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Castello Lukeba

Castello Lukeba

Defender · RB Leipzig · 23 · France

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Season score
61.2
Bundesliga 26/27, 4 matches
Last 5 weeks
58.8
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€50.0M
+€5.0M (+11%) since 19 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 27 May 2026

Photo: ESTAC Troyes, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
17 Dec 2002
Height
184 cm
Foot
L
Contract until
30 Jun 2029
Wikipedia views
2,481 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

28 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 55.2 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
20–26 Oct 202619047.754.647.7
13–19 Oct 2026218066.653.066.6
6–12 Oct 202619059.352.959.3
8–14 Sep 2026216456.953.256.9
25–31 Aug 202619057.352.557.4
18–24 Aug 202619759.252.158.8
12–18 May 202619067.451.267.5
5–11 May 202619049.651.349.5
28 Apr – 4 May 202614551.651.451.6
31 Mar – 6 Apr 202615641.451.841.3
17–23 Mar 202619047.652.147.6
10–16 Mar 202619060.151.760.3
3–9 Mar 202619049.651.950.3
24 Feb – 2 Mar 202619044.552.444.5
17–23 Feb 202619049.552.749.6
10–16 Feb 20261867.752.767.7
13–19 Jan 2026217853.952.653.9
16–22 Dec 202519050.652.950.6
9–15 Dec 202519044.753.544.6
2–8 Dec 202519050.453.850.4
25 Nov – 1 Dec 202519059.453.659.5
18–24 Nov 202519044.954.344.8
28 Oct – 3 Nov 202519050.654.750.6
21–27 Oct 202519060.754.457.6
14–20 Oct 202519056.454.456.4
30 Sep – 6 Oct 202519063.753.963.7
23–29 Sep 202519048.854.448.7
16–22 Sep 202519042.855.442.7
9–15 Sep 202519059.755.360.8
26 Aug – 1 Sep 202519063.954.965.8
19–25 Aug 202519066.454.266.4

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: +5.4 a week above expectation.

40.050.060.070.019 Aug23 Sep28 Oct9 Dec24 Feb5 May8 SepExpected 54.6Score 47.7

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €50.0M +€5.0M (+11%) since 19 Dec 2025 27 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €49.0M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €38.0M–€64.3M +6% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age +11% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Sven Botman at 24 (€45.0M, scoring 57.9) −7%; Manuel Ugarte at 23 (€50.0M, scoring 57.9) −30%; Micky van de Ven at 23 (€55.0M, scoring 58.0) +18%.
0€20M€40M€60M20222023202420252026€50.0M€49.0M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€49.0M
27 May 2026Transfermarkt€50.0M
19 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€45.0M
5 Jun 2025Transfermarkt€40.0M
20 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€50.0M
29 May 2024Transfermarkt€40.0M
14 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€40.0M
18 Oct 2023Transfermarkt€35.0M
27 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€25.0M
2 Nov 2022Transfermarkt€20.0M
30 May 2022Transfermarkt€20.0M
23 Mar 2022Transfermarkt€15.0M
16 Dec 2021Transfermarkt€2.5M
8 Oct 2021Transfermarkt€1.0M
6 Aug 2021Transfermarkt€400k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
11 Aug 2023Lyon Leipzig€30.0M
1 Jul 2021Olymp. Lyon B LyonUndisclosed

What the score is made of

Bundesliga 26/27, 344 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 546 top-five-league defender seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

Shooting2Creating23Progressing55Keeping the ball96Defending100Aerial1Finishing60
As a table
PartPercentilePer 90 vs average
Shooting2−0.39
Creating23−0.33
Progressing55−0.09
Keeping the ball96+1.03
Defending100+1.23
Aerial1−0.83
Finishing60+0.02

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

02.5K5.0K7.5K10K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

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same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level
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Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Castello Lukeba.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Bundesliga 26/27BundesligaRB Leipzig434461.261.3
UEFA Champions League 26/27Champions LeagueRB Leipzig327055.755.7
DFB Pokal 26/27DFB-PokalRB Leipzig19759.258.8
Bundesliga 25/26BundesligaRB Leipzig262,17753.653.6
Bundesliga 24/25BundesligaRB Leipzig231,57756.656.7
UEFA Champions League 24/25Champions LeagueRB Leipzig537854.054.0
Bundesliga 23/24BundesligaRB Leipzig322,21264.564.4

Latest matches

34 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
21 Oct 2026Champions Leagueat Real MadridL 1–49000–0.0047.7
17 Oct 2026Bundesligaat FC Bayern MünchenL 1–69000–0.0185.6
13 Oct 2026Champions LeaguePSV EindhovenW 1–09000–0.0247.6
10 Oct 2026BundesligaEintracht FrankfurtW 6–09000–0.0159.3
13 Sep 2026BundesligaHamburger SVW 5–07400–0.0238.8
10 Sep 2026Champions Leagueat ComoL 1–49000–0.2471.8
29 Aug 2026BundesligaBorussia M'gladbachW 3–090000.020.0357.3
22 Aug 2026DFB-Pokalat Eintracht TrierW 6–09700––59.2
16 May 2026Bundesligaat SC FreiburgL 1–49000–0.1067.4
9 May 2026BundesligaFC St. PauliW 2–19000–0.0349.6
All 34 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
21 Oct 2026Champions Leagueat Real MadridL 1–49000–0.0047.7
17 Oct 2026Bundesligaat FC Bayern MünchenL 1–69000–0.0185.6
13 Oct 2026Champions LeaguePSV EindhovenW 1–09000–0.0247.6
10 Oct 2026BundesligaEintracht FrankfurtW 6–09000–0.0159.3
13 Sep 2026BundesligaHamburger SVW 5–07400–0.0238.8
10 Sep 2026Champions Leagueat ComoL 1–49000–0.2471.8
29 Aug 2026BundesligaBorussia M'gladbachW 3–090000.020.0357.3
22 Aug 2026DFB-Pokalat Eintracht TrierW 6–09700––59.2
16 May 2026Bundesligaat SC FreiburgL 1–49000–0.1067.4
9 May 2026BundesligaFC St. PauliW 2–19000–0.0349.6
2 May 2026Bundesligaat Bayer 04 LeverkusenL 1–44500–0.0251.6
4 Apr 2026Bundesligaat SV Werder BremenW 2–15600–0.0041.4
20 Mar 2026BundesligaTSG HoffenheimW 5–09000–0.0147.6
15 Mar 2026Bundesligaat VfB StuttgartL 0–190000.030.0160.1
7 Mar 2026BundesligaFC AugsburgW 2–190000.100.1549.6
1 Mar 2026Bundesligaat Hamburger SVW 2–19000–0.0744.5
21 Feb 2026BundesligaBorussia DortmundD 2–290000.030.0249.5
15 Feb 2026BundesligaVfL WolfsburgD 2–2800–0.0167.7
17 Jan 2026BundesligaFC Bayern MünchenL 1–59000–0.0156.8
14 Jan 2026BundesligaSC FreiburgW 2–08800–0.0351.0
20 Dec 2025BundesligaBayer 04 LeverkusenL 1–39000–0.0450.6
12 Dec 2025Bundesligaat 1. FC Union BerlinL 1–39000–0.0344.7
6 Dec 2025BundesligaEintracht FrankfurtW 6–09000–0.0150.4
28 Nov 2025Bundesligaat Borussia M'gladbachD 0–090000.020.0459.4
23 Nov 2025BundesligaSV Werder BremenW 2–09000–0.0444.9
1 Nov 2025BundesligaVfB StuttgartW 3–19000–0.0050.6
25 Oct 2025Bundesligaat FC AugsburgW 6–090100.610.0160.7
18 Oct 2025BundesligaHamburger SVW 2–19000–0.0156.4
4 Oct 2025Bundesligaat Borussia DortmundD 1–19000–0.0163.7
27 Sep 2025Bundesligaat VfL WolfsburgW 1–09000–0.0148.8
20 Sep 2025Bundesliga1. FC KölnW 3–19000–0.0442.8
13 Sep 2025Bundesligaat 1. FSV Mainz 05W 1–090000.140.0059.7
30 Aug 2025Bundesliga1. FC HeidenheimW 2–090000.240.0463.9
22 Aug 2025Bundesligaat FC Bayern MünchenL 0–69000–0.0166.4