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Kenji-Van Boto

Squad depthClermont Foot · 30 yrsStarter

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

Profile

Full nameKenji-Van Boto
PositionCentre-back
NationalityMadagascar
Age30
Date of birth7 Mar 1996
BirthplaceSaint-Denis
Height183 cm
Shirt number#97
ClubClermont Foot
Centre-back
10
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
717
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Clermont Foot.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

K. Boto is a 30-year-old central defender at Clermont Foot, rated 26.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 46th of 55 on scout potential in the Ligue 2. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (23.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.26 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Boto.

Judged on this season alone, Boto graded 5 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 10th of 10 of the 10 centre-backs in the Ligue 2, on 1 clean sheet and 2.259 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 1 → 5). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, 7th of 10 of the 10 centre-backs in the Ligue 2. At 30 Boto is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.9 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending downBreakout: 2021/22
26.3
Ratingi
7th of 10 centre-backs
4.6
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
23.4%
Minutes
limited game time
2.26
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Clermont Foot finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

10
Apps
2.26
Def. / 90
8
Tackles
9
Interceptions
1
Clean sheets

2.26 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 10 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.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 23.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 26.3, Boto carries the 7th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Ligue 2 of 10 — though on just 10 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.26 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

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles8
Interceptions9
Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.