Domestic-league season · Saint Etienne.
Missed 3 of Saint Etienne's ~34 games this season through 3 injury absences (injury). He still appeared 14 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1046 | 7 |
 UEFA U21 Championshipat Portugal U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 7.4 |
 UEFA U21 Championship - Qualificationat Portugal U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | — |
Following his move to Saint Etienne, Lamba's current-season form is down 46% on last season (Season 28→15), while his Rating eased 64→57. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 28).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Saint Etienne · 3rd | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | Arouca · 12th | 33 | 1 | 2 | 6.95 | 64 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | Sporting CP · 4th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Chico Lamba is a 23-year-old central defender at Saint Etienne, rated 57.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 112th of 324 in the Ligue 2. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (37.5% 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 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 55th of 66 of the 66 centre-backs in the Ligue 2, on 4 clean sheets and 1.549 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 28 → 15). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 57, top 29% of the 66 centre-backs in the Ligue 2. At 23 Lamba is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 59.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Lamba missed 3 games through injury (injury) out of roughly 34 this season. The 14 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 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.
With a Rating of 57.3, Lamba carries the 19th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Ligue 2 of 66 — 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.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~60), then tapers with age. At 23, Lamba sits on 59.6, at or near its peak. The blue line is Lamba's projected Rating — 57.3 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
