Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Leicester.
Injury-affected season
Missed 5 of Leicester's ~46 games this season through 4 injury absences and 1 suspension (knee). He still appeared 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2342 | 6.79 |
 FA Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 6.55 |
Scout report
C. Okoli is a 25-year-old central defender at Leicester, rated 59.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 219th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (63.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.34 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Okoli.
Judged on this season alone, Okoli graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 49th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 3 clean sheets and 4.342 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 12 → 23). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 60, 33rd of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 25 Okoli is in his prime years, and a market index of 27.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Okoli missed 4 games through injury and 1 suspension (knee) out of roughly 46 this season. The 29 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 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Leicester finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
4.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 29 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 63.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Defensive volume. 4.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
With a Rating of 59.8, Okoli carries the 33rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 82, 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 solid defensive volume (4.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
