Domestic-league season · Saint Etienne.
Missed 3 of Saint Etienne's ~34 games this season through 3 injury absences (foot). He still appeared 17 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 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 865 | 6.65 |
 Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 7 |
Appiah's current-season form is down 24% on last season (Season 29→22), while his Rating eased 32→14. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 68).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Saint Etienne · 3rd | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | 14 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | Saint Etienne · 17th | 31 | 0 | 1 | 6.65 | 32 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | Saint Etienne · 3rd | 34 | 0 | 3 | 6.96 | 34 | 68 |
| 2022/23 | Saint Etienne · 8th | 19 | 0 | 1 | 6.87 | 32 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | Nantes · 9th | 32 | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 49 | 29 |
| 2020/21 | Nantes · 18th | 22 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 49 | 22 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
D. Appiah is a 34-year-old full-back at Saint Etienne, rated 13.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 312th of 321 in the Ligue 2. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Appiah.
Judged on this season alone, Appiah graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 34th of 55 of the 55 full-backs in the Ligue 2, on 4 clean sheets and 4.058 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 29 → 22). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 14, 55th of 55 of the 55 full-backs in the Ligue 2. At 34 Appiah is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.3 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Appiah missed 3 games through injury (foot) out of roughly 34 this season. The 17 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 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 17 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 13.9, Appiah carries the 55th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Ligue 2 of 55 — though on just 17 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.06 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.
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 (~15), then tapers with age. At 34, Appiah sits on 4.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Appiah's projected Rating — 13.9 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.
€2.3M total transfer fees · 2 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
