based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Saint Etienne.
Scout report
Chico Lamba is a 23-year-old central defender at Saint Etienne, rated 56.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 15th of 55 on scout potential in the Ligue 2. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (33.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.55 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lamba.
Judged on this season alone, Lamba graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 7th of 10 of the 10 centre-backs in the Ligue 2, on 5 clean sheets and 1.549 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 28 → 18). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 57, top 20% of the 10 centre-backs in the Ligue 2. At 23 Lamba is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 21.3 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Saint Etienne finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side
1.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 14 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (3rd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 33.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 56.9, Lamba carries the 2nd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Ligue 2 of 10 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.
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