Vital N'Simba
based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Clermont Foot.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.3 |
Scout report
★ Standout performer
All Ligue 2 standouts →One of the biggest game-time risers in the Ligue 2: on the pitch for 99% of Clermont Foot's available minutes this season, up from 27% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.
V. N'Simba is a 33-year-old full-back at Clermont Foot, rated 14.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 80th of 85 on scout potential in the Ligue 2. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (27.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.9 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on N'Simba.
Judged on this season alone, N'Simba graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 15th of 16 of the 16 full-backs in the Ligue 2, on 2 clean sheets and 2.896 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 9 → 9). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 15, 16th of 16 of the 16 full-backs in the Ligue 2. At 33 N'Simba is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Clermont Foot finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side
2.9 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 16 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 27.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Age curve. At 33, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 14.9, N'Simba carries the 16th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Ligue 2 of 16 — though on just 16 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.9 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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