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Nicola Zalewski

Nicola Zalewski

Midfielder · Atalanta · 24 · Poland

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Season score
65.8
UEFA Nations League 26/27, 4 matches
Last 5 weeks
60.0
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€20.0M
+€5.0M (+33%) since 23 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 29 May 2026

Photo: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
23 Jan 2002
Height
175 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2029
Wikipedia views
4,824 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

28 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 52.1 (minutes-weighted); 1 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
20–26 Oct 202619047.552.548.3
13–19 Oct 202629852.152.552.5
6–12 Oct 202611428.753.130.4
29 Sep – 5 Oct 2026216865.951.867.3
22–28 Sep 2026215665.749.866.5
1–7 Sep 202612441.749.641.4
25–31 Aug 2026211960.248.860.0
18–24 Aug 2026213845.948.447.2
12–18 May 202616336.349.336.2
5–11 May 202619040.449.940.6
28 Apr – 4 May 202619045.450.346.0
21–27 Apr 202613442.950.542.6
14–20 Apr 202614553.950.455.3
7–13 Apr 202615550.350.453.3
31 Mar – 6 Apr 2026215256.850.156.1
17–23 Mar 202616351.249.553.0
10–16 Mar 2026212039.450.139.3
3–9 Mar 202613359.650.360.0
24 Feb – 2 Mar 2026215249.550.151.6
17–23 Feb 2026217247.850.548.0
10–16 Feb 202617047.251.137.1
3–9 Feb 202617049.651.251.1
27 Jan – 2 Feb 202614538.451.839.4
20–26 Jan 2026212652.452.252.5
13–19 Jan 202618140.152.940.2
6–12 Jan 2026214754.653.057.2
30 Dec 2025 – 5 Jan 202616054.053.059.5
23–29 Dec 202516547.953.548.2
16–22 Dec 2025121100.052.6100.0
9–15 Dec 202512443.853.047.0
2–8 Dec 202512946.553.346.3
25 Nov – 1 Dec 202524457.253.358.4
18–24 Nov 202512883.052.885.5
11–17 Nov 2025212746.453.446.7
4–10 Nov 202511134.154.139.3
28 Oct – 3 Nov 202517748.254.748.2
21–27 Oct 2025213546.155.646.3
16–22 Sep 202511023.556.822.6
9–15 Sep 202518545.557.938.0
2–8 Sep 2025213862.858.962.0
26 Aug – 1 Sep 202516555.358.755.5
19–25 Aug 202519080.257.181.5

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: +3.7 a week above expectation.

20.040.060.080.0100.019 Aug21 Oct30 Dec3 Feb10 Mar5 May22 SepExpected 52.5Score 47.5
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On the breakout watchlist

A 34% chance of breaking out within a year, on how players like them went before. Underlying 52.1 over 2,991 minutes in the last year, up 5.2 over the last 10 weeks. Valued €20.0M against €14.2M expected. See the list

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €20.0M +€5.0M (+33%) since 23 Dec 2025 29 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €18.4M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €16.3M–€28.0M +12% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age +0% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Georges Mikautadze at 24 (€22.0M, scoring 53.2) +36%; Jørgen Strand Larsen at 24 (€25.0M, scoring 52.2) +60%; Amine Gouiri at 25 (€20.0M, scoring 51.6) +40%.
0€5.0M€10M€15M€20M20222023202420252026€20.0M€18.4M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€18.4M
29 May 2026Transfermarkt€20.0M
24 Mar 2026Transfermarkt€20.0M
23 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€15.0M
7 Oct 2025Transfermarkt€17.0M
17 Jun 2025Transfermarkt€12.0M
18 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€10.0M
5 Jun 2024Transfermarkt€12.0M
12 Mar 2024Transfermarkt€12.0M
20 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€16.0M
15 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€20.0M
11 Nov 2022Transfermarkt€15.0M
7 Jun 2022Transfermarkt€12.0M
15 Mar 2022Transfermarkt€2.5M
28 Dec 2021Transfermarkt€1.0M
30 Jun 2021Transfermarkt€900k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
18 Aug 2025Inter Atalanta€17.5M
30 Jun 2025Inter RomaFree or loan
1 Feb 2025Roma InterFree or loan
1 Jul 2021Roma U19 RomaUndisclosed

What the score is made of

UEFA Nations League 26/27: each part per 90 minutes against the average midfielder in the top five leagues (0), in standard deviations.

  • Shooting −0.32
  • Creating +1.68
  • Progressing +1.85
  • Keeping the ball −0.88
  • Defending +0.09
  • Aerial −0.69
  • Finishing −0.20

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

02.0K4.0K6.0K8.0K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

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Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Nicola Zalewski.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
UEFA Nations League 26/27UEFA Nations LeaguePoland432465.866.9
UEFA Conference League 26/27Conference LeagueAtalanta431949.149.3
Serie A 26/27Serie AAtalanta516452.653.8
World Cup Qualification, UEFA 2026World Cup Qualification UEFAPoland644468.166.9
Serie A 25/26Serie AAtalanta331,91051.051.3
UEFA Champions League 25/26Champions LeagueAtalanta635345.245.6
Serie A 24/25Serie AInter2398256.756.6
UEFA Europa League 24/25Europa LeagueAS Roma421656.357.6
UEFA Champions League 24/25Champions LeagueInter23772.074.5
Serie A 23/24Serie AAS Roma2296651.952.7

Latest matches

57 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
22 Oct 2026Conference Leagueat AFC AjaxL 0–290000.100.3147.5
18 Oct 2026Serie Aat AC MilanL 2–33101–0.1365.6
15 Oct 2026Conference LeaguePafos FCW 3–167000.040.1045.8
12 Oct 2026Serie AVeneziaW 3–114000.040.0028.7
5 Oct 2026UEFA Nations Leagueat Bosnia & HerzegovinaL 0–19000–0.1767.6
2 Oct 2026UEFA Nations LeagueRomaniaW 6–078010.180.8363.9
28 Sep 2026UEFA Nations Leagueat SwedenL 1–39001–0.6469.8
25 Sep 2026UEFA Nations LeagueBosnia & HerzegovinaD 0–066000.050.0560.0
5 Sep 2026Serie Aat AS RomaL 1–22400–0.0041.7
31 Aug 2026Serie ABolognaW 1–035010.050.0555.0
All 57 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
22 Oct 2026Conference Leagueat AFC AjaxL 0–290000.100.3147.5
18 Oct 2026Serie Aat AC MilanL 2–33101–0.1365.6
15 Oct 2026Conference LeaguePafos FCW 3–167000.040.1045.8
12 Oct 2026Serie AVeneziaW 3–114000.040.0028.7
5 Oct 2026UEFA Nations Leagueat Bosnia & HerzegovinaL 0–19000–0.1767.6
2 Oct 2026UEFA Nations LeagueRomaniaW 6–078010.180.8363.9
28 Sep 2026UEFA Nations Leagueat SwedenL 1–39001–0.6469.8
25 Sep 2026UEFA Nations LeagueBosnia & HerzegovinaD 0–066000.050.0560.0
5 Sep 2026Serie Aat AS RomaL 1–22400–0.0041.7
31 Aug 2026Serie ABolognaW 1–035010.050.0555.0
27 Aug 2026Conference Leagueat Hapoel Tel AvivW 1–08400––62.3
23 Aug 2026Serie ASassuoloW 2–160000.140.0554.3
20 Aug 2026Conference LeagueHapoel Tel AvivD 0–07800––39.5
17 May 2026Serie ABolognaL 0–163000.030.0136.3
10 May 2026Serie Aat AC MilanW 3–290000.050.0140.4
2 May 2026Serie AGenoaD 0–090000.090.3745.4
27 Apr 2026Serie Aat CagliariL 2–33400–0.1542.9
18 Apr 2026Serie Aat AS RomaD 1–145000.070.0453.9
11 Apr 2026Serie AJuventusL 0–155000.210.0950.3
6 Apr 2026Serie Aat LecceW 3–06300–0.0343.5
31 Mar 2026World Cup Qualification UEFAat SwedenL 2–38911––66.2
22 Mar 2026Serie AHellas VeronaW 1–063000.140.1451.2
14 Mar 2026Serie Aat InterD 1–16500–0.0143.5
10 Mar 2026Champions LeagueFC Bayern MünchenL 1–655000.040.0034.6
7 Mar 2026Serie AUdineseD 2–23301–0.4059.6
1 Mar 2026Serie Aat SassuoloL 1–267000.260.4259.6
25 Feb 2026Champions LeagueBorussia DortmundW 4–185000.150.0341.5
22 Feb 2026Serie ASSC NapoliW 2–19001–0.3152.4
17 Feb 2026Champions Leagueat Borussia DortmundL 0–282000.040.0342.8
14 Feb 2026Serie Aat LazioW 2–070100.100.0147.2
9 Feb 2026Serie ACremoneseW 2–170000.140.2549.6
1 Feb 2026Serie Aat ComoD 0–045000.080.0038.4
25 Jan 2026Serie AParmaW 4–06100–0.0240.4
21 Jan 2026Champions LeagueAthletic ClubL 2–36501–0.5363.6
16 Jan 2026Serie Aat PisaD 1–181000.050.2040.1
10 Jan 2026Serie ATorinoW 2–079000.450.2451.3
7 Jan 2026Serie Aat BolognaW 2–06800–0.1558.4
3 Jan 2026Serie AAS RomaW 1–060000.410.0354.0
28 Dec 2025Serie AInterL 0–165000.030.0147.9
21 Dec 2025Serie Aat GenoaW 1–021010.020.59100.0
13 Dec 2025Serie ACagliariW 2–124000.100.0043.8
6 Dec 2025Serie Aat Hellas VeronaL 1–32900–0.0046.5
30 Nov 2025Serie AFiorentinaW 2–023000.050.0163.4
26 Nov 2025Champions Leagueat Eintracht FrankfurtW 3–02100–0.0250.5
22 Nov 2025Serie Aat SSC NapoliL 1–328000.050.0983.0
17 Nov 2025World Cup Qualification UEFAat MaltaW 3–24500––58.0
14 Nov 2025World Cup Qualification UEFANetherlandsD 1–18200––40.1
9 Nov 2025Serie ASassuoloL 0–311000.080.0134.1
1 Nov 2025Serie Aat UdineseL 0–17700–0.0148.2
25 Oct 2025Serie Aat CremoneseD 1–190000.030.0549.1
22 Oct 2025Champions LeagueSK Slavia PrahaD 0–045000.040.1940.0
21 Sep 2025Serie Aat TorinoW 3–01000–0.0023.5
14 Sep 2025Serie ALecceW 4–185110.210.1045.5
7 Sep 2025World Cup Qualification UEFAFinlandW 3–16700––33.7
4 Sep 2025World Cup Qualification UEFAat NetherlandsD 1–17100––90.3
30 Aug 2025Serie Aat ParmaD 1–16500–0.0055.3
24 Aug 2025Serie APisaD 1–190000.020.7880.2