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Breel Embolo

Solid contributorRennes · 29 yrsRotation

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameBreel Donald Embolo
PositionCentre-forward
NationalitySwitzerland
Age29
Date of birth14 Feb 1997
BirthplaceYaoundé
Height187 cm
Shirt number#7
ClubRennes
Centre-forward
31
Appearances
9
Goals
3
Assists
1872
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Rennes.

Scout report

Solid contributorGoal-getting Centre-forward

B. Embolo is a 29-year-old centre-forward at Rennes, rated 52.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 78th of 122 on scout potential in the Ligue 1. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (61.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.58 goal contributions per 90 (0.43 goals, 0.14 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Embolo.

Judged on this season alone, Embolo graded 43 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 5th of 10 of the 10 centre-forwards in the Ligue 1, on 9 goals and 3 assists in 31 appearances (0.577 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 36 → 43). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 53, 9th of 10 of the 10 centre-forwards in the Ligue 1. At 29 Embolo is in his prime years, and a market index of 23 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Embolo is operating at his career peak — the 2021/22 level is the level.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22Remarkably consistent
52.7
Ratingi
9th of 10 centre-forwards
43
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
61.2%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.58
Goal contrib / 90
strong end product

Output in context · Rennes finished 6th of 18 · an upper-table side

31
Apps
9
Goals
3
Assists
12
G+A
0.29
Goals / app

9 goals in 31 appearances (0.29 per game) for an upper-table side. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 12 goal contributions (0.39 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 61.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.58 goal contributions per 90 (0.43 goals, 0.14 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

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

Outlook

With a Rating of 52.7, Embolo carries the 9th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Ligue 1 of 10. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.58 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals9

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles19
Interceptions4
Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0