O. Aina

Aina's current-season form is level with last season (Season 21→21), while his Rating held around 48. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 49).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Nottingham Forest · 15th	1	0	0	6.9	48	21
2025/26	Nottingham Forest · 16th	18	0	0	6.9	48	21
2024/25	Nottingham Forest · 7th	35	2	1	6.89	74	49
2023/24	Nottingham Forest · 17th	25	1	1	6.76	67	16
2022/23	Torino · 10th	19	1	1	6.72	66	13

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Nigeria · international

Side	Apps	G
Nigeria	43	0

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

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

O. Aina is a 29-year-old central midfielder at Nottingham Forest, rated 47.8 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (46.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.34 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Aina.

On the season, Aina graded 15 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.34 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 21 → 21). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 48. At 29 Aina is in his prime years, and a market index of 31.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/26

47.8

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

14.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

46.5%

Minutes

rotation minutes

3.34

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Nottingham Forest finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.34

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 18 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (16th 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.

Strengths

Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 92.1/100).

Watch points

Game time. Only 46.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 47.8 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %46.5%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.34

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.17

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 (~57), then tapers with age. At 29, Aina sits on 31.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Aina's projected Rating — 47.8 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 Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles31

Interceptions25

Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

Nottingham ForestJul 2023 – nowFree

Torino(back from loan)Jul 2021 – Jul 2023

Fulham(on loan)Sept 2020 – Jul 2021

Torino(on loan)Aug 2018 – Sept 2020

Chelsea(back from loan)Jul 2018 – Aug 2018

Hull City(on loan)Jul 2017 – Jul 2018

Chelseauntil Jul 2017

About O. Aina

Temitayo Olufisayo Olaoluwa Aina is a 29-year-old central midfielder who plays for Nottingham Forest, born on October 8, 1996 in London, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Nigeria.

This season

In the current season, O. Aina has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 74 minutes, averaging a 6.9 match rating over his last 1 rated games, with 1 yellow card.

Recent matches

August 22, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs Leeds (74 minutes, 6.9 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates O. Aina at 47.8 with a Season form score of 14.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 8 career titles — among them the Premier League and the UEFA Youth League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, O. Aina has totalled 284 club appearances with 8 goals and 12 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2017/18, with 44 appearances for Hull City.

O. Aina's career has also included time at Torino, Fulham, Chelsea and Hull City.

On the international stage, O. Aina has represented Nigeria — 43 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.