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Full nameBoyd Lucassen
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityNetherlands
Age28
Date of birth1 Jul 1998
BirthplaceDoetinchem
Height173 cm
Shirt number#2
ClubNAC Breda
Central midfielderalso played DEF
20
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
1115
Minutes

Domestic-league season · NAC Breda.

Injury-affected season

Missed 3 of NAC Breda's ~34 games this season through 3 injury absences (knock). He still appeared 20 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

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Eredivisie201011156.57
KNVB Beker100456.2

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

B. Lucassen is a 28-year-old central midfielder at NAC Breda, rated 41.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 233rd of 284 on scout potential in the Eredivisie. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (40% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.74 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lucassen.

Judged on this season alone, Lucassen graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 19th of 24 of the 24 central midfielders in the Eredivisie, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 2.744 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 17 → 17). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, 22nd of 24 of the 24 central midfielders in the Eredivisie. At 28 Lucassen is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.4 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Lucassen missed 3 games through injury (knock) out of roughly 34 this season. The 20 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.

From the career report
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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending downStreakyStepped up 2021/22
Current potential22nd of 24 central midfielders · EredivisieCurrent season19th of 24 central midfielders · Eredivisie19th-best central midfielder in the Eredivisie233rd in the Eredivisie · potential22nd-highest potential central midfielder in the Eredivisie
41.2
Ratingi
22nd of 24 central midfielders
16.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
40%
Minutes
rotation minutes
2.74
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · NAC Breda finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

2.74
Def. / 90
19
Tackles
9
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

2.74 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 20 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 40% 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 41.2, Lucassen carries the 22nd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Eredivisie of 24, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (NAC Breda finished 17th 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 moderate defensive volume (2.74 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

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

Transfer news

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