based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026
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Scout report
M'Bala Nzola is a 30-year-old centre-forward at Pisa, rated 39.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 164th of 190 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 16th of 31 of the 31 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 40, 24th of 31 of the 31 centre-forwards in the Serie A. At 30 Nzola is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 12.3 reflects that trajectory.
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 39.6, Nzola carries the 24th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Serie A of 31, 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× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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