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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Pisa.
Injury-affected season
Missed 5 of Pisa's ~38 games this season through 3 injury absences and 2 suspensions (inactive). He still appeared 33 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
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1053 | 6.64 |
 Coppa Italia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6.3 |
Scout report
M'Bala Nzola is a 29-year-old centre-forward at Pisa, rated 45.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 290th of 380 on scout potential in the Serie A. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (47.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.28 goal contributions per 90 (0.22 goals, 0.06 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nzola.
Judged on this season alone, Nzola graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 29th of 49 of the 49 centre-forwards in the Serie A, on 4 goals and 1 assist in 33 appearances (0.277 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 28 → 23). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 46, 37th of 49 of the 49 centre-forwards in the Serie A. At 29 Nzola is in his prime years, and a market index of 15.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Nzola missed 3 games through injury and 2 suspensions (inactive) out of roughly 38 this season. The 33 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 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Pisa finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
4 goals in 33 appearances (0.12 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 5 goal contributions in all.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 47.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Output. 0.28 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 45.5, Nzola carries the 37th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Serie A of 49, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Pisa finished 20th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.28 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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