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M. Sambu

Project playerDender · 30 yrsStarter
26
29.9%
Ratingi
22.7
64.9%
Seasoni
3.6
Valuei

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 25 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameJunior Marsoni Sambu Mansoni
PositionFull-back
NationalityBelgium
Age30
Date of birth3 Jun 1996
BirthplaceLiège
Height185 cm
ClubDender
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Season stats

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31
Appearances
0
Goals
4
Assists
2193
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Dender.

Scout report

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M. Sambu is a 30-year-old full-back at Dender, rated 26 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 146th of 183 on scout potential in the Challenger Pro League. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (64.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.94 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sambu.

Judged on this season alone, Sambu graded 21 — a solid campaign that ranks top 35% of the 29 full-backs in the Challenger Pro League, on 4 clean sheets and 3.94 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 65 → 21). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, 23rd of 29 of the 29 full-backs in the Challenger Pro League. At 30 Sambu is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.6 reflects that trajectory.

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

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2024/25StreakyStepped up 2021/224 clubs
Current potential23rd of 29 full-backs · Challenger Pro LeagueCurrent seasonTop 35% full-backs · Challenger Pro League10th-best full-back in the Challenger Pro League146th in the Challenger Pro League · potential23rd-highest potential full-back in the Challenger Pro League
26
Ratingi
23rd of 29 full-backs
21.2
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
64.1%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.94
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Dender finished 7th of 15 · a mid-table side

31
Apps
3.94
Def. / 90
63
Tackles
26
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

3.94 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 64.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.16 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
  • Defensive volume. 3.94 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 26, Sambu carries the 23rd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Challenger Pro League of 29. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.94 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists4

Defending

Tackles63
Interceptions26
Blocks7

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards7
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.