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Nicolò Fagioli

Top-tier performerFiorentina · 25 yrsRotation

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameNicolò Fagioli
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityItaly
Age25
Date of birth12 Feb 2001
BirthplacePiacenza
Height178 cm
Shirt number#44
ClubFiorentina
Defensive midfielder
1
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
62
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Fiorentina.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Coppa Italia100586.9

Scout report

Top-tier performerDefensive midfielder

N. Fagioli is a 25-year-old defensive midfielder at Fiorentina, rated 74.3 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (75% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.53 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Fagioli.

On the season, Fagioli graded 38 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 3 assists and 2.527 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 38 → 38). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 74. At 25 Fagioli is in his prime years, and a market index of 46 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Fagioli is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2022/23
74.3
Ratingi
elite — among the best in the position
38.4
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
75%
Minutes
a regular starter
2.53
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Fiorentina finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side

33
Apps
2.53
Def. / 90
46
Tackles
16
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

2.53 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 33 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th of 20) 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 2 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 75% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.18 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 74.3 overall — elite — among the best in the position. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.53 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles46
Interceptions16
Blocks10

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.