Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nice.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2063 | 6.79 |
 UEFA Europa League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 526 | 6.85 |
 Coupe de France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 368 | 6.88 |
 UEFA Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 7.1 |
 FIFA Club World Cupat Manchester City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
 Friendlies Clubsat Lens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Scout report
Abdulay Bah is a 20-year-old central defender at Nice, rated 74.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 100th of 337 on scout potential in the Ligue 1 and 80th of 995 U-21 players tracked. A young player, he has been a regular starter this season (65.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bah.
Judged on this season alone, Bah graded 28 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 33rd of 54 of the 54 centre-backs in the Ligue 1, on 4 clean sheets and 4.057 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 7 → 28).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 75, top 26% of the 54 centre-backs in the Ligue 1. At 20 Bah is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 36.9 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Bah is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · Nice finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th 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
- Availability. On the pitch for 65.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Defensive volume. 4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
- Ceiling. High potential at just 20 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
With a Rating of 74.5, Bah carries the 14th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Ligue 1 (top 26%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Nice 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. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 20 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (98/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 20, 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.
