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Babatunde Akinsola

Key starterAVS · 23 yrs

Profile

Full nameBabatunde Jimoh Akinsola
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityNigeria
Age23
Date of birth10 Mar 2003
BirthplaceLagos
Height175 cm
Shirt number#11
ClubAVS
Central midfielderalso played FWD
34
Appearances
1
Goals
4
Assists
2453
Minutes

Domestic-league season · AVS.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Primeira Liga341424536.64
Taça de Portugal400636.9

Scout report

Key starterCentral midfielder

B. Akinsola is a 23-year-old central midfielder at AVS, rated 61.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 65th of 336 on scout potential in the Primeira Liga. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (80.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.43 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Akinsola.

Judged on this season alone, Akinsola graded 31 — a strong campaign that ranks top 28% of the 75 central midfielders in the Primeira Liga, on 1 goal, 4 assists and 1.431 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 12 → 31). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 62, top 18% of the 75 central midfielders in the Primeira Liga. At 23 Akinsola is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 23.6 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Akinsola is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2024/25
Current potentialTop 18% central midfielders · Primeira LigaCurrent seasonTop 28% central midfielders · Primeira Liga21st-best central midfielder in the Primeira Liga65th in the Primeira Liga · potential13th-highest potential central midfielder in the Primeira Liga
61.8
Ratingi
13th of 75 central midfielders
30.9
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
80.2%
Minutes
near ever-present
1.43
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · AVS finished 18th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

1.43
Def. / 90
21
Tackles
17
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

1.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 34 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th of 18) 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 80.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.18 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

  • Defensive numbers. Modest 1.43 defensive actions per 90 for the position.

Outlook

With a Rating of 61.8, Akinsola carries the 13th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Primeira Liga (top 18%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (AVS finished 18th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1
Shots on target12
Shots35

Passing

Assists4
Chances created31
Passes443
Pass accuracy73%

Possession

Successful dribbles41
Dribble success45.6%
Duels won107
Duels won %38.9%
Fouls won34

Defending

Tackles21
Interceptions17
Blocks1
Fouls committed22

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.