S. Dembélé

Dembélé's current-season form is level with last season (Season 3→3), while his Rating climbed 27→32. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 45).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Oxford United · 5th	5	1	1	7.09	32	3
2025/26	Oxford United · 22nd	19	0	0	6.69	27	3
2024/25	Oxford United · 17th	25	2	2	6.73	50	19
2024/25	Birmingham · 1st	1	0	0	6.3	30	0
2023/24	Birmingham · 22nd	33	6	1	6.84	56	31
2022/23	AuxerreLoan · 17th	12	0	0	6.58	57	3
2022/23	Bournemouth · 15th	6	0	0	6.68	62	1

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

★ Standout performer

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One of the biggest game-time risers in the League One: on the pitch for 87% of Oxford United's available minutes this season, up from 16% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.

Squad depthAttacking midfielder

S. Dembélé is a 30-year-old attacking midfielder at Oxford United, rated 27 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (15.8% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dembélé.

On the season, Dembélé graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals and 0 assists in 19 appearances (0 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 3 → 3). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 27. At 30 Dembélé is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2021/224 clubs

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

15.8%

Minutes

limited game time

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Oxford United finished 22nd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

Goals / app

0 goals in 19 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Watch points

Game time. Only 15.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 27 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %15.8%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.198

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.275

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 age 30 (~6), then tapers with age. At 30, Dembélé sits on 6.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Dembélé's projected Rating — 27 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 attacking midfielders in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles8

Interceptions6

Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

Oxford UnitedAug 2024 – now

BirminghamJul 2023 – Aug 2024

Bournemouth(back from loan)Jul 2023 – Jul 2023

Auxerre(on loan)Jan 2023 – Jul 2023

BournemouthJan 2022 – Jan 2023

PeterboroughJun 2018 – Jan 2022

Grimsbyuntil Jun 2018

About S. Dembélé

Ben Siriki Dembélé is a 30-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for Oxford United, born on September 7, 1996 in London, standing 173 cm tall. He is from Scotland. Oxford United currently sit 5th of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, S. Dembélé has made 5 appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist across 393 minutes.

S. Dembélé's next match is on September 19, 2026, when Oxford United face Cambridge United at home in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Dembélé at 27 with a Season form score of 0. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, S. Dembélé has totalled 292 club appearances with 43 goals and 24 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 42 appearances for Peterborough.

S. Dembélé's career has also included time at Birmingham, Bournemouth, Auxerre, Peterborough and Grimsby.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.