Taiki Kagayama

Kagayama's current-season form is level with last season (Season 17→17), while his Rating eased 15→10. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 17).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	GIF Sundsvall · 16th	14	0	0	6.7	10	17
2025/26	GIF Sundsvall · 11th	27	2	2	7.02	15	17
2024/25	GIF Sundsvall · 13th	12	1	0	6.97	17	5
2023/24	Samgurali	26	5	0	—	—	—
2022/23	Sabah FA	22	2	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

T. Kagayama is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at GIF Sundsvall, enjoying a standout season — 2 goals and 2 assists in 27 appearances, a Season grade of 17. On long-term scout potential he's rated 14.8. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option (39.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.53 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kagayama.

On the season, Kagayama graded 17 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 2 assists and 1.533 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 17 → 17). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 15. At 30 Kagayama is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Kagayama is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upRemarkably consistent

14.8

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

17.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

39.1%

Minutes

rotation minutes

1.53

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · GIF Sundsvall finished 11th of 16 · a lower-table side

Apps

1.53

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

1.53 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (11th 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 2 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.34 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 39.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Defensive numbers. Modest 1.53 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
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 (1.53 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %39.1%

Available fixtures30 of 30

Goals / 900.17

Assists / 900.17

Goal contribution / 900.341

Defensive actions / 901.533

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Cards / 900.426

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 (~2), then tapers with age. At 30, Kagayama sits on 1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kagayama'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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Superettan with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2—

Passing

Assists2—

Defending

Tackles8—

Interceptions8—

Blocks2—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5

Red cards0

About T. Kagayama

Taiki Kagayama is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for GIF Sundsvall, born on May 14, 1996. He is from Japan. GIF Sundsvall currently sit 16th of 16 in the Superettan.

This season

In the current season, T. Kagayama has made 14 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 36 minutes, averaging a 6.7 match rating over his last 1 rated games, with 1 yellow card.

Recent matches

May 18, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Landskrona BoIS (36 minutes, 6.7 rating)

T. Kagayama's next match is on August 31, 2026, when GIF Sundsvall face Norrby IF at home in the Superettan.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates T. Kagayama at 14.8 with a Season form score of 17.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 8 recorded seasons, T. Kagayama has totalled 166 club appearances with 25 goals and 2 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 27 appearances for GIF Sundsvall.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.