Cuyper's current-season form is level with last season (Season 16→16), while his Rating held around 81. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 47).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Brighton · 1st	1	1	0	8.3	81	16
2025/26	Brighton · 8th	30	2	3	6.86	81	16
2024/25	Club Brugge KV · 2nd	37	3	5	7.59	63	39
2023/24	Club Brugge KV · 2nd	37	3	0	—	59	27
2022/23	KVC Westerlo · 2nd	39	9	7	7.19	68	47

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Belgium · international

Side	Apps	G
Belgium	25	4
Belgium U21	3	1

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

Scout report

Squad depthAttacking midfielder

M. De Cuyper is a 25-year-old attacking midfielder at Brighton, rated 80 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (42.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.31 goal contributions per 90 (0.13 goals, 0.19 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cuyper.

On the season, Cuyper graded 19 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals and 3 assists in 30 appearances (0.312 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 16 → 16). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 80. At 25 Cuyper is in his prime years, and a market index of 96 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2022/234 clubs

Ratingi

elite — among the best in the position

18.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

42.2%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.31

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Brighton finished 8th of 20 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.07

Goals / app

2 goals in 30 appearances (0.07 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 5 goal contributions (0.17 per appearance).

Strengths

Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 96.3/100).

Watch points

Game time. Only 42.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 80 overall — elite — among the best in the position. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.31 goal contributions 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %42.2%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.125

Assists / 900.187

Goal contribution / 900.312

Defensive actions / 902.308

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.125

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 (~96), then tapers with age. At 25, Cuyper sits on 96, at or near its peak. The blue line is Cuyper's projected Rating — 80 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 attacking midfielders in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles23

Interceptions12

Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

BrightonJul 2025 – now

Club Brugge KV(back from loan)Jul 2023 – Jul 2025

KVC Westerlo(on loan)Aug 2021 – Jul 2023

Club Brugge KVuntil Aug 2021

About M. De Cuyper

Maxim De Cuyper is a 25-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for Brighton, born on December 22, 2000 in Knokke-Heist, standing 182 cm tall. He is from Belgium. Brighton currently sit 1st of 20 in the Premier League.

This season

In the current season, M. De Cuyper has made 1 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 78 minutes, averaging a 7.6 match rating over his last 2 rated games. Though primarily a attacking midfielder, he has also lined up in defence this season.

Recent matches

August 23, 2026: 4-0 win at home vs Aston Villa (78 minutes, 1 goal, 8.3 rating)
August 20, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Tromso (13 minutes, 6.9 rating)

M. De Cuyper's next match is on August 27, 2026, when Brighton face Tromso at home in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. De Cuyper at 80 with a Season form score of 18.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 10 career titles — among them the Cup and the First Division A. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 9 recorded seasons, M. De Cuyper has totalled 205 club appearances with 30 goals and 15 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 39 appearances for KVC Westerlo.

M. De Cuyper's career has also included time at Club Brugge KV and KVC Westerlo.

On the international stage, M. De Cuyper has represented Belgium and Belgium U21 — 28 caps and 5 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.