Defender

Tom Gaal

FC St. Gallen 1879
Germany
25 yrs
193 cm
Preferred foot: Both

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Appearances: 5
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Average rating: 6.94

Age25

Date of birth3 Mar 2001

Height193 cm

Weight–

Preferred footBoth

Market value€1.9M

Contract until30 Jun 2027

Season performance · 2026

Swiss Super League

FC St. Gallen 1879

Appearances / Starts5 / 4

Minutes369

Rating6.94

Goals / Assists0 / 0

Shots (on target)2 (0)

Passes · accuracy147 · 67%

Key passes2

Tackles / Interceptions7 / 6

Duels won25 / 48

Successful dribbles0

Yellow cards / Red cards0 / 0

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

Expected goals / assists0.04 / 0.31

Detailed statistics

Big chances created0

Big chances missed0

Goal conversion0%

Headed goals0

Goals from outside the box0

Hit woodwork0

Accurate long balls12

Accurate crosses3

Touches204

Possession lost54

Dispossessed2

Aerial duels won14

Ground duels won11

Clearances14

Ball recoveries17

Fouls won4

Fouls committed11

Offsides0

Penalties won0

Errors leading to goal0

Team of the week0

Clean sheets1

Saves from inside the box0

Distance covered (km)38.20

Top speed (km/h)33.96

Attributes

Position: D

line: D average

Attacking38

Technical43

Tactical58

Defending68

Creativity40

Characteristics

Weaknesses

Recent matches

Date	Match	Score	Min	rating
8 Nov 2026	St. Gallen – FC Lugano	–	–	–
31 Oct 2026	St. Gallen – Servette FC	2–1	90'	7.4
24 Oct 2026	BSC Young Boys – St. Gallen	2–0	90'	6.9
11 Oct 2026	St. Gallen – FC Lausanne-Sport	1–0	90'	7.3
20 Sep 2026	Basel – St. Gallen	1–3	9'	6.8
16 Sep 2026	FC Lugano – St. Gallen	4–1	–	–
13 Aug 2026	St. Gallen – Sheriff Tiraspol	5–1	–	–
30 Jul 2026	Benfica – St. Gallen	5–0	–	–
26 Jul 2026	St. Gallen – Zürich	2–1	90'	6.3
23 Jul 2026	St. Gallen – Benfica	2–1	–	–
17 Jul 2026	St. Gallen – Norwich City	0–3	–	–
11 Jul 2026	Olympique Lyonnais – St. Gallen	6–3	–	–
24 May 2026	FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy – St. Gallen	0–3	90'	7.3
17 May 2026	St. Gallen – FC Thun	1–1	90'	6.5
14 May 2026	Basel – St. Gallen	1–3	45'	6.6

Career and transfers

5 clubs · 3 moves

Jul 2025

Ulm To: St. Gallen

Free transfer
Jul 2023

Borussia M'gladbach II U23 To: Ulm

Free transfer
Oct 2020

Borussia M'gladbach U19 To: VfL Wolfsburg II

Free transfer

Form, last 12 months

Updated: 31 Oct 2026

Matches (12 months)25

Average rating6.88

Last match rating7.431 Oct 2026

Matches missed24 injury records

Last 10 matches

7.4 6.9 7.3 6.8 6.3 7.3 6.5 6.6 6.1 6.4

Statistics by season

Season	Competition	Team	Apps (starts)	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
2026	Swiss Super League	St. Gallen	5 (4)	369	0	0	6.94

Stored season statistics; refreshed after each match played and weekly.

Player profile

2. Bundesliga 2024 · percentile among defenders (120 players)

Compare

21 matches · 1,704 min

Tom Gaal: percentile radar against positional peers
Metric	Value	Percentile
Tackles / 90 min	1.64	41
Interceptions / 90 min	1.43	70
Clearances / 90 min	4.38	60
Aerials won / 90 min	1.48	45
Duels won	52.9%	24
Pass accuracy	82.2%	41
Progressive carries / 90 min	0.00	45
Rating	6.82	32

How do we calculate this?