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B. Meité

Top-tier performerMarseille · 24 yrsStarter
78.3
29%
Ratingi
22.5
Seasoni
44.8
Valuei

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameAbdoul Bamo Meité
PositionFull-back
NationalityCôte d'Ivoire
Age24
Date of birth3 Dec 2001
BirthplaceKani
Height183 cm
Shirt number#5
ClubMarseille
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Season stats

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25
Appearances
0
Goals
3
Assists
1983
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Lorient.

Also this season

On loan at Lorient — Coupe de France: 4 apps, 0g 0a, 253 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Marseille; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Scout report

Top-tier performerFull-back

B. Meité is a 24-year-old full-back at Lorient, rated 76.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 13th of 122 on scout potential in the Ligue 1. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (64.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.45 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Meité.

Judged on this season alone, Meité graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 13th of 22 of the 22 full-backs in the Ligue 1, on 5 clean sheets and 2.451 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 23). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 77, top 10% of the 22 full-backs in the Ligue 1. At 24 Meité is in his prime years, and a market index of 44.8 reflects that trajectory.

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2022/234 clubs
Current potentialTop 10% full-backs · Ligue 1Current season13th of 22 full-backs · Ligue 113th-best full-back in the Ligue 113th in the Ligue 1 · potential2nd-highest potential full-back in the Ligue 1
76.9
Ratingi
2nd of 22 full-backs
22.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
64.8%
Minutes
a regular starter
2.45
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Lorient finished 9th of 18 · a mid-table side

25
Apps
2.45
Def. / 90
28
Tackles
13
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

2.45 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 64.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 76.9, Meité carries the 2nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Ligue 1 (top 10%). Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.45 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Ligue 1 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles28
Interceptions13
Blocks13

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.