Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Metz.
Injury-affected season
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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 751 | 6.74 |
 Coupe de France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 6.7 |
Scout report
U. Mboula is a 23-year-old full-back at Metz, rated 65.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 182nd of 337 on scout potential 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 56th of 63 of the 63 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, 33rd of 63 of the 63 full-backs in the Ligue 1. At 23 Mboula is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 38.4 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 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Metz finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
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.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 3.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 39.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 65.9, Mboula carries the 33rd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Ligue 1 of 63 — 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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
