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François Lajugie

Project playerAnnecy · 30 yrsFringe player

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameFrançois Lajugie
PositionCentre-back
NationalityFrance
Age30
Date of birth31 Jan 1996
BirthplaceBordeaux
Height190 cm
Shirt number#6
ClubAnnecy
Centre-back
2
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
97
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Annecy.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Ligue 2100907.2

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

F. Lajugie is a 30-year-old central defender at Annecy, rated 36.5 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (64.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.86 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lajugie.

On the season, Lajugie graded 26 for current form (age-blind), on 7 clean sheets and 1.863 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 26 → 26). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 37. At 30 Lajugie is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2022/23
36.5
Ratingi
developing / rotation level
25.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
64.7%
Minutes
a regular starter
1.86
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · Annecy finished 7th of 18 · a mid-table side

25
Apps
1.86
Def. / 90
18
Tackles
17
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

1.86 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 5 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 64.7% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.27 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.

Watch points

  • Defensive numbers. Modest 1.86 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 36.5 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.86 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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.

Shooting

Goals5

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles18
Interceptions17
Blocks6

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.