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Full namePape Demba Diop
PositionAttacking midfielder
NationalitySenegal
Age22
Date of birth4 Sept 2003
Shirt number#18
ClubToulouse
Attacking midfielderalso played FWD
16
Appearances
1
Goals
2
Assists
1202
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Toulouse.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Ligue 1161212026.89
2. Bundesligaat 1. FC Nürnberg10006206.66
Coupe de France4002597.1
Friendlies Clubsat Strasbourg400326.2

Scout report

Rising assetBall-winning Attacking midfielder

P. Diop is a 22-year-old attacking midfielder at Toulouse, rated 78.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 69th of 337 on scout potential in the Ligue 1 and 179th of 2874 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (66.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.23 goal contributions per 90 (0.08 goals, 0.15 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Diop.

Judged on this season alone, Diop graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 34th of 51 of the 51 attacking midfielders in the Ligue 1, on 1 goal and 2 assists in 16 appearances (0.225 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 39 → 22). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 78, top 30% of the 51 attacking midfielders in the Ligue 1. At 22 Diop is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 43.3 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downStepped up 2025/26
Current potentialTop 30% attacking midfielders · Ligue 1Current season34th of 51 attacking midfielders · Ligue 134th-best attacking midfielder in the Ligue 169th in the Ligue 1 · potential15th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Ligue 1179th-highest potential U-23 tracked
78.2
Ratingi
15th of 51 attacking midfielders
21.9
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
66.8%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.23
Goal contrib / 90
modest end product

Output in context · Toulouse finished 10th of 18 · a mid-table side

1
Goals
2
Assists
3
G+A
0.06
Goals / app

1 goal in 16 appearances (0.06 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 3 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 66.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 5.24 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
  • Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

  • Output. 0.23 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

With a Rating of 78.2, Diop carries the 15th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Ligue 1 (top 30%). In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.23 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, 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.