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L. Carole

Experienced headKayserispor · 35 yrsTransferred to Carole Lionel

Profile

Full nameLionel Jules Carole
PositionFull-back
NationalityFrance
Age35
Date of birth12 Apr 1991
BirthplaceMontreuil
Height182 cm
Shirt number#23
ClubKayserispor
Full-back
24
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1902
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Kayserispor.

Injury-affected season

Missed 5 of Kayserispor's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences (injury, inactive, yellow cards). He still appeared 24 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
Süper Lig240019026.68

Scout report

Experienced headFull-back

L. Carole is a 35-year-old full-back at Kayserispor, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 24 appearances, a Season grade of 22, top 55% of Süper Lig full-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 15.5, ranking 308th of 326 in the Süper Lig. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (72.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.22 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Carole.

Judged on this season alone, Carole graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 34th of 62 of the 62 full-backs in the Süper Lig, on 4 clean sheets and 3.218 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 31 → 22). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 16, 60th of 62 of the 62 full-backs in the Süper Lig. At 35 Carole is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.8 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Carole missed 5 games through injury (injury, inactive, yellow cards) out of roughly 34 this season. The 24 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 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/26
Current potential60th of 62 full-backs · Süper LigCurrent season34th of 62 full-backs · Süper Lig34th-best full-back in the Süper Lig308th in the Süper Lig · potential60th-highest potential full-back in the Süper Lig
15.5
Ratingi
60th of 62 full-backs
22.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
72.9%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.22
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

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

3.22
Def. / 90
30
Tackles
31
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

3.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 24 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.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 72.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Age curve. At 35, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 15.5, Carole carries the 60th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Süper Lig of 62, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Kayserispor 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 (3.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

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

Transfer news

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