N. Abbey · career
Nelson Ighodaro Abbey
Full Back · Rio Ave · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Abbey is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Peak: 2025/26Holding levelBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2024/25
The record covers 5 seasons (2023/24–2025/26) across 2 clubs, including a move abroad — 63 appearances with 1 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2025/26 at Rio Ave — Season rating 23, 0 goals and 1 assist in 26 games. 2025/26 was the leap — Season rating up 18 points at Rio Ave. Output has held steady across his last 3 full seasons (17 → 23).
Made the jump to a higher division in 2024/25 (Primeira Liga) and kept playing — 8 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Rio Ave | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 23 |
| 2025/26 | Rio Ave | 26 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | Rio AveLoan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | SwanseaLoan | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023/24 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | Reading | 22 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | Reading | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | Reading U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2021/22 | Reading | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | Reading | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | Reading U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Reading U18 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Reading U18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Reading U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
UEFA Conference League×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primeira Liga | 1 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 |
Schedule · 2026/27
4 played2 not in squad· 288 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9 | Primeira Liga | A GIL Vicente | 0-1 | Played | 99 | 6.9 | ||
| Aug 15 | Primeira Liga | H FC Porto | 0-2 | Played | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| Aug 22 | Primeira Liga | A Estoril | 2-0 | Played | 77 | 7.7 | ||
| Aug 28 | Primeira Liga | H Sporting CP | 0-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 6 | Primeira Liga | A Santa Clara | 0-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 14 | Primeira Liga | H Estrela | 3-3 | Played | 22 | 5.9 |