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.23 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 56.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Defensive numbers. Modest 1.45 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
Age curve. At 33, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 14.8 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.45 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %56.3%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.094

Assists / 900.14

Goal contribution / 900.234

Defensive actions / 901.45

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Shot conversion %25

Shot accuracy %42.1

Pass accuracy %70

Dribble success %82.3

Cards / 900

Foul involvement / 901.123

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 (~8), then tapers with age. At 33, Handle sits on 2.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Handle's projected Rating — 14.8 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.