eFootball Desailly - Stats & Build (France Selection 9 Jul ’26)

29/08/202601/09/2026

In short

The card: a Big Time CB that reaches 102 at max training
Strengths: Defensive Awareness (#1), Tackling (#1), Acceleration (#2)
How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Defensive Awareness
What this page covers: the Big Time version of Marcel Desailly (this player has 2 cards in total — see the position rankings for how the others compare)

Contents

Player Review
Basic info (Big Time)
Stats (Big Time · Lv1)
Position Proficiency
Player skills
Recommended Additional Skills
Player Progression
Compare with other players
Where this card ranks
Summary
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Player Review

Rating★★★★☆S

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #13 of 7,283 CB cards and #7 of 3,303 Destroyer cards, with a max-level overall of 102. It is currently the strongest Marcel Desailly card released.

How the rating is decided

SS Top 5 in either the position or the playing-style overall ranking
S Outside the top 5, but a max-level overall of 100 or more
A Overall 98–99
B Overall 95–97
C Overall below 95

Basic info (Big Time)

Marcel Desailly

PositionCB

Preferred footRight

Attacking styleBasic

Defensive styleDestroyer

Height185 cm

Age29

Max levelLv27

Progression points52

Overall at Lv187

Overall at max level102

Special skillsAerial Fort · Shadow Hunt

Available fromFrance Selection 9 Jul ’26

Stats (Big Time · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness52

Ball Control67

Dribbling69

Tight Possession67

Low Pass68

Lofted Pass68

Finishing53

Heading70

Set Piece Taking50

Curl52

Physical

Speed82

Acceleration79

Kicking Power75

Jumping79

Physical Contact78

Balance66

Stamina79

Defending

Defensive Awareness82

Tackling81

Aggression79

Defensive Engagement81

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40

GK Catching40

GK Parrying40

GK Reflexes40

GK Reach40

Weak foot usageAverage

Weak foot accuracyHigh

Form3

Injury resistanceHigh

Position Proficiency

LWF

LMF

AMF

CMF

DMF

RWF

RMF

Best position (CB) / Also playable (DMF)

Not suited

Player skills

Passing

One-touch Pass

Low Lofted Pass

Defending

Man Marking

Interception

Blocker

Aerial Superiority

Sliding Tackle

Aerial Fort

Shadow Hunt

Mental

Fighting Spirit

Recommended Additional Skills

If you are adding skills through skill training, these suit a CB.

＋Acrobatic Clearanceclears tough balls

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

Compare with other players

This card is already loaded against Marcel Desailly (Epic, 102) — the strongest Marcel Desailly card released so far. Change either side to compare against anyone.

Where this card ranks

By position

CB overall ranking

#15 ~~/ 7,283 cards~~

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By playing style

Destroyer overall ranking

#8 ~~/ 3,303 cards~~

Rankings →

Among this player’s cards

Marcel Desailly all-time cards

#2 ~~/ 2 cards~~

Rankings →

Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓Marcel Desailly (Big Time)

Marcel Desailly (Big Time) caps at Lv27 with a max-level overall of 102
It has 52 progression points to spend
Among the 2 cards of this player it ranks #2 — see the position rankings for how it compares to Epic and pack cards

Author of this article

Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.