Kakou's current-season form is level with last season (Season 24→24), while his Rating eased 56→54. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 24).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Cercle Brugge · 13th	2	0	0	6.3	54	24
2025/26	Cercle Brugge · 3rd	25	2	1	6.8	56	24
2024/25	Cercle Brugge · 3rd	28	1	0	6.84	54	17

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Full-back

Emmanuel Kakou is a 21-year-old full-back at Cercle Brugge, rated 54 overall by Field Insider's model. A young player, he has been a rotation option this season (53.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.56 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kakou.

On the season, Kakou graded 24 for current form (age-blind), on 4 clean sheets and 4.56 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 24 → 24). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 54. At 21 Kakou is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 15.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Kakou is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding level

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

24.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

53.6%

Minutes

rotation minutes

4.56

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Cercle Brugge finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

4.56

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th 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 2 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.16 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
Defensive volume. 4.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Ceiling. High potential at just 21 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 53.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 54 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 21, 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %53.6%

Available fixtures36 of 36

Goals / 900.104

Assists / 900.052

Goal contribution / 900.155

Defensive actions / 904.56

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.104

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~17), then tapers with age. At 21, Kakou sits on 15.4, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Kakou's projected Rating — 54 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles35

Interceptions39

Blocks14

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards1

About Emmanuel Kakou

Emmanuel Junior Kakou is a 21-year-old full-back who plays for Cercle Brugge, born on June 30, 2005, standing 179 cm tall. He is from Côte d'Ivoire. Cercle Brugge currently sit 13th of 18 in the Jupiler Pro League.

This season

In the current season, Emmanuel Kakou has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 152 minutes, averaging a 6.3 match rating over his last 2 rated games.

Recent matches

August 14, 2026: 3-3 draw at home vs St. Truiden (62 minutes, 6.3 rating)
August 8, 2026: 2-2 draw away at Standard Liege (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)

Emmanuel Kakou's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Cercle Brugge face Lommel United at home in the Jupiler Pro League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Emmanuel Kakou at 54 with a Season form score of 24.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 3 recorded seasons, Emmanuel Kakou has totalled 58 club appearances with 3 goals and 1 assist for 2 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 28 appearances for Cercle Brugge.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.