Domestic-league season · Dalian Zhixing.
Following his move to Dalian Zhixing, Labyad's current-season form is up 933% on last season (Season 3→31), while his Rating eased 28→12. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Dalian Zhixing · 11th | 23 | 5 | 3 | 7.14 | 12 | 31 |
| 2023/24 | Utrecht · 7th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6.56 | 28 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | Utrecht · 7th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6.56 | 34 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | Ajax · 1st | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 37 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Ajax · 1st | 22 | 5 | 5 | 7.12 | 54 | 27 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Z. Labyad is a 33-year-old central midfielder at Dalian Zhixing, rated 11.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 211th of 271 in the Super League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (63.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Labyad.
Judged on this season alone, Labyad graded 31 — a solid campaign that ranks top 33% of the 52 central midfielders in the Super League, on 5 goals, 3 assists and 2 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 3 → 31). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 12, 40th of 52 of the 52 central midfielders in the Super League. At 33 Labyad is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.1 reflects that trajectory.
Labyad is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
2 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (11th of 16) 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. Going forward he chipped in 5 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 11.7, Labyad carries the 40th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Super League of 52, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Dalian Zhixing finished 11th of 16) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).
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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 33, Labyad sits on 1.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Labyad's projected Rating — 11.7 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.
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