Following his move to Arda Kardzhali, Kovachev's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→11), while his Rating held around 22. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 15).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Arda Kardzhali · 7th	29	1	3	6.78	22	11
2024/25	Akhmat · 14th	10	0	0	6.43	23	0
2023/24	Akhmat · 10th	24	3	1	6.72	29	15

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

Scout report

Squad depthAttacking midfielder

S. Kovachev is a 28-year-old attacking midfielder at Arda Kardzhali, rated 22 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 166th of 252 in the First League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (33.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.33 goal contributions per 90 (0.08 goals, 0.25 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kovachev.

Judged on this season alone, Kovachev graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 19th of 44 of the 44 attacking midfielders in the First League, on 1 goal and 3 assists in 29 appearances (0.332 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 11). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 22, 30th of 44 of the 44 attacking midfielders in the First League. At 28 Kovachev is in his prime years, and a market index of 1.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2023/24Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potential30th of 44 attacking midfielders · First League Current season19th of 44 attacking midfielders · First League19th-best attacking midfielder in the First League166th in the First League · potential30th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the First League

Ratingi

30th of 44 attacking midfielders

10.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

33.5%

Minutes

limited game time

0.33

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Arda Kardzhali finished 7th of 16 · a mid-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.03

Goals / app

1 goal in 29 appearances (0.03 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 4 goal contributions (0.14 per appearance).

Watch points

Game time. Only 33.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 22, Kovachev carries the 30th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the First League of 44. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.33 goal contributions 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %33.5%

Available fixtures36 of 36

Goals / 900.083

Assists / 900.249

Goal contribution / 900.332

Defensive actions / 901.161

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Shot conversion %14.3

Shot accuracy %58.3

Pass accuracy %70

Dribble success %59.6

Cards / 900.581

Foul involvement / 902.323

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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 28, Kovachev sits on 1.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kovachev's projected Rating — 22 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.