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Full nameLoubadhe Abakar Sylla
PositionCentre-back
NationalityCôte d'Ivoire
Age23
Date of birth25 Dec 2002
BirthplaceYamoussoukro
Height188 cm
Shirt number#4
ClubNantes
Centre-back
3
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
65
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Nantes.

Injury-affected season

Missed 11 of Nantes's ~33 games this season through 10 injury absences and 1 suspension (inactive, wound, injury). He still appeared 3 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
Ligue 1200646.05
Coupe de Franceat Strasbourg100456.2

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

A. Sylla is a 23-year-old central defender at Nantes, rated 57.5 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (3.3% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sylla.

On the season, Sylla graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets and 0 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 19 → 0). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 58. At 23 Sylla is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 33.5 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Sylla missed 10 games through injury and 1 suspension (inactive, wound, injury) out of roughly 33 this season. The 3 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 levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/26
57.5
Ratingi
a solid contributor and squad regular
0
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
3.3%
Minutes
limited game time
0
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

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

0
Def. / 90
Tackles
Interceptions
0
Clean sheets

0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume across 3 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.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 3.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 57.5 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.