based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Francs Borains.
Scout report
L. Malungu is a 24-year-old central defender at Francs Borains, rated 37.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 114th of 183 on scout potential in the Challenger Pro League. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (20.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.15 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Malungu.
Judged on this season alone, Malungu graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 31st of 42 of the 42 centre-backs in the Challenger Pro League, on 2 clean sheets and 3.15 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 18 → 9). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, 26th of 42 of the 42 centre-backs in the Challenger Pro League. At 24 Malungu is in his prime years, and a market index of 7.6 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Francs Borains finished 12th of 17 · a lower-table side
3.15 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 11 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (12th of 17) 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 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.15 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 20.8% 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 37.9, Malungu carries the 26th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Challenger Pro League of 42 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.15 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Challenger Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.
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