Merlen's current-season form is level with last season (Season 14→14), while his Rating held around 51. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 43).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	St. Truiden · 12th	2	2	0	7.75	51	14
2025/26	St. Truiden · 3rd	33	3	2	6.79	52	14
2024/25	Liège · 9th	22	5	2	7.31	47	43
2023/24	Liège · 7th	22	2	4	6.93	48	34
2022/23	Liège	35	2	0	—	—	—

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

Scout report

Squad depthAttacking midfielder

R. Merlen is a 24-year-old attacking midfielder at St. Truiden, rated 50.7 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (26.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.47 goal contributions per 90 (0.28 goals, 0.19 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Merlen.

On the season, Merlen graded 14 for current form (age-blind), on 3 goals and 2 assists in 33 appearances (0.466 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 14 → 14). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 51. At 24 Merlen is in his prime years, and a market index of 16.1 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 downStepped up 2025/26

50.7

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

13.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

26.8%

Minutes

limited game time

0.47

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · St. Truiden finished 12th of 18 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.09

Goals / app

3 goals in 33 appearances (0.09 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 5 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.47 goal contributions per 90 (0.28 goals, 0.19 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 26.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 50.7 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.47 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 %26.8%

Available fixtures40 of 40

Goals / 900.28

Assists / 900.187

Goal contribution / 900.466

Defensive actions / 901.306

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.373

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 (~16), then tapers with age. At 24, Merlen sits on 16.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Merlen's projected Rating — 50.7 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 Jupiler Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3—

Passing

Assists2—

Defending

Tackles7—

Interceptions5—

Blocks2—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards1

Transfer history

St. TruidenJun 2025 – now

Liègeuntil Jun 2025

About R. Merlen

Ryan Dylan Merlen is a 24-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for St. Truiden, born on May 11, 2002 in Lens. He is from France. St. Truiden currently sit 12th of 18 in the Jupiler Pro League.

This season

In the current season, R. Merlen has made 2 appearances with 2 goals and 0 assists across 155 minutes, averaging a 7.75 match rating over his last 2 rated games.

Recent matches

August 14, 2026: 3-3 draw away at Cercle Brugge (87 minutes, 2 goals, 8.6 rating)
August 8, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Lommel United (68 minutes, 6.9 rating)

R. Merlen's next match is on August 30, 2026, when St. Truiden face Antwerp away in the Jupiler Pro League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates R. Merlen at 50.7 with a Season form score of 13.9. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 7 recorded seasons, R. Merlen has totalled 149 club appearances with 19 goals and 8 assists for 3 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 35 appearances for Liège.

R. Merlen's career has also included time at Liège.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.