Balard's current-season form is level with last season (Season 31→31), while his Rating held around 65. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 41).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	NAC Breda · 7th	2	0	0	7.2	65	31
2025/26	NAC Breda · 17th	32	0	1	6.86	65	31
2024/25	NAC Breda · 15th	33	1	1	6.93	69	41
2023/24	Central Coast Mariners	29	3	3	7.2	—	—
2022/23	Central Coast Mariners	26	0	1	6.92	—	—

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

Australia · international

Side	Apps	G
Australia	5	1

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

Scout report

Key starterDefensive midfielder

M. Balard is a 25-year-old defensive midfielder at NAC Breda, rated 64.5 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (89.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.16 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Balard.

On the season, Balard graded 31 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 1 assist and 3.158 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 31 → 31). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 65. At 25 Balard is in his prime years, and a market index of 29.7 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 down

64.5

Ratingi

a strong, regular top-tier starter

30.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

89.4%

Minutes

near ever-present

3.16

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

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

Apps

3.16

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 32 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. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 89.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 64.5 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %89.4%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.033

Goal contribution / 900.033

Defensive actions / 903.158

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.132

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 age 25 (~30), then tapers with age. At 25, Balard sits on 29.7, at or near its peak. The blue line is Balard's projected Rating — 64.5 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Eerste Divisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0—

Passing

Assists1—

Defending

Tackles60—

Interceptions28—

Blocks8—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

NAC BredaJul 2024 – nowFree

Central Coast Marinersuntil Jul 2024

About M. Balard

Maximilien Balard is a 25-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for NAC Breda, born on November 20, 2000 in Sydney, standing 175 cm tall. He is from Australia. NAC Breda currently sit 7th of 20 in the Eerste Divisie.

This season

In the current season, M. Balard has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 125 minutes, averaging a 6.9 match rating over his last 1 rated games, with 1 yellow card.

Recent matches

August 14, 2026: 0-2 loss at home vs VVV Venlo (35 minutes, 6.9 rating)

M. Balard's next match is on August 28, 2026, when NAC Breda face Roda away in the Eerste Divisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Balard at 64.5 with a Season form score of 30.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 5 career titles — among them the A-League Men and the AFC Champions League Two. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 7 recorded seasons, M. Balard has totalled 148 club appearances with 4 goals and 8 assists for 2 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 33 appearances for NAC Breda.

M. Balard's career has also included time at Central Coast Mariners.

On the international stage, M. Balard has represented Australia — 5 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.