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ratings updated 12 Sept 2026

Profile

PositionCentre-back
Nationality
Age21
Shirt number#18
ClubDegerfors IF
Centre-back
23
Appearances
1
Goals
1
Assists
1618
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Degerfors IF.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Allsvenskan150011856.35

Scout report

★ Standout performer

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First senior season on record — and already on the pitch for 77% of Degerfors IF's available minutes, one of the top game-time debuts in the Allsvenskan this season.

Project playerCentral defender

S. Diatara is a 21-year-old central defender at Degerfors IF, rated 35.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 52nd of 235 on scout potential in the Allsvenskan and 1174th of 1756 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been a regular starter this season (74.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.95 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Diatara.

Judged on this season alone, Diatara graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 21st of 50 of the 50 centre-backs in the Allsvenskan, on 2 clean sheets and 3.949 defensive actions per 90.

We hold a single season for Diatara, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 36, top 18% of the 50 centre-backs in the Allsvenskan. At 21 Diatara is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 4.2 reflects that trajectory.

35.7
Ratingi
9th of 50 centre-backs
20
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
74.9%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.95
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Degerfors IF finished 13th of 16 · a lower-table side

23
Apps
3.95
Def. / 90
49
Tackles
20
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 16) 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 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 74.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 35.7, Diatara carries the 9th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Allsvenskan (top 18%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Degerfors IF finished 13th of 16) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Allsvenskan with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1
Shots on target2
Shots5

Passing

Assists1
Chances created12
Passes555
Pass accuracy73%

Possession

Successful dribbles7
Dribble success35%
Duels won90
Duels won %50.6%
Fouls won12

Defending

Tackles49
Interceptions20
Blocks2
Fouls committed20
Penalties conceded2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.