based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nice.
Scout report
S. Abdul Samed is a 26-year-old central midfielder at Nice, rated 55.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 68th of 122 on scout potential in the Ligue 1. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (28.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.12 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Samed.
Judged on this season alone, Samed graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 21st of 21 of the 21 central midfielders in the Ligue 1, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 2.122 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 1 → 6). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 56, 12th of 21 of the 21 central midfielders in the Ligue 1. At 26 Samed is in his prime years, and a market index of 32.5 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Nice finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
2.12 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 28.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 55.7, Samed carries the 12th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Ligue 1 of 21, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Nice finished 16th of 18) — 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 moderate defensive volume (2.12 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. 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.
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Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Ligue 1 with 600+ minutes this season.
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