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Full nameAjibola Joshua Odunayo Afolarin Alese
PositionCentre-back
NationalityEngland
Age25
Date of birth17 Jan 2001
BirthplaceLondon
Height192 cm
Shirt number#34
ClubPortsmouth
Centre-back
1
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
12
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Portsmouth.

Injury-affected season

Missed 37 of Portsmouth's ~46 games this season through 37 injury absences (shoulder, muscle, lacking match fitness). He still appeared 1 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
Championship100126.3

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

A. Alese is a 25-year-old central defender at Portsmouth, rated 49 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (0.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Alese.

On the season, Alese graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets and 0 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 9 → 0). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 49. At 25 Alese is in his prime years, and a market index of 22.6 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Alese missed 37 games through injury (shoulder, muscle, lacking match fitness) out of roughly 46 this season. The 1 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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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downStepped up 2022/23Injury-hit 2025/26
49
Ratingi
a solid contributor and squad regular
0
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
0.6%
Minutes
limited game time
0
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · Portsmouth finished 18th of 24 · a lower-table side

0
Def. / 90
Tackles
Interceptions
0
Clean sheets

0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume across 1 appearance. Doing that for a lower-table side (18th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 0.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 49 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.