Domestic-league season · Gillingham.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 17 | 0 | 1 | 746 | 6.54 |
 EFL Trophy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 6.75 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6.5 |
Following his move to Gillingham, Khumbeni's current-season form is down 62% on last season (Season 13→5), while his Rating held around 29. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 14).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Gillingham · 17th | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6.54 | 29 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | Accrington ST · 21st | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6.59 | 30 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Morecambe · 15th | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6.67 | 31 | 14 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
N. Khumbeni is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder at Gillingham, rated 28.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 193rd of 478 in the League Two. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (18% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.69 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Khumbeni.
Judged on this season alone, Khumbeni graded 5 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 67th of 67 of the 67 defensive midfielders in the League Two, on 0 goals, 1 assist and 1.689 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 13 → 5). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 30th of 67 of the 67 defensive midfielders in the League Two. At 23 Khumbeni is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 8.6 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th of 24) 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 28.7, Khumbeni carries the 30th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the League Two of 67 — though on just 17 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~9), then tapers with age. At 23, Khumbeni sits on 8.6, at or near its peak. The blue line is Khumbeni's projected Rating — 28.7 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
