Maxime Colin

Colin's current-season form is level with last season (Season 26→26), while his Rating held around 21. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 46).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Metz · 6th	1	0	1	7.2	21	26
2025/26	Metz · 18th	22	0	0	6.57	21	26
2024/25	Metz · 3rd	29	0	0	6.86	19	11
2023/24	Metz · 16th	22	0	0	6.67	34	19
2022/23	Birmingham · 17th	44	2	3	6.79	43	46

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 12 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

France · international

Side	Apps	G
France U20	2	0

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

Scout report

Experienced headBall-winning Full-back

M. Colin is a 34-year-old full-back at Metz, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 22 appearances, a Season grade of 26. On long-term scout potential he's rated 20.8. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (55.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.02 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Colin.

On the season, Colin graded 26 for current form (age-blind), on 4 clean sheets and 4.024 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 26 → 26). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 21. At 34 Colin is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelStepped up 2023/24

20.8

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

25.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

55.6%

Minutes

rotation minutes

4.02

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

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

Apps

4.02

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 22 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.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 55.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 34, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 20.8 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.02 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 %55.6%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 904.024

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.053

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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 34, Colin sits on 6.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Colin's projected Rating — 20.8 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles40

Interceptions26

Blocks10

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.8M total transfer fees · 5 moves

MetzJul 2023 – nowFree

BirminghamAug 2017 – Jul 2023

BrentfordAug 2015 – Aug 2017

AnderlechtAug 2014 – Aug 2015€ 300K

Estac TroyesSept 2012 – Aug 2014€ 500K

Boulogneuntil Sept 2012

About M. Colin

Maxime Jean-Yves Colin is a 34-year-old full-back who plays for Metz, born on November 15, 1991 in Arras, standing 179 cm tall. He is from France. Metz currently sit 6th of 18 in the Ligue 2.

This season

In the current season, M. Colin has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 90 minutes.

M. Colin's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Metz face Annecy away in the Ligue 2.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Colin at 20.8 with a Season form score of 25.8. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 17 recorded seasons, M. Colin has totalled 505 club appearances with 12 goals and 20 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2019/20, with 44 appearances for Birmingham.

M. Colin's career has also included time at Birmingham, Brentford, Anderlecht, Estac Troyes and Boulogne.

On the international stage, M. Colin has represented France U20 — 2 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.