based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Boulogne.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.2 |
Scout report
D. Thiam is a 36-year-old central defender at Boulogne, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 2 assists in 32 appearances, a Season grade of 34, top 11% of Ligue 2 centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 22, ranking 75th of 85 in the Ligue 2. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (85.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.64 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Thiam.
Judged on this season alone, Thiam graded 34 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 11% of the 28 centre-backs in the Ligue 2, on 8 clean sheets and 2.636 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 34 → 34). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 22, 25th of 28 of the 28 centre-backs in the Ligue 2. At 36 Thiam is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.1 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Boulogne finished 15th of 18 · a lower-table side
2.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 8 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 85.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 22, Thiam carries the 25th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Ligue 2 of 28, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Boulogne finished 15th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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