Giannelli Imbula

34 yrs · Defensive midfielder (also CM) · DR Congo

Istanbulspor · Super Lig · Foot: left · Height: 186 cm

Contract: Data unavailable

No model evaluation for this player. MoneyballAI evaluates players with at least 450 league minutes last season in leagues where match-level player data is available from the current free source (14 European top divisions). Market value and transfer history are still shown below.

Market value

€125k

Updated 7 days ago

Estimated acquisition

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Estimated · 20–80% range

Model value

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Performance-implied · estimated

Projected (24m)

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Resale range · estimated

Potential value gap

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Model value − acquisition

Market value history

Market value ≠ transfer fee ≠ acquisition cost.

Highest recorded: €18.0M

Season-by-season (domestic league)

Context-adjusted values are model outputs.

Season	Club	League	Pos	Apps	Min	Min share	G	A	G+A/90	Adj. G+A/90	Opp. Elo	Team Elo	League str.
2023/24	Istanbulspor	Super Lig	DM	4	59	2%	0	0	0.00	0.14	1293	1080	0.45
2021/22	Portimonense SC	Liga Portugal	DM	9	133	4%	0	0	0.00	0.15	1339	1288	0.67
2019/20	US Lecce	Serie A	CM	3	129	4%	0	0	0.00	0.29	1537	1277	0.82
2019/20	FK Sochi	Premier Liga	DM	1	30	1%	0	0	0.00	0.13	1445	1318	0.63
2018/19	Rayo Vallecano	Laliga	DM	22	1739	51%	1	1	0.10	0.17	1566	1396	1.14
2017/18	FC Toulouse	Ligue 1	CM	28	2258	66%	1	1	0.08	0.16	1449	1352	0.85
2016/17	Stoke City	Premier League	DM	12	796	23%	0	0	0.00	0.07	1580	1470	1.07
2015/16	Stoke City	Premier League	CM	14	1260	37%	2	0	0.14	0.17	1527	1505	1.08
2015/16	FC Porto	Liga Portugal	CM	10	607	20%	0	1	0.15	0.11	1427	1515	0.58
2014/15	Olympique Marseille	Ligue 1	DM	37	3176	93%	2	3	0.14	0.14	1421	1527	0.80
2013/14	Olympique Marseille	Ligue 1	DM	29	1292	38%	1	1	0.14	0.14	1492	1471	0.79

Cups & continental competitions

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Min	G	Avg opp. Elo
2019/20	Italy Cup	US Lecce	1	90	1	—
2018/19	Copa Del Rey	Rayo Vallecano	2	180	0	—
2016/17	Fa Cup	Stoke City	1	45	0	—
2015/16	Uefa Champions League	FC Porto	5	268	0	1608
2013/14	Uefa Champions League	Olympique Marseille	4	241	0	1739

Small continental samples are shown for context only and are not over-weighted.

Historical comparables

Most similar profiles 2+ years ago (same position group) and what happened next. Chosen by similarity only — failures included.

No comparables computed for this player.

Transfer history

Fees as reported by the source; undisclosed fees shown as unknown, never estimated.

Date	From	To	Fee	MV at time
6 Feb 2024	Istanbulspor	Without Club	Unknown	€125k
29 Aug 2023	Tuzlaspor	Istanbulspor	Free / loan	€225k
12 Jan 2023	Without Club	Tuzlaspor	Unknown	€400k
1 Jul 2022	Portimonense	Without Club	Unknown	€600k
9 Mar 2021	Without Club	Portimonense	Unknown	€1.5M
1 Sept 2020	Sochi	Without Club	Unknown	€1.5M
24 Feb 2020	Stoke City	Sochi	Free / loan	€3.5M
21 Feb 2020	Lecce	Stoke City	Free / loan	€3.5M
31 Aug 2019	Stoke City	Lecce	Free / loan	€5.0M
30 Jun 2019	Rayo Vallecano	Stoke City	Free / loan	€5.0M
30 Aug 2018	Stoke City	Rayo Vallecano	Free / loan	€6.0M
30 Jun 2018	Toulouse	Stoke City	Free / loan	€6.0M
31 Aug 2017	Stoke City	Toulouse	Free / loan	€12.0M
1 Feb 2016	FC Porto	Stoke City	€24.3M	€16.0M
1 Jul 2015	Marseille	FC Porto	€20.0M	€12.0M
19 Jul 2013	Guingamp	Marseille	€7.5M	€3.0M
1 Jul 2010	EA Guingamp B	Guingamp	Unknown	Data unavailable

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