Kongolo's current-season form is level with last season (Season 30→30), while his Rating held around 38. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 42).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Emmen · 2nd	1	0	0	6.7	38	30
2025/26	Emmen · 14th	34	2	1	6.73	38	30
2024/25	Roda · 12th	16	1	0	6.58	42	10
2023/24	Roda · 3rd	32	1	3	6.98	55	32
2021/22	Cosenza · 16th	15	0	0	6.69	53	7
2021/22	Heerenveen · 8th	10	0	1	6.64	61	10

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Netherlands · international

Side	Apps	G
Netherlands U19	9	1
Netherlands U17	2	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral midfielder

R. Kongolo is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Emmen, rated 37.9 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (66.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.31 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kongolo.

On the season, Kongolo graded 30 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 1 assist and 3.31 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 30 → 30). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 38. At 28 Kongolo is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelBreakout: 2023/244 clubs

37.9

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

29.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

66.8%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.31

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Emmen finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.31

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.31 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 34 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 66.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 37.9 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.31 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %66.8%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.079

Assists / 900.039

Goal contribution / 900.118

Defensive actions / 903.31

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~15), then tapers with age. At 28, Kongolo sits on 8.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kongolo's projected Rating — 37.9 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Eerste Divisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles46

Interceptions28

Blocks10

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

EmmenAug 2025 – nowFree Transfer

Rodauntil Aug 2025

CCosenzaJan 2022 – Aug 2025Free

HeerenveenJul 2018 – Jan 2022

Doncaster(on loan)Aug 2017 – Jul 2018

Manchester Cityuntil Aug 2017

About R. Kongolo

Rodney Nkele Kongolo is a 28-year-old central midfielder who plays for Emmen, born on January 9, 1998 in Rotterdam, standing 187 cm tall. He is from Netherlands. Emmen currently sit 2nd of 20 in the Eerste Divisie.

This season

In the current season, R. Kongolo has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 9 minutes.

R. Kongolo's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Emmen face VVV Venlo away in the Eerste Divisie.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates R. Kongolo at 37.9 with a Season form score of 29.7. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, R. Kongolo has totalled 247 club appearances with 15 goals and 9 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2017/18, with 35 appearances for Doncaster.

R. Kongolo's career has also included time at Roda, CCosenza, Heerenveen, Doncaster and Manchester City.

On the international stage, R. Kongolo has represented Netherlands U19 and Netherlands U17 — 11 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.