Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nantes.
Injury-affected season
Missed 5 of Nantes's ~33 games this season through 5 injury absences (thigh, inactive). He still appeared 23 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
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1443 | 6.63 |
 Tournoi Maurice Revelloat France U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6.2 |
Scout report
Louis Leroux is a 20-year-old attacking midfielder at Nantes, rated 71.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 130th of 337 on scout potential in the Ligue 1 and 97th of 994 U-21 players tracked. A young player, he has been a rotation option this season (57.3% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Leroux.
Judged on this season alone, Leroux graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 44th of 51 of the 51 attacking midfielders in the Ligue 1, on 1 goal and 1 assist in 23 appearances (0.125 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 20 → 13).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 72, 31st of 51 of the 51 attacking midfielders in the Ligue 1. At 20 Leroux is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 35.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Leroux missed 5 games through injury (thigh, inactive) out of roughly 33 this season. The 23 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Nantes finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
1 goal in 23 appearances (0.04 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 2 goal contributions in all.
Strengths
- Ceiling. High potential at just 20 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 57.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Output. 0.13 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Outlook
With a Rating of 71.8, Leroux carries the 31st-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Ligue 1 of 51, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Nantes 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. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.13 goal contributions per 90). At 20 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (98/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 20, 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.
