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Saël Kumbedi

Saël Kumbedi

Defender · VfL Wolfsburg · 21 · France

Compare with others

Season score
41.2
DFB Pokal 26/27, 1 match
Last 5 weeks
42.9
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€12.0M
+€3.0M (+33%) since 19 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 27 May 2026

Photo: Paté kroute, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
26 Mar 2005
Height
175 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2029
Wikipedia views
595 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

22 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 42.5 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
18–24 Aug 202617541.245.941.6
19–25 May 2026219043.146.243.1
12–18 May 202619041.546.241.9
5–11 May 202618947.746.047.6
28 Apr – 4 May 202619040.446.240.3
21–27 Apr 202612051.646.059.4
31 Mar – 6 Apr 202618247.945.747.9
17–23 Mar 202619039.146.139.0
10–16 Mar 202619047.645.847.5
24 Feb – 2 Mar 202619050.345.350.3
17–23 Feb 202618942.945.342.8
10–16 Feb 202619050.244.850.1
27 Jan – 2 Feb 202611675.544.275.6
20–26 Jan 202619031.544.931.4
13–19 Jan 2026210431.145.630.9
6–12 Jan 202619043.545.843.9
16–22 Dec 202518835.646.335.6
9–15 Dec 202519036.746.936.6
2–8 Dec 202514530.747.430.6
25 Nov – 1 Dec 202519054.446.854.3
18–24 Nov 202518452.446.352.5
4–10 Nov 202519046.346.146.2
28 Oct – 3 Nov 202519038.546.638.4
21–27 Oct 202518538.947.038.8
14–20 Oct 202512341.247.041.1
12–18 Aug 202516634.347.734.4

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: level with expectation (−1.8 a week).

30.040.050.060.012 Aug4 Nov9 Dec13 Jan17 Feb17 Mar5 May18 AugExpected 45.9Score 41.2

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €12.0M +€3.0M (+33%) since 19 Dec 2025 27 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €12.4M no change recorded 24 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €9.4M–€16.0M +0% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age +25% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Mohamed Ali Cho at 21 (€15.0M, scoring 43.4) +0%; Giovanni Fabbian at 21 (€14.0M, scoring 44.3) −29%; Arne Engels at 22 (€10.0M, scoring 43.8) +150%.
0€5.0M€10M€15M2023202420252026€12.0M€12.4M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
24 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€12.4M
23 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€12.4M
27 May 2026Transfermarkt€12.0M
20 Mar 2026Transfermarkt€12.0M
19 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€9.0M
3 Jun 2025Transfermarkt€7.0M
24 Mar 2025Transfermarkt€6.0M
10 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€4.0M
7 Oct 2024Transfermarkt€5.0M
3 Jun 2024Transfermarkt€7.0M
19 Mar 2024Transfermarkt€9.0M
18 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€10.0M
27 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€12.0M
27 Mar 2023Transfermarkt€8.0M
2 Nov 2022Transfermarkt€1.0M
2 Jun 2022Transfermarkt€200k

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

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
31 Dec 2025Wolfsburg LyonFree or loan
28 Aug 2025Lyon WolfsburgFree or loan
31 Aug 2022Le Havre AC Lyon€1.0M
1 Jul 2022Le Havre U19 Le Havre ACUndisclosed
1 Jul 2021Le Havre U17 Le Havre U19Undisclosed

What the score is made of

DFB Pokal 26/27: each part per 90 minutes against the average defender in the top five leagues (0), in standard deviations.

  • Shooting −NaN
  • Creating +2.10
  • Progressing +0.86
  • Keeping the ball −2.23
  • Defending −0.20
  • Aerial −0.97
  • Finishing −NaN

Attention

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

020040060028 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 Saël Kumbedi.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
DFB Pokal 26/27DFB-PokalVfL Wolfsburg17541.241.6
Bundesliga 25/26BundesligaVfL Wolfsburg261,99542.943.0
Ligue 1 25/26Ligue 1Olympique Lyonnais16634.334.4
Ligue 1 24/25Ligue 1Olympique Lyonnais1496545.345.5
UEFA Europa League 24/25Europa LeagueOlympique Lyonnais415549.449.4
Ligue 1 23/24Ligue 1Olympique Lyonnais1793159.459.5

Latest matches

28 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
24 Aug 2026DFB-Pokalat VSG AltglienickeD 3–37500––41.2
25 May 2026Bundesligaat SC Paderborn 07D 1–110500––38.5
21 May 2026BundesligaSC Paderborn 07D 0–08500––48.9
16 May 2026Bundesligaat FC St. PauliW 3–190000.070.0541.5
9 May 2026BundesligaFC Bayern MünchenL 0–18900–0.5047.7
3 May 2026Bundesligaat SC FreiburgD 1–19000–0.0440.4
25 Apr 2026BundesligaBorussia M'gladbachD 0–020000.220.2851.6
4 Apr 2026Bundesligaat Bayer 04 LeverkusenL 3–68200–0.0047.9
21 Mar 2026BundesligaSV Werder BremenL 0–19000–0.2239.1
14 Mar 2026Bundesligaat TSG HoffenheimD 1–19000–0.0147.6
All 28 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
24 Aug 2026DFB-Pokalat VSG AltglienickeD 3–37500––41.2
25 May 2026Bundesligaat SC Paderborn 07D 1–110500––38.5
21 May 2026BundesligaSC Paderborn 07D 0–08500––48.9
16 May 2026Bundesligaat FC St. PauliW 3–190000.070.0541.5
9 May 2026BundesligaFC Bayern MünchenL 0–18900–0.5047.7
3 May 2026Bundesligaat SC FreiburgD 1–19000–0.0440.4
25 Apr 2026BundesligaBorussia M'gladbachD 0–020000.220.2851.6
4 Apr 2026Bundesligaat Bayer 04 LeverkusenL 3–68200–0.0047.9
21 Mar 2026BundesligaSV Werder BremenL 0–19000–0.2239.1
14 Mar 2026Bundesligaat TSG HoffenheimD 1–19000–0.0147.6
1 Mar 2026Bundesligaat VfB StuttgartL 0–49000–0.0950.3
21 Feb 2026BundesligaFC AugsburgL 2–38900–0.1042.9
15 Feb 2026Bundesligaat RB LeipzigD 2–29000–0.0150.2
30 Jan 2026Bundesligaat 1. FC KölnL 0–11600–0.0975.5
24 Jan 2026Bundesligaat 1. FSV Mainz 05L 1–39001–0.0231.5
17 Jan 2026Bundesliga1. FC HeidenheimD 1–13100–0.0327.8
14 Jan 2026BundesligaFC St. PauliW 2–17300–0.2532.5
11 Jan 2026Bundesligaat FC Bayern MünchenL 1–890000.070.0143.5
20 Dec 2025BundesligaSC FreiburgL 3–488000.010.0135.6
13 Dec 2025Bundesligaat Borussia M'gladbachW 3–19000–0.0136.7
6 Dec 2025Bundesliga1. FC Union BerlinW 3–14501–0.1630.7
30 Nov 2025Bundesligaat Eintracht FrankfurtD 1–19001–0.0754.4
22 Nov 2025BundesligaBayer 04 LeverkusenL 1–384000.030.0552.4
7 Nov 2025Bundesligaat SV Werder BremenL 1–29001–0.3546.3
2 Nov 2025BundesligaTSG HoffenheimL 2–39001–0.2138.5
25 Oct 2025Bundesligaat Hamburger SVW 1–08500–0.0138.9
18 Oct 2025BundesligaVfB StuttgartL 0–32300–0.0241.2
16 Aug 2025Ligue 1at RC LensW 1–066000.010.0034.3