Domestic-league season · Cagliari.
Missed 3 of Cagliari's ~38 games this season through 3 injury absences (knee). He still appeared 19 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 16 | 1 | 0 | 860 | 6.58 |
 Coppa Italiaat Bologna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 6.9 |
| Serie Aat Bologna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6.67 |
Following his move to Cagliari, Sulemana's current-season form is up 257% on last season (Season 7→25), while his Rating held around 73. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Cagliari · 14th | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6.58 | 73 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | Atalanta · 3rd | 35 | 2 | 0 | 6.79 | 74 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | Cagliari · 16th | 21 | 2 | 0 | 6.67 | 75 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | Atalanta · 5th | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6.49 | 74 | 8 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
| Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|
| Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 4 | 0 |
Caps & goals this season.
I. Sulemana is a 23-year-old central midfielder at Cagliari, rated 72.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 123rd of 389 in the Serie A. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (53.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.67 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sulemana.
Judged on this season alone, Sulemana graded 25 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 42nd of 68 of the 68 central midfielders in the Serie A, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 2.673 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 7 → 25). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 73, top 23% of the 68 central midfielders in the Serie A. At 23 Sulemana is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 45 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Sulemana missed 3 games through injury (knee) out of roughly 38 this season. The 19 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.
Sulemana is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
2.67 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 20) 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 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 72.7, Sulemana carries the 15th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Serie A (top 23%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Cagliari finished 14th of 20) — 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 moderate defensive volume (2.67 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.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~45), then tapers with age. At 23, Sulemana sits on 45, at or near its peak. The blue line is Sulemana's projected Rating — 72.7 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
€11.5M total transfer fees · 5 moves
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