Sven Michel

Michel's current-season form is down 45% on last season (Season 22→12), while his Rating eased 18→14. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 54).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	SC Paderborn 07 · 3rd	27	3	0	6.6	14	12
2024/25	SC Paderborn 07 · 4th	26	4	2	6.93	18	22
2023/24	FC Augsburg · 11th	22	2	1	6.7	18	11
2022/23	Union Berlin · 4th	21	3	1	6.68	26	13
2021/22	Union Berlin · 5th	13	3	1	6.76	30	12
2021/22	SC Paderborn 07 · 7th	19	14	6	7.42	32	54

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 9 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentre-forward

S. Michel is a 36-year-old centre-forward at SC Paderborn 07, rated 13.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 115th of 116 on scout potential in the 2. Bundesliga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (26.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.34 goal contributions per 90 (0.34 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Michel.

Judged on this season alone, Michel graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 15th of 18 of the 18 centre-forwards in the 2. Bundesliga, on 3 goals and 0 assists in 27 appearances (0.336 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 22 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 14, 18th of 18 of the 18 centre-forwards in the 2. Bundesliga. At 36 Michel is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2022/23

Current potential18th of 18 centre-forwards · 2. Bundesliga · 27 apps Current season15th of 18 centre-forwards · 2. Bundesliga · 27 apps 15th-best centre-forward in the 2. Bundesliga 115th in the 2. Bundesliga · potential 18th-highest potential centre-forward in the 2. Bundesliga

13.5

Ratingi

18th of 18 centre-forwards

12.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

26.2%

Minutes

limited game time

0.34

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · SC Paderborn 07 finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.11

Goals / app

3 goals in 27 appearances (0.11 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Watch points

Game time. Only 26.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 13.5, Michel carries the 18th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the 2. Bundesliga of 18 — though on just 27 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.34 goal contributions 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %26.2%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.336

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.336

Defensive actions / 901.681

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.56

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 36, Michel sits on 2.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Michel's projected Rating — 13.5 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the 2. Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles13

Interceptions1

Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5

Red cards0

Transfer history

€3.8M total transfer fees · 6 moves

SC Paderborn 07Jul 2024 – now€ 300K

FC AugsburgJul 2023 – Jul 2024€ 950K

Union BerlinJan 2022 – Jul 2023€ 2.5M

SC Paderborn 07Jul 2016 – Jan 2022Free

Energie CottbusJan 2014 – Jul 2016

Borussia MönchengladbachJan 2013 – Jan 2014€ 75K

SSportfreunde Siegenuntil Jan 2013

About S. Michel

Sven Michel is a 36-year-old centre-forward who plays for SC Paderborn 07, born on July 15, 1990 in Freudenberg, standing 177 cm tall. He is from Germany. SC Paderborn 07 currently sit 18th of 18 in the 2. Bundesliga.

This season

In the current season, S. Michel has made 27 appearances with 3 goals and 0 assists across 803 minutes, with 5 yellow cards.

S. Michel's next match is on August 29, 2026, when SC Paderborn 07 face FSV Mainz 05 away in the Bundesliga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Michel at 13.5 with a Season form score of 12.3, ranking 115th of 116 centre-forwards in the 2. Bundesliga. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 5 career titles — among them the Reg. Cup Westfalen and the Reg. Cup Brandenburg. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, S. Michel has totalled 390 club appearances with 113 goals and 18 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2017/18, with 37 appearances for SC Paderborn 07.

S. Michel's career has also included time at FC Augsburg, Union Berlin, Energie Cottbus, Borussia Mönchengladbach and SSportfreunde Siegen.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · SC Paderborn 07 finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side

Watch points