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Central midfielderNigeriaSegunda Liga

Babatunde Akinsola

Key starterAVS · 23 yrsStarter
60.2
7.1%
Ratingi
20.1
67.5%
Seasoni
23.4
Valuei

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameBabatunde Jimoh Akinsola
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityNigeria
Age23
Date of birth10 Mar 2003
BirthplaceLagos
Height175 cm
Shirt number#11
ClubAVS
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Central midfielder

Season stats

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34
Appearances
1
Goals
4
Assists
2453
Minutes

Domestic-league season · AVS.

Scout report

Key starterCentral midfielder

B. Akinsola is a 23-year-old central midfielder at AVS, rated 61.3 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (77.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.44 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Akinsola.

On the season, Akinsola graded 30 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 4 assists and 1.442 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 12 → 30). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 61. At 23 Akinsola is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 23.4 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 upRemarkably consistentStepped up 2024/25
61.3
Ratingi
a strong, regular top-tier starter
30.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
77.5%
Minutes
a regular starter
1.44
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

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

33
Apps
1.44
Def. / 90
20
Tackles
17
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

1.44 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 33 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 77.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.19 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

  • Defensive numbers. Modest 1.44 defensive actions per 90 for the position.

Outlook

Rated 61.3 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.44 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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 Segunda Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists4

Defending

Tackles20
Interceptions17
Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.