Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nantes.
Injury-affected season
Missed 5 of Nantes's ~33 games this season through 5 injury absences (acromioclavicular joint dislocation). He still appeared 14 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.
Also this season
Earlier this season at VfL Bochum — DFB Pokal: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 99 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Nantes; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 828 | 6.57 |
 2. Bundesligaat VfL Bochum | 6 | 3 | 0 | 340 | 7.23 |
 DFB Pokalat VfL Bochum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 6.4 |
| Africa Cup of Nations Qualificationat Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6.2 |
 Africa Cup of Nationsat Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6.3 |
Scout report
I. Sissoko is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at Nantes, rated 49.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 249th of 337 on scout potential in the Ligue 1. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (54.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.13 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sissoko.
Judged on this season alone, Sissoko graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 46th of 51 of the 51 defensive midfielders in the Ligue 1, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.13 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 45 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 50, 39th of 51 of the 51 defensive midfielders in the Ligue 1. At 28 Sissoko is in his prime years, and a market index of 17.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Sissoko missed 5 games through injury (acromioclavicular joint dislocation) out of roughly 33 this season. The 14 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Nantes finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
4.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 14 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th 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.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 54.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 49.8, Sissoko carries the 39th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Ligue 1 of 51 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.13 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
