Following his move to Sekhukhune United, Phiri's current-season form is down 83% on last season (Season 6→1), while his Rating eased 31→1. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 12).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Sekhukhune United · 5th	5	0	6.65	1	1
2024/25	Guingamp · 5th	19	0	6.71	31	6
2023/24	Guingamp · 9th	10	0	6.63	34	1
2022/23	Paris FCLoan · 7th	18	0	6.54	43	4
2021/22	Rizespor · 17th	23	2	6.88	37	12

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

South Africa · international

Side	Apps	G
South Africa	2	1

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

L. Phiri is a 31-year-old central midfielder at Sekhukhune United, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 5 appearances, a Season grade of 1. On long-term scout potential he's rated 0.6. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member (6.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.05 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Phiri.

On the season, Phiri graded 1 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.051 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 6 → 1). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 1. At 31 Phiri is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2021/224 clubs

0.6

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

1.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

6.6%

Minutes

limited game time

3.05

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Sekhukhune United finished 5th of 16 · an upper-table side

3.05

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 5 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (5th of 16) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.

Watch points

Game time. Only 6.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 0.6 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %6.6%

Available fixtures30 of 30

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.051

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %87

Dribble success %33.3

Cards / 900

Foul involvement / 903.559

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 17–37 (~0), then tapers with age. At 31, Phiri sits on 0, at or near its peak. The blue line is Phiri's projected Rating — 0.6 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.