Domestic-league season · Metz.
Missed 13 of Metz's ~34 games this season through 13 injury absences (hamstring, muscle). He still appeared 14 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 751 | 6.74 |
 Coupe de France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 6.7 |
Mboula's current-season form is up 58% on last season (Season 12→19), while his Rating climbed 58→66. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
| Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|
| Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 5 | 0 |
Caps & goals this season.
U. Mboula is a 23-year-old full-back at Metz, rated 65.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 178th of 324 in the Ligue 1. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (39.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.72 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mboula.
Judged on this season alone, Mboula graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 54th of 61 of the 61 full-backs in the Ligue 1, on 2 clean sheets and 3.715 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 12 → 19).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 66, 32nd of 61 of the 61 full-backs in the Ligue 1. At 23 Mboula is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 106.8 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Mboula missed 13 games through injury (hamstring, muscle) out of roughly 34 this season. The 14 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Mboula is operating at his career peak — the 2024/25 level is the level.
3.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 14 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th 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.
With a Rating of 65.9, Mboula carries the 32nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Ligue 1 of 61 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, 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 (~107), then tapers with age. At 23, Mboula sits on 106.8, at or near its peak. The blue line is Mboula's projected Rating — 65.9 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.
