Domestic-league season · Metz.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2273 | 6.88 |
 Coupe de France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 6.75 |
Kouao's current-season form is down 11% on last season (Season 44→39), while his Rating eased 60→55. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 60).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Metz · 18th | 27 | 2 | 1 | 6.88 | 55 | 39 |
| 2024/25 | Metz · 3rd | 31 | 0 | 3 | 7.08 | 60 | 44 |
| 2023/24 | Metz · 16th | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6.82 | 64 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | Metz · 2nd | 33 | 1 | 1 | 6.95 | 65 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | Vizela · 14th | 24 | 2 | 1 | 6.79 | 57 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | Vizela · 2nd | 24 | 2 | 0 | — | 52 | 15 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
K. Kouao is a 28-year-old full-back at Metz, rated 54.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 221st of 324 in the Ligue 1. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (78.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.51 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kouao.
Judged on this season alone, Kouao graded 39 — a solid campaign that ranks top 38% of the 61 full-backs in the Ligue 1, on 5 clean sheets and 4.514 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 44 → 39). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 55, 40th of 61 of the 61 full-backs in the Ligue 1. At 28 Kouao is in his prime years, and a market index of 53.3 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
4.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 27 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. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 54.8, Kouao carries the 40th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Ligue 1 of 61, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Metz finished 18th of 18) — 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 (4.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years). Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~89), then tapers with age. At 28, Kouao sits on 53.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kouao's projected Rating — 54.8 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
