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M'Bala Nzola

Squad depthPisa · 29 yrs

Profile

PositionCentre-forward
NationalityAngola
Age29
Date of birth18 Aug 1996
BirthplaceBuco-Zau
Height185 cm
Shirt number#18
ClubPisa
Centre-forward
33
Appearances
4
Goals
1
Assists
1634
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Pisa.

Injury-affected season

Missed 5 of Pisa's ~38 games this season through 3 injury absences and 2 suspensions (inactive). He still appeared 33 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Serie A163010536.64
Coppa Italia100256.3

Scout report

Squad depthCentre-forward

M'Bala Nzola is a 29-year-old centre-forward at Pisa, rated 47.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 297th of 388 on scout potential in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (55% of available minutes). He brings 0.28 goal contributions per 90 (0.22 goals, 0.06 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nzola.

Judged on this season alone, Nzola graded 26 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 30th of 49 of the 49 centre-forwards in the Serie A, on 4 goals and 1 assist in 33 appearances (0.275 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 28 → 26). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 47, 38th of 49 of the 49 centre-forwards in the Serie A. At 29 Nzola is in his prime years, and a market index of 16.1 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Nzola missed 3 games through injury and 2 suspensions (inactive) out of roughly 38 this season. The 33 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

From the career report
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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2022/23Injury-hit 2025/264 clubs
Current potential38th of 49 centre-forwards · Serie ACurrent season30th of 49 centre-forwards · Serie A30th-best centre-forward in the Serie A297th in the Serie A · potential38th-highest potential centre-forward in the Serie A
47.2
Ratingi
38th of 49 centre-forwards
26
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
55%
Minutes
rotation minutes
0.28
Goal contrib / 90
modest end product

Output in context · Pisa finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

4
Goals
1
Assists
5
G+A
0.12
Goals / app

4 goals in 33 appearances (0.12 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 5 goal contributions in all.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 55% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Output. 0.28 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

With a Rating of 47.2, Nzola carries the 38th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Serie A of 49, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Pisa finished 20th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.28 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

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