Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Rotherham.
Injury-affected season
Missed 4 of Rotherham's ~46 games this season through 4 injury absences (hamstring). He still appeared 31 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
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 31 | 12 | 2 | 2420 | 6.79 |
Scout report
S. Nombe is a 27-year-old centre-forward at Rotherham, rated 37.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 259th of 481 on scout potential in the League One. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (64% of available minutes). He brings 0.52 goal contributions per 90 (0.45 goals, 0.07 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nombe.
Judged on this season alone, Nombe graded 36 — a strong campaign that ranks top 20% of the 60 centre-forwards in the League One, on 12 goals and 2 assists in 31 appearances (0.521 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 44 → 36). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, 27th of 60 of the 60 centre-forwards in the League One. At 27 Nombe is in his prime years, and a market index of 13.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Nombe missed 4 games through injury (hamstring) out of roughly 46 this season. The 31 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.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Rotherham finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
12 goals in 31 appearances (0.39 per game) is double figures — and for a relegation-threatened side (23rd of 24), a real standout. Weaker sides create and score less, so carrying double-figure output there says more than the raw number alone. Add 2 assists for 14 goal contributions in all.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 64% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Final-third output. 0.52 goal contributions per 90 (0.45 goals, 0.07 assists) — productive for the role.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 37.7, Nombe carries the 27th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the League One of 60, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Rotherham finished 23rd of 24) — 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 productive contributor (0.52 goal contributions 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
No transfer news found for this player.
