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Full nameHamza Dewan Choudhury
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityEngland
Age28
Date of birth1 Oct 1997
BirthplaceLoughborough
Height178 cm
Shirt number#17
ClubLeicester
Defensive midfielderalso played DEF
30
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1517
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Leicester.

Injury-affected season

Missed 5 of Leicester's ~46 games this season through 5 injury absences (knee). He still appeared 30 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
Championship300015176.79
FA Cup100907.5
League Cup110837.2

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Defensive midfielder

H. Choudhury is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at Leicester, rated 41.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 378th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (41.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.4 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Choudhury.

Judged on this season alone, Choudhury graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 50th of 65 of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 5.399 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 12 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, 46th of 65 of the 65 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 28 Choudhury is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.4 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Choudhury missed 5 games through injury (knee) out of roughly 46 this season. The 30 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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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2022/23Injury-hit 2025/26
Current potential46th of 65 defensive midfielders · ChampionshipCurrent season50th of 65 defensive midfielders · Championship50th-best defensive midfielder in the Championship378th in the Championship · potential46th-highest potential defensive midfielder in the Championship
41.4
Ratingi
46th of 65 defensive midfielders
16.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
41.1%
Minutes
rotation minutes
5.4
Def. actions / 90
high defensive volume

Output in context · Leicester finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

5.4
Def. / 90
50
Tackles
28
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

5.4 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 30 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (23rd of 24) 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

  • Defensive volume. 5.4 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 41.1% 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 41.4, Choudhury carries the 46th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Championship of 65, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Leicester finished 23rd of 24) — 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 high defensive volume (5.4 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

No transfer news found for this player.