Lionel Carole

Carole's current-season form is down 39% on last season (Season 31→19), while his Rating eased 19→14. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 31).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Kayserispor · 17th	24	0	6.7	14	19
2024/25	Kayserispor · 13th	31	0	6.75	19	31
2023/24	Kayserispor · 14th	28	1	6.79	20	18
2022/23	Kayserispor · 9th	23	1	6.84	24	24
2021/22	Kayserispor · 14th	29	2	6.67	28	29

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 10 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

France · international

Side	Apps	G
France U20	5	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

L. Carole is a 35-year-old central defender at Kayserispor, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 24 appearances, a Season grade of 19. On long-term scout potential he's rated 14.1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (62.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.22 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Carole.

On the season, Carole graded 19 for current form (age-blind), on 4 clean sheets and 3.218 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 31 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 14. At 35 Carole is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/26

14.1

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

19.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

62.2%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.22

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Kayserispor finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

3.22

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th 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.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 62.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 35, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 14.1 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %62.2%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.218

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.142

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 (~4), then tapers with age. At 35, Carole sits on 1.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Carole's projected Rating — 14.1 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Ligue 3 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles30

Interceptions31

Blocks7

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

€3M total transfer fees · 10 moves

CaenJun 2026 – nowFree

Kayserisporuntil Jun 2026

Free agentJun 2026 – Jun 2026Free

KayserisporJul 2021 – Jun 2026

StrasbourgAug 2018 – Jul 2021€ 750K

Galatasaray(back from loan)Jul 2018 – Aug 2018

Sevilla(on loan)Aug 2017 – Jul 2018

GalatasarayJul 2015 – Aug 2017€ 1.5M

Estac TroyesJul 2013 – Jul 2015

SSedan(on loan)Aug 2011 – Jul 2013

BenficaJan 2011 – Aug 2011€ 750K

Nantesuntil Jan 2011

About L. Carole

Lionel Jules Carole is a 35-year-old centre-back who plays for Caen, born on April 12, 1991 in Montreuil, standing 182 cm tall. He is from France. Caen currently sit 4th of 18 in the Ligue 3.

This season

In the current season, L. Carole has made 24 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 1,902 minutes, with 3 yellow cards.

L. Carole's next match is on August 27, 2026, when Caen face Bastia at home in the Ligue 3.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates L. Carole at 14.1 with a Season form score of 19.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 9 career titles — among them the Super Cup and the Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 16 recorded seasons, L. Carole has totalled 332 club appearances with 1 goal and 13 assists for 10 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2012/13, with 39 appearances for Benfica B.

L. Carole's career has also included time at Kayserispor, Strasbourg, Galatasaray, Sevilla, Estac Troyes, SSedan, Benfica and Nantes.

On the international stage, L. Carole has represented France U20 — 5 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Kayserispor finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points