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Ibrahim Sulemana

Squad depthAtalanta · 23 yrsRotation

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameIbrahim Sulemana Kakari
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityGhana
Age23
Date of birth22 May 2003
BirthplaceSunyani
Height180 cm
Shirt number#25
ClubAtalanta
Central midfielder
19
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
902
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Cagliari.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

I. Sulemana is a 23-year-old central midfielder at Cagliari, rated 66.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 21st of 190 on scout potential in the Serie A. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (26.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.69 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 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 32nd of 38 of the 38 central midfielders in the Serie A, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 2.694 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 7 → 12). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 67, top 19% of the 38 central midfielders in the Serie A. At 23 Sulemana is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 41.4 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downRemarkably consistent
66.8
Ratingi
7th of 38 central midfielders
12.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
26.4%
Minutes
limited game time
2.69
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Cagliari finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side

19
Apps
2.69
Def. / 90
19
Tackles
5
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

2.69 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.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 26.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 66.8, Sulemana carries the 7th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Serie A (top 19%), 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 (2.69 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 Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles19
Interceptions5
Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.