Empire FGA
PSV Eindhoven · No. 3 · contract to 2030 Tier 1 ✅ Full · FotMob/Wikipedia/press Tier 2/3 ❌ 0/12 · Pending match-log review 🇪🇸 Spain U19 European champion 2024 · Team of the Tournament
Yarek Gasiorowski
🇪🇸
PSV Eindhoven · No. 3 Spain U21 · 5 caps · U19 Euro champion €18M value · Contract 2030
3
CB · 21yr · 191cm · Spain (Polish father) · Left-footed · Valencia academy → PSV
Yarek
Gasiorowski
CB Left-footed center-back Eredivisie · Netherlands 🇪🇸 Spain U21 · U19 Euro winner (2024)
21
Born Jan 12, 2005
3G · 2A
Eredivisie 25-26 (2,144')
7.12
Avg FotMob rating
€9.5M
PSV transfer fee (Jul 2025)
7
Champions League apps 25-26
3 goals from center-back this season — genuinely elite output for the position, FotMob flags him vs Eredivisie CB peers Spain U19 European champion (2024, beat France 2-0 in the final) — named to the Team of the Tournament Valencia academy graduate (since age 7) — 35 La Liga appearances before a €9.5M move to PSV at 20 ⚠️ Still establishing himself — an unused substitute in at least one confirmed match this season as Flamingo/Obispo rotate ahead of him
Proxy FGA Rating
7.8
/ 10.0 · PROXY
Tier 1FotMob/Wiki/pressFull
Tier 2CompositePending
Tier 3Scout (Jim Totime)0/12 ❌
Data-only estimate from 2025-26 season · not the evidence-weighted FGA · driven by genuinely rare output for a young center-back, tempered by only 5 U21 caps so far
€18.0M
Transfermarkt value
as of mid-2026
1st PSV season
📊 DATA STATUS · TIER 1 COMPLETE (PUBLIC RECORD) · TIER 2/3 NOT YET SCOUTED
Every number here is sourced from FotMob, Wikipedia, Transfermarkt, and press coverage (linked in Scouting Intel). Per Empire's evidence-first rule, OBI/SII/DMA/SPI Tier 3 metrics, Attribute ratings, and Philosophy Fit scores stay PENDING until match footage is logged — same standard applied to every card in this series.
🏅 THE STORYLINE THIS CARD ACTUALLY TELLS
A 20-year-old Valencia academy product who made the jump to PSV for €9.5M in the summer of 2025 and immediately produced numbers that don't usually belong to center-backs: 3 goals and 2 assists in his debut Eredivisie season. He's already a Spain U19 European champion (Team of the Tournament, 2024) and has 5 Spain U21 caps, but he's not yet a fixture — Ryan Flamingo and Armando Obispo have both been preferred ahead of him at points this season, including one confirmed match this cycle where he was an unused substitute. The pedigree and the underlying numbers are real; so is the fact that he hasn't nailed down an automatic starting role yet.
🇪🇸 Valencia CF academy (from 2012, age 7) → Valencia CF first team (debut 7 Oct 2023 vs Mallorca) → PSV Eindhoven (€9.5M, 10 Jul 2025 · contract to 2030)
3G · 2A
Eredivisie 2025-26 · 2,144 minutes
3 goals from a debut-season center-back is a genuinely unusual number. FotMob's own comparison flags him scoring highly on goals, rating, and assists relative to Eredivisie center-backs. Add 7 Champions League appearances in the same season and this is a fast, competitive introduction to a new league.
🏆 PEDIGREE — VALENCIA ACADEMY, SPAIN U19 EUROPEAN CHAMPION
Joined Valencia's academy at age 7 (2012), debuted for the first team 7 October 2023 against Mallorca, and made 35 La Liga appearances before leaving. Won the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with Spain (2-0 over France in the Belfast final), started 4 of 5 tournament matches, and was named to the Team of the Tournament. He has since earned 5 Spain U21 caps (1 goal) — a real, still-developing pathway toward senior recognition, not yet a guarantee of one.
🎯 THE ROTATION QUESTION — REAL, NOT YET RESOLVED
He started PSV's season-opener against Groningen and started again in April against Sparta Rotterdam, but was left as an unused substitute for the March match against Telstar, with Ryan Flamingo preferred alongside Armando Obispo. Whether that reflects tactical rotation, form, or simple squad depth at a club as stacked as PSV is exactly the kind of pattern Tier 3 video review — across more matches than this card currently has — would need to actually resolve.
3
Goals · Eredivisie
Elite for CB
2
Assists
Rare for CB
2,144'
Minutes played
Rotation role
7.12
Avg rating
Solid debut year
2024
U19 Euro champion
Team of Tournament
2
Yellow cards (Ere.)
Clean so far
Profile
Full nameYarek Gasiorowski Hernandis
BornJan 12, 2005 · Spain 🇪🇸
Height191cm · Left-footed
ClubPSV Eindhoven
Joined PSV10 Jul 2025 · €9.5M
ContractJun 30, 2030
Shirt no.3
NT status🇪🇸 Spain U21 (5 caps) · U19 Euro champion
Tier 3 Status
0/12 confirmed
Confirmed (video-evidence required)
All 12 T3 metrics (OBI_P/T/S, SII_A/T/R, DMA, SPI, CRS, CHR, MCS, CLM, OMS, DYN, CRK) are unscored. 3 match files received, 2 confirmed started, 1 confirmed unused substitute (see Matches tab).
Preliminary Data Verdict
A 20-year-old Spanish center-back with a legitimate age-group pedigree (Valencia academy, Spain U19 European champion) whose first PSV season has produced statistically rare output for the position — 3 goals, 2 assists — while he's still fighting for a nailed-on starting spot in a competitive back line.
Empire FGA Status — Not a Final Verdict
Tier 1 data-complete · Tier 2/3 unscored · FGA composite cannot be calculated. The goal/assist numbers are real and rare for a center-back, but whether they reflect genuine attacking quality (set-piece threat, composure in the box) or a small sample of favorable moments is exactly what Tier 3 video review should settle.
Style Notes — Preliminary
Media/data, not scored
Statistical Radar
Raw % from real 25-26 totals
FotMob Rating Trend
Last 10 matches · real data
❌ ATTRIBUTES PENDING — 0/24 SCORED
Attribute circles (Technical/Mental/Physical) are a scouting judgment — exactly the layer Empire's "no score without evidence" rule protects. Every row below is left unscored until Jim logs timestamped match evidence. What follows is the category list only.
Technical / Attacking
Mental
Physical
Tier 1 — FotMob · Wikipedia · Press
Tier 2 — Composite
Pending
❌ NOT CALCULABLE YET
Tier 2 is derived directly from confirmed Tier 3 sub-metrics in Empire's methodology. Since Tier 3 is 0/12, Tier 2 has nothing to composite from.
FGA Weighting Breakdown
Season Context
1st PSV season (2025-26)
Eredivisie: 3G/2A/2,144' · 7.12 rating
Champions League: 7 appearances
Groningen (23 Aug '25): Started
Telstar (22 Mar '26): Unused sub — Flamingo preferred
Sparta Rotterdam (11 Apr '26): Started
Proxy FGA Rating — 7.8 / 10 · Methodology
Tier 1 estimate only · not the evidence-weighted FGA
⚠️ Read before citing this number
Empire's real FGA is 20% Tier 1 / 30% Tier 2 / 50% Tier 3. With Tier 2/3 both empty, that formula can't run. This 7.8 is a substitute built only from public Tier 1 numbers. It's the highest proxy in this card series so far — driven by genuinely rare attacking output for a center-back plus real academy/youth-international pedigree — but it should not be read as "starter-confirmed": he's not yet the automatic first choice at PSV, and his international ceiling is still just 5 U21 caps, not senior recognition.
Tier 3 · Awaiting Scout Assessment · 0 Matches Reviewed
Footage received, not yet scouted
Per the Empire Agent 1/2 workflow: paste timestamped match observations (minute, second, description, confidence) for Gasiorowski and I'll structure them into OBI/SII/DMA/SPI/CRS/CHR/MCS/CLM/OMS/DYN/CRK evidence logs and calculate scores from that evidence — not the other way around. Given the goal/assist numbers, set-piece positioning and composure in the box (CRS, CLM) should be a priority once reviewed.
OBI Off-Ball Intelligence ❌ PENDING
SII Sprint Intensity Index ❌ PENDING
Video Completeness
All 10 Remaining Metrics
STYLE NOTES — PRELIMINARY (MEDIA & DATA), NOT A SCORED PHILOSOPHY FIT
Rather than assign fake fit percentages against Michels/Cruyff/Guardiola, the traits below are pulled straight from published coverage (Valencia academy reports, football-espana.net profile, UEFA U19 tournament materials) and are qualitative only.
Sourced Style Descriptors
Left-footed center-back — a genuine rarity at the position Named Team of the Tournament at 2024 U19 Euros for defensive performances Rare attacking output for a CB — 3 goals, 2 assists in debut Eredivisie season Valencia academy since age 7 — long, methodical technical development Chose Spain over Poland internationally, citing cultural upbringing
Being left-footed is itself a real tactical asset at center-back — it changes passing angles out of the back and set-piece delivery options, which likely partly explains the unusually high goal/assist tally, though this is inference, not confirmed video evidence.
Philosophy Fit Radar
Not available — Tier 3 required
Philosophy Fit scoring (Michels / Cruyff / Guardiola / Lobanovskyi weightings) runs on Tier 3 evidence logs. 0 matches scouted → chart withheld rather than shown with invented numbers.
Career Timeline
Born Jan 12, 2005 · Spain
Spanish-Polish heritage. Born to a Polish father and Spanish mother; chose to represent Spain internationally, having grown up entirely in Spain.
2012 · Joins Valencia CF academy, age 7
Long development arc. Rose through Valencia's youth ranks over more than a decade.
7 Oct 2023 · Valencia first-team debut
La Liga debut vs RCD Mallorca. Went on to make 35 first-team appearances for Valencia.
28 Jul 2024 · Wins U19 European Championship with Spain
2-0 over France in the Belfast final. Started 4 of 5 tournament matches and was named to the Team of the Tournament as a left-footed center-back.
10 Jul 2025 · Transfers to PSV Eindhoven, €9.5M
Contract through 30 June 2030. Valencia retain 15% of any future sale.
23 Aug 2025 · PSV debut vs Groningen
Started immediately. Part of the season-opening back line in a 4-2 win.
Oct-Nov 2025 · Establishes himself in the squad
12 appearances, 2 goals by 19 November 2025 — a fast, competitive introduction to Eredivisie and Champions League football alike.
22 Mar 2026 · Unused substitute vs Telstar
Rotation, not injury. Ryan Flamingo was preferred alongside Armando Obispo in central defense for this match — PSV lost 3-1.
11 Apr 2026 · Starts vs Sparta Rotterdam
Back in the XI. Started as PSV won 2-0.
FotMob Rating — Recent Matches
Real data · club appearances
Transfer & Contract Ladder
Valencia → PSV€9.5M (10 Jul 2025)
Sell-on clause to Valencia15%
Current value (Transfermarkt)€18.0M mid-2026
Current value (FotMob)€15.8M
ContractThrough 30 Jun 2030
A €9.5M fee for a 20-year-old with 35 senior La Liga appearances and a U19 European title is a real, verifiable data point about how Valencia and PSV both valued him at the time of the move.
Season-by-Season Register
SeasonClubCompetitionAppsGoalsNotes
2023-24 → 24-25Valencia CFLa Liga35 (career total)—Debut 7 Oct 2023 vs Mallorca
2025-26PSVEredivisie2,144 min32 assists · 7.12 avg rating · debut PSV season
2025-26PSVChampions League7—First European club football at senior level
International (Spain) U19 Euro champion 2024 · U21: 5 caps, 1 goal
Data-Driven Scouting Report — Preliminary
Public sources only · Tier 3 not conducted
Yarek Gasiorowski Hernandis is a 20-year-old (turns 21 in Jan 2026 cycle) left-footed center-back for PSV Eindhoven, born 12 January 2005 in Spain to a Polish father and Spanish mother. 191cm. He joined Valencia's academy at age 7 (2012), made his La Liga debut on 7 October 2023 against Mallorca, and went on to make 35 senior appearances before PSV signed him for €9.5M on 10 July 2025, on a contract through 30 June 2030 (Valencia retain a 15% sell-on percentage). This report is built entirely from public statistical sources (FotMob, Wikipedia, Transfermarkt) and press coverage — it is not a Tier 3 video-scouted assessment.
The 2025-26 numbers stand out for the position. 3 goals, 2 assists, 2,144 minutes, 7.12 average FotMob rating in the Eredivisie, plus 7 Champions League appearances in the same debut season. FotMob's own positional comparison notes he scores highly on goals, rating, and assists relative to Eredivisie center-backs — a rare combination for a defender in his first season in a new league.
The pedigree behind the move is genuine. He was part of Spain's 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship-winning squad (2-0 over France in the Belfast final), started 4 of 5 tournament matches, and was named to the Team of the Tournament specifically for his defensive performances. He's since added 5 Spain U21 caps and 1 goal — a real pathway, though senior recognition hasn't happened yet and shouldn't be assumed.
Match-file participation across the supplied set is mostly positive but not unanimous. He started the 23 August 2025 Groningen match and the 11 April 2026 Sparta Rotterdam match. He was an unused substitute for the 22 March 2026 Telstar match, with Ryan Flamingo preferred alongside Armando Obispo in central defense — a rotation decision, not an injury absence, and worth being upfront about rather than assuming he's a nailed-on starter.
Empire FGA Status Note
Tier 1 data-complete · Tier 2/3 not scored · No final FGA composite. The open question worth tracking on video: is the attacking output (3G/2A) a repeatable skill — set-piece delivery, composure in the box — or a hot run in a small sample? And is the Telstar benching a one-off tactical call or the start of a genuine rotation pattern? Both are exactly what Tier 3 review across more matches would clarify.
All Tier 1 Season Totals (2025-26)
Tier 3 Event Log
0 events · not yet scouted
No match footage has been reviewed for events yet.
This panel will populate with timestamped OBI/SII/DMA/SPI events once Jim reviews the match video on file.