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Full nameEric-Junior Bocat
PositionFull-back
NationalityFrance
Age27
Date of birth16 Jul 1999
Height182 cm
Shirt number#17
ClubStoke City
Full-backalso played MID
29
Appearances
0
Goals
1
Assists
1824
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Stoke City.

Injury-affected season

Missed 3 of Stoke City's ~46 games this season through 3 injury absences (inactive). He still appeared 29 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.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Championship290118246.59
Friendlies Clubs4012316.78
League Cup2001806.95
FA Cup101896.7

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

E. Bocat is a 27-year-old full-back at Stoke City, rated 49.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 307th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (47.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.8 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bocat.

Judged on this season alone, Bocat graded 25 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship, on 6 clean sheets and 3.799 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 26 → 25). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 49, 45th of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship. At 27 Bocat is in his prime years, and a market index of 22.8 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Bocat missed 3 games through injury (inactive) out of roughly 46 this season. The 29 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.

From the career report
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Bocat is operating at his career peak — the 2024/25 level is the level.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2022/23
Current potential45th of 77 full-backs · ChampionshipCurrent season41st of 77 full-backs · Championship41st-best full-back in the Championship307th in the Championship · potential45th-highest potential full-back in the Championship
49.4
Ratingi
45th of 77 full-backs
25.1
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
47.1%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.8
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Stoke City finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side

3.8
Def. / 90
31
Tackles
34
Interceptions
6
Clean sheets

3.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th of 24) 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 3.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 47.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 49.4, Bocat carries the 45th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 77, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Stoke City finished 17th of 24) — 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 solid defensive volume (3.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.