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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nice.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 7.2 |
Scout report
★ Standout performer
All Ligue 1 standouts →First senior season on record — and already on the pitch for 85% of Nice's available minutes, one of the top game-time debuts in the Ligue 1 this season.
X. Mandza Tsiendi is a 17-year-old full-back at Nice, rated 78.48 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 8th of 83 on scout potential in the Ligue 1 and 2nd of 163 U-19 players tracked. A teenage prospect, he has been a rotation option this season (40.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.74 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Tsiendi.
Judged on this season alone, Tsiendi graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 12th of 15 of the 15 full-backs in the Ligue 1, on 1 clean sheet and 3.744 defensive actions per 90.
We hold a single season for Tsiendi, 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 78, top 20% of the 15 full-backs in the Ligue 1. At 17 Tsiendi is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 32 reflects that trajectory.
Output in context · Nice finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side
3.74 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 7 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th 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. 3.74 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
- Ceiling. High potential at just 17 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 40.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 78.48, Tsiendi carries the 3rd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Ligue 1 of 15 — though on just 7 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.74 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 17 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (100/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 17, 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Ligue 1 with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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