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Jean-Manuel Mbom

Squad depthViborg · 26 yrsTransferred to VfL Bochum

Profile

Full nameJean-Manuel Mbom
PositionFull-back
NationalityGermany
Age26
Date of birth24 Feb 2000
BirthplaceGöttingen
Height183 cm
Shirt number#18
ClubViborg
Full-back
23
Appearances
0
Goals
4
Assists
1600
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Viborg.

Injury-affected season

Missed 5 of Viborg's ~32 games this season through 5 injury absences (injury, yellow cards). He still appeared 23 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.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Superliga230416006.77

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

J. Mbom is a 26-year-old full-back at Viborg, rated 37.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 110th of 207 on scout potential in the Superliga. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (55.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.64 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mbom.

Judged on this season alone, Mbom graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 24th of 38 of the 38 full-backs in the Superliga, on 5 clean sheets and 2.644 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 25 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 22nd of 38 of the 38 full-backs in the Superliga. At 26 Mbom is in his prime years, and a market index of 7 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Mbom missed 5 games through injury (injury, yellow cards) out of roughly 32 this season. The 23 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.

From the career report
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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/26
Current potential22nd of 38 full-backs · SuperligaCurrent season24th of 38 full-backs · Superliga24th-best full-back in the Superliga110th in the Superliga · potential22nd-highest potential full-back in the Superliga
37.2
Ratingi
22nd of 38 full-backs
19.8
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
55.6%
Minutes
rotation minutes
2.64
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Viborg finished 5th of 6 · a relegation-threatened side

2.64
Def. / 90
32
Tackles
12
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

2.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (5th of 6) 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 0 goals and 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.23 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 55.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 37.2, Mbom carries the 22nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Superliga of 38, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Viborg finished 5th of 6) — 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 (2.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Superliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target1
Shots4

Passing

Assists4
Chances created25
Passes766
Pass accuracy80%

Possession

Successful dribbles8
Dribble success47.1%
Duels won77
Duels won %51.3%
Fouls won19

Defending

Tackles32
Interceptions12
Blocks3
Fouls committed32
Penalties conceded1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.