based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · SC Braga.
Scout report
S. Niakaté is a 27-year-old central defender at SC Braga, rated 44.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 43rd of 75 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (30.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.11 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Niakaté.
Judged on this season alone, Niakaté graded 16 — a solid campaign that ranks top 40% of the 15 centre-backs in the Primeira Liga, on 4 clean sheets and 2.109 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 43 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 45, 10th of 15 of the 15 centre-backs in the Primeira Liga. At 27 Niakaté is in his prime years, and a market index of 17.1 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · SC Braga finished 4th of 18 · an upper-table side
2.11 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 11 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (4th of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 30.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 44.8, Niakaté carries the 10th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Primeira Liga of 15 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.11 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.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.
