Domestic-league season · KV Mechelen.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jupiler Pro League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 831 | 6.63 |
 CAF Cup of Nations - U17at Morocco U17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 6.83 |
Zekri's current-season form is up 700% on last season (Season 1→8), while his Rating held around 49. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | KV Mechelen · 6th | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 49 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | KV Mechelen · 3rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.83 | 48 | 1 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Zekri is a 17-year-old defensive midfielder at KV Mechelen, rated 48.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 182nd of 292 in the Jupiler Pro League and 68th of 191 U-19 players tracked. A teenage prospect, he has been a fringe squad member this season (23.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.01 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Zekri.
Judged on this season alone, Zekri graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 57th of 58 of the 58 defensive midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.007 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 1 → 8).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 49, 36th of 58 of the 58 defensive midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League. At 17 Zekri is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 30.1 reflects that trajectory.
4.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 16 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (6th of 6) 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.
With a Rating of 48.8, Zekri carries the 36th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League of 58 — though on just 16 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 17 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (100/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 17, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~43), then tapers with age. At 17, Zekri sits on 30.1, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Zekri's projected Rating — 48.8 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
