Yakou Meïté

Following his move to Damac, Meïté's current-season form is up 82% on last season (Season 11→20), while his Rating eased 41→27. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 32).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Damac · 16th	22	5	0	6.57	27	20
2024/25	Cardiff · 24th	34	3	0	6.73	41	11
2023/24	Cardiff · 12th	38	2	1	6.72	51	12
2022/23	Reading · 22nd	27	4	3	6.7	54	18
2021/22	Reading · 21st	13	0	0	6.37	50	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 8 youth-team spells in the full career.

Côte d'Ivoire · international

Side	Apps	G
Côte d'Ivoire U17	5	1
Ivory Coast	2	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthWinger

Y. Meïté is a 30-year-old winger at Damac, rated 27.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 74th of 101 on scout potential in the Pro League. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (46.4% of available minutes). He brings 0.32 goal contributions per 90 (0.32 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Meïté.

Judged on this season alone, Meïté graded 20 — a solid campaign that ranks top 38% of the 8 wingers in the Pro League, on 5 goals and 0 assists in 22 appearances (0.317 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 11 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 27, 6th of 8 of the 8 wingers in the Pro League. At 30 Meïté is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

Read the full career report →

Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Trending upBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2025/26

Current potential6th of 8 wingers · Pro League Current seasonTop 38% wingers · Pro League 3rd-best winger in the Pro League 74th in the Pro League · potential 6th-highest potential winger in the Pro League

27.4

Ratingi

6th of 8 wingers

19.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

46.4%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.32

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Damac finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.23

Goals / app

5 goals in 22 appearances (0.23 per game), a meaningful share of the load for a relegation-threatened side.

Watch points

Game time. Only 46.4% 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 27.4, Meïté carries the 6th-highest potential of the wingers in the Pro League of 8, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Damac 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. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.32 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %46.4%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.317

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.317

Defensive actions / 900.38

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Cards / 900.443

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~10), then tapers with age. At 30, Meïté sits on 4.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Meïté's projected Rating — 27.4 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals5

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles5

Interceptions1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards7

Red cards0

Transfer history

DamacAug 2025 – nowFree

CardiffJul 2023 – Aug 2025Free

Reading(back from loan)Jul 2018 – Jul 2023

Sochaux(on loan)Jul 2017 – Jul 2018

ReadingJul 2016 – Jul 2017

Paris Saint Germainuntil Jul 2016

About Y. Meïté

Yakou Meïté is a 30-year-old winger who plays for Damac, born on February 11, 1996 in Paris, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Côte d'Ivoire. Damac currently sit 16th of 18 in the Pro League.

This season

In the current season, Y. Meïté has made 22 appearances with 5 goals and 0 assists across 1,421 minutes, with 7 yellow cards.

Y. Meïté's next match is on August 28, 2026, when Damac face Al Orubah at home in the Division 1.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Y. Meïté at 27.4 with a Season form score of 19.9, ranking 74th of 101 wingers in the Pro League. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 9 career titles — among them the Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, Y. Meïté has totalled 355 club appearances with 73 goals and 7 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2019/20, with 40 appearances for Reading.

Y. Meïté's career has also included time at Cardiff, Reading, Sochaux and Paris Saint Germain.

On the international stage, Y. Meïté has represented Côte d'Ivoire U17 and Ivory Coast — 7 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Damac finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Watch points