===Club===
===Club===
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{{updated|match played 2025}}<ref name=”Soccerway”>{{soccerway|mbala-nzola/330852|accessdate=22 December 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Pisa SC|Pisa]]
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Angolan footballer (born 1996)
M’Bala Nzola (born 18 August 1996) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Pisa on loan from Fiorentina, and the Angola national team.
Club career
On 28 January 2015, Nzola made his professional debut with Académica de Coimbra in a 2014–15 Taça da Liga match against Porto, coming on as a substitute in the 4–1 away loss.[citation needed]
On 7 August 2016, he joined Lega Pro club Virtus Francavilla.[3]
On 7 August 2017, after helping Virtus Francavilla reach the Lega Pro promotion play-offs, Nzola signed a four-year deal with Carpi.[4]
On 16 August 2018, he joined Serie C club Trapani on a season-long loan. Trapani held the obligation to purchase him from Carpi at the end of the loan term in case of Trapani’s promotion to Serie B.[5] On 15 June he scored the first goal for the Trapani victory over Piacenza, and after that Trapani was promoted in Serie B after two years of Serie C.
On 13 January 2020, he joined Serie B club Spezia on loan with an option to purchase.[6]
On 7 October 2020, Nzola signed with Spezia a three-year contract.[7] On 10 August 2023, he joined fellow Italian side Fiorentina.[8]
On 7 August 2025, Nzola was loaned by Pisa, with an option to buy.[9]
International career
Being born in Angola, but raised in France, Nzola was eligible for either country at international level.[10]
In March 2021, some months after he expressed his desire to represent Angola,[11] he received his first call-up to the national team.[12] Some days after, on 25 March 2021, he made his debut for the Palancas Negras against Gambia, in a qualifying match for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Personal life
Born in Cabinda, an Angolan exclave, Nzola emigrated to France as a child.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 December 2025[13]
International
- As of match played 9 September 2025[14]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2021 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list Angola’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nzola goal.[14]
