Diani's current-season form is down 36% on last season (Season 25→16), while his Rating eased 38→28. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 25).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Charlotte	14	0	1	6.65	—	—
2025/26	Charlotte · 8th	27	0	0	6.83	28	16
2024/25	Charlotte · 5th	31	1	1	6.99	38	25
2023/24	Caen · 6th	2	0	0	6.95	47	2
2022/23	Caen · 5th	37	1	0	6.81	58	25

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Defensive midfielder

D. Diani is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at Charlotte, rated 28.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 330th of 513 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (43.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.75 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Diani.

Judged on this season alone, Diani graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 50 of the 50 defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 5.753 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 25 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 36th of 50 of the 50 defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer. At 28 Diani is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downRemarkably consistentStepped up 2024/25

Current potential36th of 50 defensive midfielders · Major League Soccer Current season41st of 50 defensive midfielders · Major League Soccer41st-best defensive midfielder in the Major League Soccer330th in the Major League Soccer · potential36th-highest potential defensive midfielder in the Major League Soccer

28.3

Ratingi

36th of 50 defensive midfielders

15.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

43.7%

Minutes

rotation minutes

5.75

Def. actions / 90

high defensive volume

Output in context · Charlotte finished 8th of 15 · a mid-table side

5.75

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

5.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 27 appearances.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 5.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 43.7% 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 28.3, Diani carries the 36th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer of 50. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.75 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %43.7%

Available fixtures37 of 37

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 905.753

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %44.4

Dribble success %36.4

Cards / 900.124

Foul involvement / 903.155

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 (~5), then tapers with age. At 28, Diani sits on 3.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Diani's projected Rating — 28.3 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.