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Nikola Katić

Nikola Katić

Defender · FC Schalke 04 · 30 · Bosnia & Herzegovina

245 on the breakout watchlist Compare with others

Season score
68.4
Bundesliga 26/27, 7 matches
Last 5 weeks
65.3
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€2.0M
+€200k (+11%) since 1 Jun 2026
Transfermarkt, 2 Oct 2026

Photo: Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
10 Oct 1996
Height
194 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2028
Wikipedia views
7,438 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

16 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 65.0 (minutes-weighted); 5 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
20–26 Oct 202619060.660.261.1
13–19 Oct 202617157.660.657.6
6–12 Oct 202619083.059.483.5
29 Sep – 5 Oct 2026217761.159.661.1
22–28 Sep 2026218066.060.366.2
15–21 Sep 202619070.959.373.8
8–14 Sep 2026110478.158.278.2
1–7 Sep 202619049.259.349.1
25–31 Aug 202617677.058.477.0
18–24 Aug 202616460.758.660.2
30 Jun – 6 Jul 202617543.060.143.1
31 Mar – 6 Apr 2026112083.058.581.5
24–30 Mar 2026112068.358.067.5
11–17 Nov 202519057.358.556.9
7–13 Oct 202519048.959.949.0
9–15 Sep 202519064.959.964.2

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: +6.7 a week above expectation.

40.060.080.0100.09 Sep11 Nov31 Mar18 Aug1 Sep15 Sep29 Sep13 OctScore 60.6Expected 60.2
245

On the breakout watchlist

A 25% chance of breaking out within a year, on how players like them went before. Underlying 66.4 over 1,347 minutes in the last year, up 0.7 over the last 10 weeks. Wikipedia views 2.9× below similar performers. Valued €2.0M against €46.0M expected. See the list

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €2.0M +€200k (+11%) since 1 Jun 2026 2 Oct 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €2.2M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €1.3M–€1.9M −20% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age −33% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Kevin Akpoguma at 29 (€3.0M, scoring 63.7) −33%; Rubén García at 31 (€2.5M, scoring 64.8) −20%; Ousseynou Ba at 29 (€2.6M, scoring 64.5) −31%. On the underpriced list: valued at 0.40× similar players in the same league.
0€1.0M€2.0M€3.0M2017201820192020202120222023202420252026€2.0M€2.2M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€2.2M
2 Oct 2026Transfermarkt€2.0M
1 Jun 2026Transfermarkt€1.8M
16 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€1.8M
27 May 2025Transfermarkt€1.5M
23 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€1.5M
31 May 2024Transfermarkt€1.5M
21 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€1.5M
19 Oct 2023Transfermarkt€1.2M
7 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€900k
28 Mar 2023Transfermarkt€900k
10 Nov 2022Transfermarkt€850k
6 Jun 2022Transfermarkt€850k
22 Mar 2022Transfermarkt€1.0M
30 Dec 2021Transfermarkt€1.5M
28 Jun 2021Transfermarkt€1.6M
18 Jan 2021Transfermarkt€1.6M
21 Jul 2020Transfermarkt€1.6M
8 Apr 2020Transfermarkt€1.6M
5 Feb 2020Transfermarkt€2.0M
20 Aug 2019Transfermarkt€2.0M
3 Jan 2019Transfermarkt€2.3M
18 Mar 2018Transfermarkt€950k
23 Oct 2017Transfermarkt€800k
13 Mar 2017Transfermarkt€500k
14 Sep 2016Transfermarkt€150k
14 Mar 2016Transfermarkt€50k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
24 Aug 2026FC Zürich FC Schalke 04First match
1 Jul 2025FC Zürich FC Schalke 04€450k
30 Jun 2025Plymouth FC ZürichFree or loan
31 Jan 2025FC Zürich PlymouthFree or loan
31 Aug 2022Rangers FC ZürichUndisclosed
30 Jun 2022Hajduk Split RangersFree or loan
31 Aug 2021Rangers Hajduk SplitFree or loan

What the score is made of

Bundesliga 26/27, 611 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 546 top-five-league defender seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

Shooting77Creating40Progressing8Keeping the ball43Defending100Aerial100Finishing5
As a table
PartPercentilePer 90 vs average
Shooting77+0.17
Creating40−0.22
Progressing8−0.39
Keeping the ball43−0.05
Defending100+0.96
Aerial100+2.63
Finishing5−0.34

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

010K20K30K40K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

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Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Nikola Katić.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Bundesliga 26/27BundesligaFC Schalke 04761168.469.0
UEFA Nations League 26/27UEFA Nations LeagueBosnia & Herzegovina435763.563.7
DFB Pokal 26/27DFB-PokalFC Schalke 0416460.760.2
World Cup Qualification, UEFA 2026World Cup Qualification UEFABosnia & Herzegovina761264.263.5
World Cup 2026World Cup 2026Bosnia & Herzegovina17543.043.1
UEFA Conference League 24/25Conference LeagueFC Zürich436082.981.4

Latest matches

18 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
24 Oct 2026Bundesligaat 1. FC KölnD 0–090000.060.0160.6
17 Oct 2026Bundesliga1. FSV Mainz 05L 0–17100–0.0057.6
11 Oct 2026Bundesligaat SC FreiburgL 1–290000.040.0283.0
5 Oct 2026UEFA Nations LeaguePolandW 1–09000–0.0365.5
2 Oct 2026UEFA Nations LeagueSwedenD 1–18700–0.0756.5
28 Sep 2026UEFA Nations Leagueat RomaniaW 4–290000.060.0051.5
25 Sep 2026UEFA Nations Leagueat PolandD 0–09000–0.0480.5
20 Sep 2026BundesligaSV 07 ElversbergD 0–090000.380.0570.9
11 Sep 2026Bundesligaat 1. FC Union BerlinW 3–110400–0.0978.1
5 Sep 2026BundesligaFC Bayern MünchenD 0–09000–0.0049.2
All 18 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
24 Oct 2026Bundesligaat 1. FC KölnD 0–090000.060.0160.6
17 Oct 2026Bundesliga1. FSV Mainz 05L 0–17100–0.0057.6
11 Oct 2026Bundesligaat SC FreiburgL 1–290000.040.0283.0
5 Oct 2026UEFA Nations LeaguePolandW 1–09000–0.0365.5
2 Oct 2026UEFA Nations LeagueSwedenD 1–18700–0.0756.5
28 Sep 2026UEFA Nations Leagueat RomaniaW 4–290000.060.0051.5
25 Sep 2026UEFA Nations Leagueat PolandD 0–09000–0.0480.5
20 Sep 2026BundesligaSV 07 ElversbergD 0–090000.380.0570.9
11 Sep 2026Bundesligaat 1. FC Union BerlinW 3–110400–0.0978.1
5 Sep 2026BundesligaFC Bayern MünchenD 0–09000–0.0049.2
30 Aug 2026Bundesligaat FC AugsburgL 0–37600–0.0277.0
24 Aug 2026DFB-Pokalat Hallescher FCD 2–26400––60.7
2 Jul 2026World Cup 2026at USAL 0–275000.020.0043.0
31 Mar 2026World Cup Qualification UEFAItalyD 1–112000––83.0
26 Mar 2026World Cup Qualification UEFAat WalesD 1–112000––68.3
15 Nov 2025World Cup Qualification UEFARomaniaW 3–19000––57.3
9 Oct 2025World Cup Qualification UEFAat CyprusD 2–29010––48.9
9 Sep 2025World Cup Qualification UEFAAustriaL 1–29000––64.9