Fodé Ballo-Touré

Following his move to Metz, Ballo-Touré's current-season form is level with last season (Season 5→7), while his Rating eased 49→38. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 14).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Metz · 18th	13	0	6.49	38	7
2024/25	Le Havre · 15th	11	0	6.57	49	5
2023/24	FulhamLoan · 13th	22	0	6.53	—	—
2022/23	AC Milan · 4th	34	1	6.76	67	9
2021/22	AC Milan · 1st	10	0	6.47	68	11

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 7 youth-team spells in the full career.

Senegal · international

Side	Apps	G
Senegal	16	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

F. Ballo-Touré is a 29-year-old central midfielder at Metz, rated 38.2 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (27.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.78 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ballo-Touré.

On the season, Ballo-Touré graded 7 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 2.776 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 5 → 7). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 38. At 29 Ballo-Touré is in his prime years, and a market index of 12.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/264 clubs

38.2

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

7.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

27.5%

Minutes

limited game time

2.78

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Metz finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

2.78

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 13 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th 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.

Watch points

Game time. Only 27.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 38.2 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %27.5%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.776

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.214

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 (~14), then tapers with age. At 29, Ballo-Touré sits on 12.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ballo-Touré's projected Rating — 38.2 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 central midfielders in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles21

Interceptions5

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

€11M total transfer fees · 8 moves

Free agentJun 2026 – nowFree

MetzSept 2025 – Jun 2026-

Le HavreJan 2025 – Sept 2025Free Transfer

AC Milan(back from loan)Jul 2024 – Jan 2025

Fulham(on loan)Sept 2023 – Jul 2024

AC MilanJul 2021 – Sept 2023Free

MonacoJan 2019 – Jul 2021€ 11M

LilleJul 2017 – Jan 2019Free

Paris Saint Germainuntil Jul 2017

About F. Ballo-Touré

Fodé Ballo-Touré is a 29-year-old central midfielder who plays for Metz, born on January 3, 1997 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, standing 182 cm tall. He is from Senegal. Metz currently sit 7th of 18 in the Ligue 2.

This season

In the current season, F. Ballo-Touré has made 13 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 843 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

F. Ballo-Touré's next match is on October 30, 2026, when Metz face PAU at home in the Ligue 2.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates F. Ballo-Touré at 38.2 with a Season form score of 7.2. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 8 career titles — among them the Trofeo Silvio Berlusconi and the CAF Africa Cup of Nations. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, F. Ballo-Touré has totalled 276 club appearances with 3 goals and 5 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 34 appearances for AC Milan.

F. Ballo-Touré's career has also included time at Le Havre, AC Milan, Fulham, Monaco, Lille and Paris Saint Germain.

On the international stage, F. Ballo-Touré has represented Senegal — 16 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Metz finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Watch points