Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Damac.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pro League | 21 | 0 | 0 | 655 | 6.39 |
Scout report
Yahya Naji is a 27-year-old central midfielder at Damac, rated 34.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 181st of 317 on scout potential in the Pro League. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (21.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.37 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Naji.
Judged on this season alone, Naji graded 3 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 66th of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the Pro League, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 1.374 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 6 → 3). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 34, 43rd of 66 of the 66 central midfielders in the Pro League. At 27 Naji is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.2 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Damac finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
1.37 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 21 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th 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 21.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 34.4, Naji carries the 43rd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Pro League of 66 — though on just 21 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.37 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
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