Following his move to Kortrijk, Smet's current-season form is down 58% on last season (Season 31→13), while his Rating eased 49→44. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 31).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Kortrijk · 2nd	27	0	0	6.66	44	13
2024/25	Club Brugge II · 6th	24	1	3	6.84	49	31
2023/24	Club Brugge II · 9th	23	1	1	6.77	46	25
2022/23	Club Brugge II · 4th	23	1	1	6.77	45	24
2020/21	Club Brugge II · 8th	1	0	0	—	36	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Defensive midfielder

Liam De Smet is a 22-year-old defensive midfielder at Kortrijk, rated 43.5 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (40.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.18 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Smet.

On the season, Smet graded 13 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.181 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 31 → 13). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 44. At 22 Smet is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 23.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downRemarkably consistent

43.5

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

13.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

40.9%

Minutes

rotation minutes

4.18

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Kortrijk finished 2nd of 17 · a title-challenging side

4.18

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.18 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 17) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 4.18 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 40.9% 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 43.5 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.18 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %40.9%

Available fixtures31 of 31

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 904.181

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %33.3

Pass accuracy %82

Dribble success %33.3

Cards / 900.237

Foul involvement / 903.392

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 (~24), then tapers with age. At 22, Smet sits on 23.1, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Smet's projected Rating — 43.5 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.