Tim Leibold

Leibold's current-season form is down 56% on last season (Season 16→7), while his Rating eased 25→14. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 24).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Sporting Kansas City · 15th	19	1	2	6.84	14	7
2024/25	Sporting Kansas City · 8th	28	1	1	6.88	25	16
2023/24	Sporting Kansas City · 8th	21	0	2	6.81	24	11
2022/23	Hamburger SV · 3rd	9	0	0	6.8	34	2
2021/22	Hamburger SV · 3rd	11	0	0	6.93	45	12

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headFull-back

T. Leibold is a 32-year-old full-back at Sporting Kansas City, rated 13.9 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (28.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.38 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Leibold.

On the season, Leibold graded 7 for current form (age-blind), on 1 clean sheet and 3.375 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 16 → 7). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 14. At 32 Leibold 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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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelStepped up 2023/24

13.9

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

6.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

28.8%

Minutes

limited game time

3.38

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Sporting Kansas City finished 15th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

3.38

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.38 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 19 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (15th of 15) 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 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.31 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 28.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 13.9 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.38 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %28.8%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.102

Assists / 900.205

Goal contribution / 900.307

Defensive actions / 903.375

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.614

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 32, Leibold sits on 1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Leibold's projected Rating — 13.9 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 full-backs in the USL Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles17

Interceptions14

Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6

Red cards0

Transfer history

Sacramento RepublicJul 2026 – now-

Sporting Kansas Cityuntil Jul 2026

Free agentDec 2025 – Jul 2026Free

Sporting Kansas CityJan 2023 – Dec 2025

Hamburger SVJul 2019 – Jan 2023

1. FC NürnbergJul 2015 – Jul 2019Free

VfB Stuttgartuntil Jul 2015

About T. Leibold

Tim Leibold is a 32-year-old full-back who plays for Sacramento Republic, born on November 30, 1993 in Böblingen, standing 174 cm tall. He is from Germany. Sacramento Republic currently sit 7th of 13 in the USL Championship.

This season

In the current season, T. Leibold has made 19 appearances with 1 goal and 2 assists across 880 minutes, with 6 yellow cards.

T. Leibold's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Sacramento Republic face Monterey Bay away in the USL Championship.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates T. Leibold at 13.9 with a Season form score of 6.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, T. Leibold has totalled 309 club appearances with 16 goals and 22 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2019/20, with 34 appearances for Hamburger SV.

T. Leibold's career has also included time at Sporting Kansas City, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Nürnberg and VfB Stuttgart.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

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Season stats

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Output in context · Sporting Kansas City finished 15th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points